feeding

[jackinthebox8332]

Hi All, I.would appreciate any comments, I am currently feeding my fish frozen shrimp I buy at the market. I am getting ready to place soft corals in my 100 gal tank. Should I move to traditional frozen food for reef aquarium?

thanks so much!

 

[Uncle99]

If you’ve been feeding your fish with shrimp successfully for at least 6 months I can’t see any major problems with sticking with that, the addition of corals doesn’t require a change in feeding fish.

However, that been said, moving to frozen provides many choices for your fish friends, mysis, brine, mixes (reef frenzy) and some algae for any herbivores you may have. Variety is a plus IMM.

Softies, like all photosynthetic organisms, of course need light “as food” and stable trace amounts of nitrate (say 5-15ppm) and phosphate (say 0.1 ish).

From my perspective, I love the pre packed frozen cubes for their ease of use, consistent size, and wide variety.

Good luck on adding your new corals.

 

[griss]

I used to make my own food with a mix of shellfish, shrimp, and fish from the store. Too labor intensive for me. For years now, I buy 4-6 different frozen foods from the LFS and randomly pick 2-3 out each day to feed to provide a variety. As @Uncle99 pointed out, adding soft corals shouldn’t change your feeding needs.

 

[jackinthebox8332]

If you’ve been feeding your fish with shrimp successfully for at least 6 months I can’t see any major problems with sticking with that, the addition of corals doesn’t require a change in feeding fish.

However, that been said, moving to frozen provides many choices for your fish friends, mysis, brine, mixes (reef frenzy) and some algae for any herbivores you may have. Variety is a plus IMM.

Softies, like all photosynthetic organisms, of course need light “as food” and stable trace amounts of nitrate (say 5-15ppm) and phosphate (say 0.1 ish).

From my perspective, I love the pre packed frozen cubes for their ease of use, consistent size, and wide variety.

Good luck on adding your new corals.

I used to make my own food with a mix of shellfish, shrimp, and fish from the store. Too labor intensive for me. For years now, I buy 4-6 different frozen foods from the LFS and randomly pick 2-3 out each day to feed to provide a variety. As @Uncle99 pointed out, adding soft corals shouldn’t change your feeding needs.

Thanks so much for your response, best wishes jackinthebox

 

[jackinthebox8332]

I used to make my own food with a mix of shellfish, shrimp, and fish from the store. Too labor intensive for me. For years now, I buy 4-6 different frozen foods from the LFS and randomly pick 2-3 out each day to feed to provide a variety. As @Uncle99 pointed out, adding soft corals shouldn’t change your feeding needs.

Thanks for taking the time to respond!

 

[austin_socal]

Hi All, I.would appreciate any comments, I am currently feeding my fish frozen shrimp I buy at the market. I am getting ready to place soft corals in my 100 gal tank. Should I move to traditional frozen food for reef aquarium?

thanks so much!

There shouldn’t be any problem with feeding them what you already are feeding them. You might want to look into reef roids for your coral though. That stuff made all my coral 2x or even 3x in size very quickly