BANANA?! DId I read that right?? Ummm, explanation, por favor? Sorry if I'm the only one who doesn't know about this, but I've never read/heard about putting banana in a tank...
Great post, Marc, thanks for sharing it! I've been thinking about this for a while, but this post inspired me to actually purchase an auto-feeder for my coming upgrade. I'm going to use the feeder to feed very small portions of pellets 3-4 times throughout the day in addition to feeding frozen foods at night. My hope is that I can come closer to replicating natural feeding habits then I currently do.
Possibly. I thought it was Bird of Paradise, but now it may be the Tubb's Purple Polyp, or something else. Check my previous blog this week where I showed that coral specifically. http://www.reefaddicts.com/entry.php...Picture-update
Marc In the 8th & 9th picture is that a purple polyp birdsnest on the right?
You've got no idea - I've been doing that all week.
I love the shape (growth pattern) of the coral in the second picture. Saving pictures for tomorrows post? You tease.
Interesting: Wish there was a active club close to here I feel so isolated
Live food guys. Live food. Especially in large tanks like Marc's, there is opportunity to match fish bio-mass with reef size and allow them to get their nutrition from the reef. Unfortunately, we as humans are wired to "feeding time", and that is contrary to the animals' needs (and corals) we keep.
He didn't go into coral feeding specifically, but based on the measurements they took, he asked the question himself: "where do the corals get their food when the fish eat more food that is actually present in the water column?" He pointed out that we could never actually feed too much to our fish, but we all know that too much food will affect water quality adversely. Feeding multiple small meals a day is definitely better since the food doesn't stay in the fish long at all and to make them wait 23 hours and 55 minutes for the next meal is really too long, imo.
Very interesting, although not all that suprising. Fish, whether in a tank or on a reef, seem to be constantly in search of a snack. Was there any discussion about how much and often to feed then? The old knowledge was "as much as they can consume in 5 minutes" or similar, but this seems outdated, no? So feed a very small amount 5 times a day, or three small meals, or heavy feed multiple times per day? Or looks like there is more experimentation yet to be sure? And what does this say about feeding corals? Target feed or allow the fish waste from a well-fed tank to do the job?
Another interesting topic he mentioned was that what a coral or fish (in captivity) eats when it is starving is different than when it is just hungry. Just think, if you were starving you would probably eat just about anything rather than what you need to really be healthy
Very interesting stuff. I feed my broodstock and juveniles four times per day, everyday. I also feed a wide variety of foods, mostly frozen. I know of another breeder that feeds his fish ten times a day. Heavy feeding needs to be accounted for when determining your filtration, it's a lot to keep up with. On the other hand, I only feed my reef tanks about once a day and they seem fine with it.
That has got to be one of the most unique (opaque white) branching hammer corals I've ever seen. Beautiful coral!!
Great pics Marc! I loved my Lyretail harem in my old 180.
How often do you eat? And if you were swimming all the time, would you need food to keep your energy up? Tangs are huge grazers. We just had a speaker discuss fish vs food needs at our last meeting, and it was quite fascinating. I'll be sure to blog those details tomorrow in a fresh entry. I feed my tank about three times a day, but these aren't big portions. Everything is gone in mere minutes. Also, I'm running a reactor full of biopellets to keep NO3 and PO4 down, which allows me to feed more. win-win.
some fish need feed 2 and 3 times a day not a week. You should at least offer them something every day. You need to look up the needs of your fish. Your LFS has grossly miss informed you. Liveaquatica has some general guildline for those fish
Mark how often do you feed your fish? Someone at my LFS told me to only feed my fish maybe 2 or 3 times a week in order to lower nitrates and avoid overfeeding. I was feeding them everyday before and they were looking plump and fat and great. I have two medium maroon clowns, a yellow tang, a kole tang, and a sixline wrasse. Did this feeding schedule for a few weeks and I noticed my Kole tang was getting a little thin and he died this morning =(. How often should I be feeding?
PJ's are a nice schooling fish always a welcome addition in my book
Wow, the branching hammer looks transparent, and I'm tempted to say bleached but it doesn't seem like it.
Beautiful Marc! I love the Colors, especially love the Acan.
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