Food for the soul

[Almondsaz]

Ok, so I know that most everything in the reef like brine and mysis and cyclopeze. But do any of the fish eat dry, flake or other prepared foods? What have you been successful in feeding your fish that isn't frozen or swimming???

Thanks.

David

 

[Grins]

I mix up the diet and do add some dried foods as well

Carnivores/Omnivores:
Cyclopeeze Micro crabs. The fish go nuts for this stuff. The snails pop out of the sand and the shrimp comes over to take some from my hand.


and for Herbivores/Omnivores:
Ocean Nutrition Formula II (even my goby eats this stuff), and nori on a clip

 

[Tikidude]

I'm using Formula One right now and the clown loves it. What brand of dry flake or pellet would you recommend Grins? It would be nice to mix it up and the dry would be much easier for someone to feed the fish if I wasn't here to do it for a day or two.

Great topic David!

 

[clown-lover]

All of my fish actually like dried flake spirulina. They go nuts over the stuff. I use that for my morning feeding and the home made shrimp etc combination for supper.

 

[lotuskid]

My fish go mad for Prime Reef flake, even the trop tank likes it. I feed that most days and feed frozen every other day.

 

[Pallen81]

Sometimes I steal Gel food from the public aquarium when I work there. Salt water fish love it! (its not really stealing I guess! its like 1 cube.)

 

[Grins]

I'm using Formula One right now and the clown loves it. What brand of dry flake or pellet would you recommend Grins? It would be nice to mix it up and the dry would be much easier for someone to feed the fish if I wasn't here to do it for a day or two.

Great topic David!

Definitely recommend the Micro Crabs for your goby, they'll sink straight to the bottom and the goby will filter them easily. I trust the Ocean Nutrition Brand as well so I'd try something in that line for a start. Other than that most of my experience has been with the frozen. BUT, I am definitely going to be making my own frozen mash soon.