Which dry food is preferred
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I feed NLS New Life Spectrum pellets. I tried lots of other brands from samples after MACNA last year, but my fish won't touch anything else.
heathlindner25
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Ocean nutrition
CStrickland
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Yeah same here. The sinking pellets... sink. I find that flake seem to fly around a little longer, but I don't know if there's a recommended brand of them. Most people who are serious about nutrition feed nls or ocean nutrition. Both sink in my tank. I think I heard the nls is better for your herbivores cause it has more algae, that's why I have some in the mix but I could be wrong.
I try to aim them at a powerhead to get them into the current. Also, if a lot are hitting the sand you might be feeding too much at once. Sometimes I'll split it in two batches, one at either end of the tank, so that there's less competition but it all still gets eaten before it hits the floor. Also, managing by size -only feeding enough of the small nls for my small-mouthed fish, and the larger ones for my big guys. I like several smaller feedings over one or two large ones for this reason as well, as long as the small feedings aren't being dominated by the aggressive fish.
I try to aim them at a powerhead to get them into the current. Also, if a lot are hitting the sand you might be feeding too much at once. Sometimes I'll split it in two batches, one at either end of the tank, so that there's less competition but it all still gets eaten before it hits the floor. Also, managing by size -only feeding enough of the small nls for my small-mouthed fish, and the larger ones for my big guys. I like several smaller feedings over one or two large ones for this reason as well, as long as the small feedings aren't being dominated by the aggressive fish.
Which dry food is preferred
I'm feeding hakari seaweed extreme and neptune's crossover diet pretty much exclusively. I have two apex auto feeders and they alternate every two hours from 10AM to 8PM dropping about 5-15 pellets each time. All of my fish love both types of pellets and start grouping around the spot where the food drops in as soon as they can hear (or feel, I suppose) the autofeeders kick in.
I tried mixing the pellet types in one feeder at one point, but because they are different sizes it really didn't work out well.
I'm feeding hakari seaweed extreme and neptune's crossover diet pretty much exclusively. I have two apex auto feeders and they alternate every two hours from 10AM to 8PM dropping about 5-15 pellets each time. All of my fish love both types of pellets and start grouping around the spot where the food drops in as soon as they can hear (or feel, I suppose) the autofeeders kick in.
I tried mixing the pellet types in one feeder at one point, but because they are different sizes it really didn't work out well.
CStrickland
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I had that same issue with the eheim autofeeder, I'm only using it for small pellets now to feed my anthias. The bigger guys have to get by on two feedings a day of frozen food, but idk what I'm going to do when I go on vaca. Was thinking 2 feeders, but I thought that might be extreme. It's remarkable how much food they can dump in a tank. I'd heard stories but I couldn't believe how much extra food was under the rocks in my last qt. It really looked like it was mostly getting eaten but over a few weeks a ton of pellets and dried shrimps were left under the rocks. Maybe the fish were just playing with it while they learned that pellets are food, or being picky about the sizes.
ezerasurfr
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+1 on hakari.
scooter31707
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For me it's NLS, Ocean Nutrition Nori, and New Era Flakes/Grazers
heathlindner25
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Ocean nutrition comes in a foil bag and are moist and solt.
If your seeing pellets hit the ground your feeding way too much IMO. You might want to try soaking the pellets in a cup of water for few minutes or so to soften them up and then use a spoon to dish out 3, 4, 5 at a time. These should be gobbled up in no time.
Btw, you might want to try some flake foods as well. These can pack one hell of a punch too. (Ocean Nutrition, OSI, Tetra etc)
brett559
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Almost makes me want to try some:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn5diTQ_hys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn5diTQ_hys
Potatohead
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Northfin
New Era/Vitalis
NLS
Omega One
Ocean Nutrition
In that order
New Era/Vitalis
NLS
Omega One
Ocean Nutrition
In that order
