How Much Frozen, Cubed Food to Feed Per Day?

[SkyReef]

Hello. How much frozen, cubed food would you feed the following group of inhabitants of a 75-gallon tank per day:

1. A brown tang;
2. A Kole tang;
3. Two clownfish;
4. A Starry Blenny; and
5. Three snails?

I currently feed 1 frozen cube per day, half in the morning and half in the evening. The tangs and blenny supplement their diet grazing on nuisance algae. Am I feeding too little?

Thank you.

 

[humaguy]

I would probably feed them more...1 cube am, 1 cube afternoon/when home from work, 1 cube before lights out...if this seems too much dial it back slightly...

 

[Rea17]

I agree to feed them more, though i would also mix up what you feed. Personally I'd go 2 cubes per day plus nori on a clip for the tangs.

 

[Marshall O]

1 cube seems plenty to me :/ I do one cube per day for all 20 of my fish between 5 tanks and ~300 gallons of water (most smaller, but also have a 6" Foxface, 3" Kole Tang, and 2.5" Powder Brown). I supplement with algae sheets or flakes daily as well for the herbivores (which I would recommend you do as well), but still 3 cubes/day in a 75 seems like far too much.

 

[ca1ore]

I tend to think of feeding in 'cube equivalents'. For my 22 fish, they get five per day - 1 in the form of a nori sheet, 1 in the form of NLS pellets and 3 different frozen cubes. On some days a bit more; other days a bit less. Scaling down suggests that for 5 fish, 1 or 2 'cube equivalents' per day should suffice.

 

[humaguy]

Tangs have high metabolic rates and can use the extra food...during the week I feed my three tanks 3x at a minimum and probably 7-8 times on weekends, vacations, and over the summer. As long as there is no leftover food collecting- you are good to go...

 

[SkyReef]

Thanks, all. Very helpful.