What would YOU be feeding my tank?

kewliz · #1 03/07/2005, 04:15 PM

My fish:

2 Ocellaris Clowns
Firefish
Royal Gramma Basslett
Lawnmower Blenny
Tiny baby Blue Tang

What would you feed these fish? The Tang (who is going to remain in QT for at least a month) seems to only eat zooplankton. He won't eat the dried seaweed I offer him. I'm thinking of picking up some live red algae to see if he'll enjoy it.
What other recommendations do you have for my fish?
Frozen preps are mostly what I use, and the zoo stuff. I want to be sure they get a balanced diet. None of them will even touch Bio Blend Marine pellets- so I haven't tried any other flake/dry foods.

Andrew · #2 03/07/2005, 04:27 PM

Feed the Tang algea sheets and the LMB might eat them or he'll just eat algea on rocks. The rest of the fish will eat flake foods or frozen foods. I find frozen foods not as good for the fish. I have tried to feed my clownfish frozen brine shrimp and frozen bloodworms. Ive had my clownfish for about a year and he eats the same find of flake food and hes still healthy. The clowns might also eat the sheet algea cause my did. Just get some good flake food and sheet algea. The tang might also eat flake food cause i had a 1/2 regal before and he are flake foods and sheet algea. You could also try to make some of your own fish food. You can do a search on here for "homemade food food," and see what you get.

xahx · #3 03/07/2005, 04:29 PM

TetraMin tropical flakes, mysis shrimp, live brine, Formula one marine pellet.

This is what i use and my purple tang eats like a pig! I also have pair of black clowns (eats all of the above) and 2 firefish (eats all of the above).

kewliz · #4 03/07/2005, 04:39 PM

I've heard good things about Formula one.
Do you hatch your own brine?
The LFS said the mysis tend to form an oily coating on the top of the tank. Is that true? They seem to be a popular food.

dchao · #5 03/07/2005, 11:24 PM

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Originally posted by kewliz
The LFS said the mysis tend to form an oily coating on the top of the tank. Is that true? They seem to be a popular food.

Some frozen or flake food contains more fats than the other and will form a firm on the water surface, there is no harm at all, and protein skimmer will remove it after an hour or so. These fatty acids are very important to the health of fish, that's why I add Selcon (once a week) to suppliment feeding. Selcon is very good for your clown fish too.

kewliz · #6 03/08/2005, 10:52 AM

Yeah, I was just reading about Selcon yesterday. I've heard a lot of people mention it, as well, so it must be pretty good.