I feed Mysis and rods frozen once a day. I never spot feed the acans they just snag some of the food as it flows around. The only other fish in the tank right now who he is competing against is 2 clowns and a longnose hawk (in a 150gal). So when he does eat he seems to get his fill of the Mysis. Is this still not enough for one???
i prefer multiple small feedings a day instead of one large one, however even with this, my CBB is still picking at my acans.
likely it's nothing to do with being hungry or full. most of the fish we keep are fairly opportunistic about eating. so if they identify something as food, chances are sooner or later they're going to try to eat it. sometimes keeping them well fed helps this, some times it doesn't.
it could even be other reasons like boredom, tough to say.
i would say try doing smaller feedings more often, but don't be surprised if this doesn't help his snacking.
this is the rub of having a mixed reef. sometimes things work, sometimes they don't. so you just have to decide what your trade off is going to be. i was bitten by the SPS bug a while ago, so i don't keep too many acans. for me, watching my CBB do his thing around my aquascape is more important than having a nice acan garden. understandably lots of people would feel differently though.
truth be told, i would have gladly removed my acans when he started picking and given them to someone else who didn't have a CBB, but i've had them all for a while, and they've completely encrusted the base rock they're sitting on. so short of tearing down half my rock work and busting out a band saw, there is no removing them.
