JoeBlog Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 EDIT: I meant to post this in another thread already talking about feeding, but stuffed it up. :oops: At any rate, here is my feeding routine: I have a 150 gallon tank with 6 chromis, yellow tang (4"), sailfin tang (4"), swallowtail angel (4"), blueface angel (3"), and Majestic (5"). I feed a home brew that is the equivalent of at least 10 cubes of frozen per day (I'm guessing much more) along with an automatic Eheim feeder that doses Spirulina 6 times per day. I'm going to get another Eheim to do pellet food throughout the day as well. Before this, I was only feeding 2 cubes of frozen per day and the corals were totally pale and no growth. Now, I am finally starting to get some really nice color and good growth!! I have zero reading of phosphate (Salifert) and I'm just starting to see a bit of nitrate (0.2 w/ Salifert), but who cares. As long as the color is good, I really don't care what the test says. Also, I have almost no nuisance algae. All that being said, I have a VERY good export system, e.g. +140 times turnover (4 6100's, 2 6200's, AM 3000 CL, etc...), barebottom, no rock in main system (currently cooking for the upgrade), AP902 skimmer, 80 watts UV, and run 100 micron filter socks that are changed out every other day. Anything not eaten is taken out right away. In the new tank, I am going to set it up so that I can shut off the return pump on a timer (I don't trust the setup now to not flood when the pumps turn back on :oops: ). That way, I think that I can actually reduce the input and have the same results. I'm sure heaps of food is going over the overflow to the socks. :-? On a final note, I have skipped the feeding (other than auto with the Eheim) for only two days due to work and have noticed a bad reaction in the corals, e.g. very noticeable fading of color. I think I was definitely starving the tank before this heavy feeding routine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KP Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 Sounds like a perfect example of what Eric was saying. Your fish must be nice and fat Just one thing, what is a gallon? :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 Just one thing, what is a gallon? some weird american measurement if i believe :lol: about 4.5 litres give or take 500 litre tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 Depends if he is talking US or Imperial gallons 1 US Gallon = 3.78l 150 US Gallons = 567l 1 Imperial Gallon = 4.54l 150 Imperial Gallons = 681l Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 oops, my bad, yeah the UK it's 4.5 litres, US is 3.785 litres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feelers Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 Haha no way I've been using the UK measurement of gallons when converting things, something new everyday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 I've said it before, there's no such thing as overfeeding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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