getting a fish to eat pellets
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cardiffgiant
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I've had luck mixing frozen and pellet together for wrasses. They end up trying the pellet while they are going after the frozen and become accustomed to it.
Eastamherstbias
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My sunburst anthias will only eat frozen mysis. Actually only a certain brand. I switch to another brand and she stopped eating until I returned to the old brand.
Gary Majchrzak
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'Red slime' cyanobacteria is often a result of feeding frozen meaty foods
'Red slime' cyanobacteria is often a result of feeding frozen meaty foods
there is no way around it:
'Red slime' cyanobacteria is often a result of feeding frozen meaty foods
there is no way around it:
this species needs daily feedings with meaty foods. You might get one to take pellets or flake but you'll still need to feed them meaty foods. I prefer PE mysis. Try rinsing the mysis before placing in the aquarium. Perhaps upgrade your skimmer.
GMaquarium
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They will eat small pellets as they sink down. Trouble is cardinals will rarely pick food off the bottom. If you allow it to pile up nutrient and cyano problems will arise. Having some bottom fish or inverts will help.
I feed mostly frozen foods( a mix of cycloppeze, mysis, brine and mosquito larvae, aka bloodworms) ,a lot of them and have for abut 7yrs. I rinse it to remove the packing water. With adequate biofiltration and steps to prevent detritus bulidup and high PO4 there is no cyano or other nuisance algae . Ther are two larger bangais that are thriving.
armison89
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TMZ: how do you rinse the frozen food?
GARY: i have a aqua medic 1000 on the 40 gallon tank. i dont think my skimmer needs an upgrade but i will take any and all advice. i dont have a sump yet im getting it and plumming it at the end of the month. both of my 40bs will be using the same 29 gallon sump.
GM: my starry blenny and trio of mollies in the tank eat any left over food on the sand bed.
GARY: i have a aqua medic 1000 on the 40 gallon tank. i dont think my skimmer needs an upgrade but i will take any and all advice. i dont have a sump yet im getting it and plumming it at the end of the month. both of my 40bs will be using the same 29 gallon sump.
GM: my starry blenny and trio of mollies in the tank eat any left over food on the sand bed.
IronMan72
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Some good suggestions in this thread.
How to rinse frozen food
How to rinse frozen food
IronMan72
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Is that a Turboflotor 1000? It should be adequate for up to about 100G total system volume or so at a moderate bio-load. I used one of these on my 75G system and it worked well as long as it was regularly maintained and properly adjusted. I found that emptying the collection cup at least 2x per week, even when not full, and cleaning the neck with freshwater and a bottle brush
kept it working it's best.
armison89
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this is my skimmer i got it used
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2053419
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2053419
TMZ: how do you rinse the frozen food?
I put two days worth in a plastic coffe can ;fill it with tap water ;let it thaw; once thawed it;s dumped through a brine shrimp net ; the water goes down the drain; dump the contents of the net back to the can and add some ro rinsing the net out into the can as I add the ro;broadcast or target feed this mix with a turkey baster. The brief thawing soak in chlorinated tap water also helps cut down any vibrio bacteria .
This works for me with a broad array of fish and corals . Other techniques may work at least equally well in other situations.
I put two days worth in a plastic coffe can ;fill it with tap water ;let it thaw; once thawed it;s dumped through a brine shrimp net ; the water goes down the drain; dump the contents of the net back to the can and add some ro rinsing the net out into the can as I add the ro;broadcast or target feed this mix with a turkey baster. The brief thawing soak in chlorinated tap water also helps cut down any vibrio bacteria .
This works for me with a broad array of fish and corals . Other techniques may work at least equally well in other situations.
IronMan72
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Yep, same one. I adjusted mine so it filled the cup 1/2 to 3/4 every 3 - 4 days. I also modified the cap to stop it from skimming when the cup gets full. I used a piece of rigid airline tubing from an old undergravel filter and epoxied it into one of the holes in the cap. The tubing extends into the cup just below the top of the neck. The airline connects to the inlet on the pump. When the cup gets full, it blocks airflow into the pump, shutting off bubble generation, effectively stopping the skimmer.
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