It is supplemented a couple of times a week with brine shrimp, mysis shrimp, blood worms, and an occasional Formula 1 or 2 cube.īy the link it looks like you're just running one of those built-in skimmers, correct? Why are you turning it on/off? The type of flake food I am using is a mix of Aquadine from the local fish store. It is pretty much in control at this point.water quality is fine, not less than 8 hours of light and no more than 10 hours these days. I am really only getting various type of hair algae from any over feeding. I think is is about time to build a web page with all this information so I can point to it instead of typing all of the above Here is a picture of the tank including most of the corals I have:

Lots of crabs (blue legged, red legged, etc.) There is a protein skimmer running off and on during the day and night. Also the Vortech has more than half its flow directed at a large pile of live rock. The current runs around the tank in an oval pattern, but is broken up by the wavysea unit. I have two Rio 800s with rio motions attached to diffuse the water output for circulation. I have two returns (redundancy again), one directed through a WavySea spinning 360 degrees slowly. I have two overflows, both siphoning (just to be redundant in case one fails). So is this one of the side effects of overfeeding? How much SHOULD I be feeding them?Ĭlick to expand.I have a 120 gallon 4'x2'x2' tank with two 400W metal halide pendants (14K bulbs). In the mean time I have had at least 3 types of unwanted algae appear (hair algae and some fern like algae) that I fear is due to the flakes. He got quite skinny a month ago so I have tried to give more than less to make sure he stays healthy. I fear that he eats a lot of the food before others get to it when he starts his feeding frenzy. I am more concerned about the biggest eater, that big blue tang. The yellow tang picks all days so I am not too concerned. I have some timid eaters (yellow tang and pj cardinals) who I fear don't get enough. I have big occupants in my tank (a 6 inch Regal Blue Tang), lots of smaller fish like Chromis, Blue Damsels, and clowns that all eat plenty when feeding starts. This seems like a lot and causes quite a feeding frenzy. I have seen 'as much as the fish can devour in 3 minutes' on lots of perpared foods packaging. I have heard 1 flake per fish from the local fish store. Maybe I have experienced these problems and have not realized that they were caused by overfeeding. I have heard that overfeeding can cause problems.

Aquadine community tank formula