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When I acuatlly use flakes I put my hand with the flakes in it under the water and move it around the tank. This causes the flakes to be more or less supended/sinking in the water column.
The other option is to shut down the return pump when you feed. A properly designed oveflow/sump system will start back up and will not flood the floor with water.