tidders1980
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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Hi all I have just added a clown fish to my tank, how often should I feed him. Do i feed him every other day or less more often ??
tidders1980 said:Sorry the tank is 25 gallons its been running 4 months doing good clown has been in 2 days thank you for your advice I thought it was feed every other day so will feed him every day when is the best time morning or night and how much I have mixed frozen cubes which I thaw a bit out with tank water
tidders1980 said:Ok cool as I don't have a lot of stock do you think a quarter of a cube in the evening will do. Will the shrimp and hermits eat the left overs too??
Reefpete said:Take a cube put it In a little container and thaw it in fridge use some tank water to make it melt quicker and then squirt it In with a syringe it's not about the amount of cube but make sure you feed them little by little you don't want food flying around your tank
tidders1980 said:Ok cool will but a syringe tomorrow I put some in tonight and it was flying every where as I have a power head in there too so you can imagine the mess. So do use the who cube ?? Only reason I ask don't want to over feed and ending up doing a emergency pw change due to my levels spiking
Reefpete said:Also remember in my pic is how much I use to feed 8 fish and I also throw in some flake and pellets not a lot though the brine with garlic is like a candy treat for them as brine shrimp really has no nutritional value
tidders1980 said:Ok cool thank you will try that tomorrow when I feed him got to go to LFS tomorrow for water to will look for the garlic stuff. The food I'm giving him is a mixed cube as the LFS said the same as you they love brine but best to give them mixed as it more balanced so that's what I went for pulse the shrimp loves it too.
Thank you so much for your advice Marine is def more scary to start then tropic but worth the wait taken me 4 months to ad me fish so really happy been doing things to the letter think my other half has declared me OCD with making sure everything is good with the water ect lol once again thank you.
Will let you know how I get on tomorrow
Also remember in my pic is how much I use to feed 8 fish and I also throw in some flake and pellets not a lot though the brine with garlic is like a candy treat for them as brine shrimp really has no nutritional value
TommyP said:I have been feeding my 1 clown for about 1 month brine shrimp and my other clown and yellow tang brine shrimp as well since Thursday ( new fish) , you mentioned it does not have any nutritional value? What is recommended to feed this stock? Sorry to jump in on your thread.
TommyP said:Thanks I just wanted clarification on that. The food I have been using is a thin sleeve of frozen brine shrimp that I cut off with a butter knife and let it thaw in tank water before i dump it in. I have been reading about my tang would need seaweed so I am going to pick some up friday since im sure petco will be closed on thanksgiving. Happy holidays btw everyone. What is the recommended feeding times/ amount for the yellow tang? 1 sheet of seaweed and just clip it in and let him eat when he wants or do I have to remove it ?