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Originally Posted by phi delt reefer
Hey Michael;
quick question about the NEW ERA foods in general.
can i use various products within the line to feed my entire tank? or will i still need to suppliment with frozen? My tank is not setup yet but i was looking to automate as much as i could so if i get one of those autofeeder and cram a bunch of different pellets in it would i be good?
I will be keeping a mixed reef with small fish (45 gallon) so a little bit of everything.
thanks in advance!
Vince
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Hi Vince
Just to jump on with what Michael has said, you can easily mix and match the foods. it is recommended to follow the 8 week feeding plan (see the link above in Michael's post). I know a lot of people who follow this and use the herbivore flake / algal pellets for the full 8 weeks on top to keep grazers (tangs, angels etc.) happy. I follow this strategy on the fish in the New Era office and I've not met one fish keeper who hasn't been blown away by the tangs in the aquarium. Best Powder Blue i've ever seen!
There really are no benefits to feeding frozen foods into the aquarium at all. Fish may initially react better to them, but the nutritional value is considerably lower and there is no way around the fact that they do pollute your water considerably more than the New Era diets will do.
The sprays are there (and they can also follow the 8 week cycle) so that people are still able to feed frozen diets to certain fish who are picky, such as seahorses and pipefish, although with persistence I've had 99% of fish take the diets in one form or another (I was an Aquatics Shop manager before I worked for New Era so I've had the pleasure of trying hundreds of fish on it!).
From a retail point of view too, the losses in the shop were noticeably lower on fish I imported myself or from a wholesaler when they were fed solely on the Aegis flakes whilst in quarantine before sale.