Proper feeding of my fish in reef tank...am I over-feeding?

[newreefer_59]

have a 150 gallon reef tank comprised of SPS, LPS and some softies along with 16 reef friendly fish. ALL looks healthy, but wondering if I am over feeding. Daily, I give a few pinches of marine pellets and a few pinches of Seaweed pellets as well as a piece of vegetation. I then break off a piece of brine shrimp about the size of a quarter and feed after it is thawed. Is this an adequate daily feeding or am I over-doing it? All food seems to go pretty quickly. Thought?

[sphelps]

If you're happy with the SPS coloration you're getting then I would say no you're not over feeding. You could try switching the brine with mysis as that's more nutritious and would allow you to cut back on it a little without effecting the fish health.

[dc4]

Originally Posted by newreefer_59

have a 150 gallon reef tank comprised of SPS, LPS and some softies along with 16 reef friendly fish. ALL looks healthy, but wondering if I am over feeding. Daily, I give a few pinches of marine pellets and a few pinches of Seaweed pellets as well as a piece of vegetation. I then break off a piece of brine shrimp about the size of a quarter and feed after it is thawed. Is this an adequate daily feeding or am I over-doing it? All food seems to go pretty quickly. Thought?

Lol, I have a 72g and I feed 2x pinches of pellets in the morning and a nice pinch of flakes. When I get home from work, I feed 1x cube of mysis, 1x cube of chopped clams, 1x cube blood worms, 3x caps of snow, 1/2 scoop of mixed powders, and a nice piece of seaweed. Id say your pretty safe with what you feed.

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by dc4

Lol, I have a 72g and I feed 2x pinches of pellets in the morning and a nice pinch of flakes. When I get home from work, I feed 1x cube of mysis, 1x cube of chopped clams, 1x cube blood worms, 3x caps of snow, 1/2 scoop of mixed powders, and a nice piece of seaweed. Id say your pretty safe with what you feed.

So its not just me Lol I have a 90g and I feed equivelent. About 4 cubes of frozen, pellets in the morning and night and about a cup of different powered foods and additives corals love it fish get leftovers

[sphelps]

Originally Posted by reefwars

So its not just me Lol I have a 90g and I feed equivelent. About 4 cubes of frozen, pellets in the morning and night and about a cup of different powered foods and additives corals love it fish get leftovers

that's a lot considering you have no fish

I feed about 1/2 cube per feeding, usually feed every 2 days or so. I don't have many fish though. It keeps things easy, I clean the glass every 2 weeks and even then it's not very dirty.

[ScubaSteve]

I overfeed like mad. I have anthias which need a damn near constant food supply broadcast fed into the tank. I feed a dime size of fish roe, a pinch of cyclopeeze and 1 to 2 pinches of NLS pellets - 2 to 4 times a day! I think I've gone through 1.5 lbs of fish roe in 3 or 4 months for 3 fish. Oh, and this is a 50 gallon...

I think you're good. Just watch the water quality and you're good.

[wingedfish]

Wow, do I ever under feed! I feed once, every other day and alternate between a half cube mysis or a pinch of Nls pellets. 9 fish sps dominated 70 gallon, almost two years old. I used to feed everyday but put them on a diet when they got fat. That was around 6 months ago.

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by sphelps

that's a lot considering you have no fish

i knew i was missing something ......fish......(slaps forehead lol)

the fish only get nls pellets directly, the corals are target fed mysis,cyclopeeze,brine,pp,baby brine and some kent and fauna marin products

haha my suncorals eat a full turkey baster in one sitting:P

[tang daddy]

I usually feed mysis and brine once a day but keep feeding the tank till everyone is full, trying to gut load them before I take off on vacation, pellets 4 times a week.

after reading the thread I feel like I under feed, although I dont rinse the food just add it in with all the oils and nutrients and the algae grows in the scrubber like mad, I purposely do this also so my seahare has food to eat in the DT.

[scherzo]

Originally Posted by wingedfish

Wow, do I ever under feed! I feed once, every other day and alternate between a half cube mysis or a pinch of Nls pellets. 9 fish sps dominated 70 gallon, almost two years old. I used to feed everyday but put them on a diet when they got fat. That was around 6 months ago.

I tend to underfed as well. 90 gallon tank (75 gallon sump)I use an auto feeder to feed NLS once a day then mysis and seaweed maybe once every 2-3 days along with some marine snow and freeze dried cyclopeeze (about 3-4 days). Maybe time to ramp up the feeding! (slowly of course). I'm battling GHA right now... It is slowly going away so aim a bit sheepish to change the regiment.