What dry food do you feed your clown/how often?

[piscivorous]

I read the sticky on feeding your clownfish. I know they like a varied diet and I keep reading wonderful reviews on Rod's food for the whole reef tank. I am just wondering if you guys are ALWAYS feeding your clowns fresh/frozen foods or do you ever suppliment them with dried flake foods? If you do, how often do you feed dried flake foods vs. frozen/fresh foods? What brands of dried flake foods do you recommend.

*I've spent so much time research equipment and setting up my tank that I haven't had much time yet to actually research the livestock....a pair of Percula clowns will be my centerpiece fish species and likely the first fish in the tank after the cycle*

 

[clowns101]

Well I will tell you what I feed and how I do it.

Monday:
8:00-Omega one Flake food
12:00-Mysis shrimp
4:00-Omega one Flake Food

Tuesday:
8:00-Omega one Flake Food
12:00-Mysis shrimp
4:00-Omega one Flake Food

Wedesnday:
8:00-Omega one Flake Food
12:00-Enriched Brin Shrimp
4:00-Omega one Flake Food

Thursday:
8:00-Omega one Flake Food
12:00-Mysis shrimp
4:00-Omega one Flake Food

Friday:
8:00-Omega one Flake Food
12:00-Mysis Shrimp
4:00-Omega one Flake food

Saturday:
8:00-Omega one Flake Food
12:00-Mysis shrimp
4:00-Omega one Flake food

Sunday:
Fast( no food is given)

Let me know if this is good infomarion for you I tried my best!

 

[MarineFlake]

Once everyday: dry flakes. Usually when I get home from work. We do 'fast' for a day about once a week. Overfeeding is a common source of all kinds of problems but you have to adjust to your tanks needs.

GL!

 

[clowns101]

Sorry if you all think I over feed.I have a large room full of clown pairs Im tring to get breeding.By feeding 3 times a day I am "conditioning" them to spawn.

 

[Arc Katana]

Everyone is busy, so I made a quick method on feeding that takes just a little time:

Every morning I pick one of the dried foods I have:
Omega One flake, Hikari Marine, Freeze dried Blood Worms, Freeze Dried Mysis, Cyclopeeze

Afternoon I pick a different dried food from above:

Nighttime (about an hour or so before lights out): I go with one of the following frozen:
Enriched Brine, Formula 1 cubes, Mysis, Formula 2 cubes

One day a week (usually a day off) I feed three times a day my "cocktail":

Squid, shrimp, cod, Selcon, Mussels, Clam, Garlic Extreme. This is ground up in a blender, frozen, and then I break a little bit off and toss in tank.

Once a week they get live:
Blood Worms, Brine Shrimp, Reef Pods (mixed variety). Sometimes I cheat and just give them Reef Pods (I scoop a cup out/strain and then dump into brood stock tank).

You'll know you're feeding them if your eggs are a nice orange color when they lay them.

 

[piscivorous]

Does everyone feed their clowns three times a day, or is that just if you are trying to breed them?

 

[Rod Buehler]

Sorry if you all think I over feed.I have a large room full of clown pairs Im tring to get breeding.By feeding 3 times a day I am "conditioning" them to spawn.

I only feed once a day ( high quality frozen) and every pair I have has spawned within a few weeks of me obtaining them. I do feed heavily though.

 

[clowns101]

Ya I only feed a pinch or 2.It just keeps me busy!

 

[ILLiDaN]

Rods food only, when i am lazy or having a busy day ill toss ORAglo, or spectrum grow

 

[rednkfish]

+1

+1

I feed once a day and they have layed three sets of eggs already had them less than a year I dont have the time to fish them out so its free fish food for the tank.

I only feed once a day ( high quality frozen) and every pair I have has spawned within a few weeks of me obtaining them. I do feed heavily though.

 

[stevetcg]

My GSM gets minced shrimp/clam/squid in the AM and then 3 or 4 1mm New Life Spectrum pellets two times throughout the weekday and then weekends he gets minced in the AM and thats it.

My Occs get minced and pellets twice a day.

 

[SNAKEMANVET]

I feed omaga one day and mysis the next once a day.

 

[Bigshow]

Monday Mysis, Tuesday, Few pellets of form 1and2. Wednesday lots of pellets of form 1and2. Thursday Fast. Friday Cyclopeezs. Sat Pellets 1and 2. Fast on sunday.

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

My poor fish are probably bored to death. They mainly get NLS thera-a, and occasionally Omega One flake. Once a week they'll get mysis or Rod's Food.

 

[Toddrtrex]

I usually only use dry foods (( Spectrum pellets )) as a in between snack or when I am in a hurry. Otherwise they get Rod's food (( red, blue and green label )), LifeLine's herbivore mix, Prime reef, mysis(d), and some other frozen food that I am forgetting.

I usually feed twice a day, and sometimes 3 during the weekends.

 

[DeathWish302]

Nothing special in my routine, as I feed when I make time...

Mon-Fri
Morning: Omega Veggie/Marine 1 Flake or ON Prime Reef Flake
Night: ON Formula 1 cube or home-brew mix (squid, shrimp, beefheart, mussels, scallops, rots, NHBBS, dash of lemon juice & spinach) combined with some mysis

Sat-Sun
Morning: NLS Marine Pellet or Hikari pellet
Night: ON Formula 1 cube or home-brew mix combined with some mysis

About every 2 days I feed a portion of Cyclopeeze to the clowns before feeding their normal nightly ration. This makes sure they devour the tiny cyclopeeze first.

Then two days later 2-4 live blackworms are fed to each fish. If you have a large enough culture, you will not have to ever buy blackworms but once. I have the same culture from about 6 months ago. When the culture starts thinning out. I lower the qty fed.

 

[tufacody]

I feed twice a day. One meal is fresh/frozen and the other is flake. I alternate between prime reef and formula 2. Occs and marroon spawning regulary on this diet, black photons not yet.

 

[pugcrush]

+1 Rod's food

 

[iamborg]

I have 3 pairs of clown

1) Regular True-perc pair (2 years old) spawned. >> Formula 1 pellets only. Once a day.
2) Rods Onyx (about 1 year old ). >> Formula 1 pellets + some Hirkari pellets. Once a day.
3) Donis Picasso (4-5month old). >> New Life spectrum + Hirkari. 2X a day

They dont like flakes. No frozon mysis also.

 

[Flying_Hellfish]

Mostly tagging along, I'm far too new to offer advice but this is what I do for my two Ocell. Clowns :

I mix it up and feed a small amount 2-3 times a day depending on my work schedule. I use a combo of hakkari frozen mysis, prime reef flakes and NLS Thera+A pellets. About 3 times a week I will thaw the mysis in garlic guard and selcon.

I've read some talk about people saying it is good for them to fast a day so I'm thinking about throwing that into my rotation.

My two clowns are pretty much pigs and will devour anything I put in the tank, but I feel like I'm spoiling them a little some days considering they fast became my two favorites.