How often to feed?

[HkySk8r187]

I have been told different things by different people so I'm just trying to get a better idea of when I should feed my fish. Books I have read tell me 2 times a day, people I talk to tell me once a day, and the LFS tells me every other day (to make less waste in the tank).

I have been feeding every other day for a couple months now and the fish seem to be doing fine every other day, but I'm not sure if this is what's good for them in the long run.

I feed frozen brine shrimp and some frozen veggies for about 5 minutes every other day and scoop out and uneaten bring shrimp that I find. The uneaten veggies are usually so small that I dont bother to get them out because my shrimp just eats them all day and cleans up for me.

I have 1 yellow tang (about 2 inches), 2 small clowns, 1 green line wrasse, 1 cleaner shrimp, some snails and hermits that dont eat the food I put in (they just eat algea all day)

Let me know what you're thoughts are...thanks.

 

[geoffgarcia]

depends on if there is anything else in the tank that they can munch on...algae,plants,snails, etc...

I feed my fish maybe 4-5x per week.
I put about 4 types of foot into a container, mash it all together and grind it up a bit so the larger chunks are bite size...then dose from the one container...

 

[HkySk8r187]

There is some algea in the tank that I see them picking at frequently. Not sure if there is enough to keep them from being hungry between feeding days though.

 

[mogurnda]

I feed twice a day. On the reef, fish are eating constantly, so two small meals a day doesn't seem excessive. They also have a lot of amphipods and mysis living in the rocks and coming in from the fuge.