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Old 04-09-2012, 05:05 PM
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I've been seeing people do this and cant understand why.

anyone know the logical reason behind this?
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Old 04-09-2012, 05:07 PM
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i leave mine on.. i have a perfect circle going so my entire tank gets fed and the left over keep moving until they a. find the over flow or b. get eaten....
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The only time I turn pump off Is when I feed phyto or rotifers for clams and Sps

Though I use to house 12 anthias and I did then also
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I leave mine on too. It keeps the food suspended so it doesn't settle out. What doesn't get eaten goes out the overflow.
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i just leave everything on full blast. i just turn off the skimmer when feeding clams.

i make my fish work for their food
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I turn off all flow when I feed mysis. I find that alot gets missed in all the ramdom flow I have and I keep no realistc clean up crew to salvage what gets lost. I will only put in small amouts at a time and make sure it gets eaten before I put more in . Just an easy way to control waste... For floating flake I leave everything on and scoop out anything that the skimmer or fish miss.
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Leaving the pumps on is fine, feeding the sump is not. I imagine many turn their return pumps off but leave circulating on. Thats what the feed mode on my controller does. I also use a feeding ring, or should say square as mine is.
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feeding my sump is great!!! i have 2 clowns and a damsel down there!! plus crabs and snails! lol!
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I've been seeing people do this and cant understand why.

anyone know the logical reason behind this?
because everyone knows all the currents stop in the ocean when it is time for the fish to eat

seriously though I never did, and I over fed like mad.. no problems ever because I had a skimmer that was big enough to quickly remove everything and very high flow to keep it from settling out.

I guess if you have corals you need to hand feed it might make it is bit easier, but I used to feed my brain with out any problems.

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because everyone knows all the currents stop in the ocean when it is time for the fish to eat

seriously though I never did, and I over fed like mad.. no problems ever because I had a skimmer that was big enough to quickly remove everything and very high flow to keep it from settling out.

I guess if you have corals you need to hand feed it might make it is bit easier, but I used to feed my brain with out any problems.

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this leads me to my next question..... why do people target feed corals?
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