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12-02-2004, 12:59 PM
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your choice for feeding a reef tank
what is everyones favorite food for all aspects of the reef tank. there are so many choices.
feather dusters, and other filter feeders?
soft corals?
LPS corals?
any over all food / supplement that you like for general reef health?
thanks
steve r
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kole tang, bicolor angel, mandarin dragonette, ocellaris clown / BTA , cleaner shrimp, 2x peppermint shrimp, a variety of soft, SPS, and LPS corals, orange linckia star.
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12-02-2004, 04:03 PM
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Should say 'foods'. I don't think any of the non-beginners use only 1 food.
For my SW tank, I have:
Frozen Formula One and Formula Two cubes
Frozen Mysis cubes
Frozen Krill cubes
Bio-Blend marine pellets - small
Cyclop-eeze freezer bar
Kent Phytoplankton
Plus I have OSI spirulina flake they sometimes get with the bio blend pellets.
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12-02-2004, 04:17 PM
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Kent phytoplankton and cyclop-eeze for the reef.
Formula one and two flakes, frozen, and pellets for the fishies - garlic and vitamin enhanced on the flakes and pellets. Flake brine shrimp too.
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12-02-2004, 04:23 PM
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i guess that is what i meant. can food mean foods? anyway, i was looking for what everyone uses for each resident of thier tank. i want to make sure that my animals get the correct type and variety of "foods" right now i am using:
small spectrum pellets every day for the clown
liquid life marine plankton with cyclop-eeze for the softies and filter feeders. once a week
i give the clown and whole tank a little freeze dried brine once a week as well
i was thinking of adding liquid life coral plankton and kent phytoplankton into the rotation as well for a variety of foods.
i am going to add a toadstool leather or candy cane coral soon as well
as always, thanks for the info
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75g RR. 2x250 14k MH / 2x54 T5 act. 29g sump. ASM G1X skimmer. phosban reactor. 80lbs LS, 90lbs LR, 2x seio M620.
kole tang, bicolor angel, mandarin dragonette, ocellaris clown / BTA , cleaner shrimp, 2x peppermint shrimp, a variety of soft, SPS, and LPS corals, orange linckia star.
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12-02-2004, 04:27 PM
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Consider working garlic foods into the mix. Some soak their foods. Probably better than the foods I'm using with garlic added.
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12-02-2004, 07:18 PM
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I feed both mysis and krill soaked in garlic, hang nori and feed DT's live plankton for the filter feeders. Every onnce in a while I feed zooplankton. I hang nori every toher day and feed froozen and DT's every three or four days.
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12-02-2004, 09:14 PM
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how do you soak your mysis and krill?
steve r
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kole tang, bicolor angel, mandarin dragonette, ocellaris clown / BTA , cleaner shrimp, 2x peppermint shrimp, a variety of soft, SPS, and LPS corals, orange linckia star.
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12-02-2004, 10:17 PM
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I put the froozen cube of food in a shot glass and cover it in SeaChem Garlic Guard. Just let it thaw. I then strain it and rinse it in RO/ DI water so I do not indroduce unwanted nitrates or PO4. Then just put in the tank so the fish can enjoy.
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12-02-2004, 10:19 PM
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thanks lando
steve r
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kole tang, bicolor angel, mandarin dragonette, ocellaris clown / BTA , cleaner shrimp, 2x peppermint shrimp, a variety of soft, SPS, and LPS corals, orange linckia star.
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12-02-2004, 10:20 PM
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No prob. Good luck.
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