SM, do you turn off the return pump when you feed?
SM, do you turn off the return pump when you feed?
SM,
Do they still sell your wine cooler and dosage pump?
Yes.
I just saw a pump on craigslist for $200. Search for "zevex infinity pump"
Thanks.
How long does this mix stay fresh when kept cold?
Regular fresh fish store bought will go bad within a week from my experience....
I've kept it for 6 weeks. Maybe the sodium alginate helped.
I use a similar mix for my freshwater and saltwater fish. I use a can of peas with the liquid (heated), about a 1/2 pound of medium shrimp (after I peel them of course), and about 20 oz of filtered hot water (I have added some flake food at times and have done half carrots/peas). Put all this into your blender for about 30-60 seconds then add about 2 table spoons of gelatin ( 2 packets) and blend for about 30-60 more seconds. You can pour this into any convenient container with a lid. Put into the refrigerator for about 3-4 hours. When you are ready to feed just spoon out the portion/size you wish to drop into the tank. I spoon in several marble sized portions until they all have had their fill. The anemones seem to like it as well when missed portions drift their way.
150G. Reef/Mix
125G. 3 Regular Oscars/1 Jack Dempsey
75G. 20+ Africans
40G. Fish/Reef. Algae Scrubbers on ALL my SW
10G. SW Fish/Reef.
10G. SW Hospital/new fish quarantine/pod breeder tank
6 stage RO/DI system 200 GPD.
I dont have the cash right now to get a dosing pump.. has anyone tried hooking an aqualifter up to the ATO?..
Anyone had issues with cloudy water when feeding blended oysters?
I bought a can of oysters and blended it with some enrinched brine shrimp, plankton cubes and prawn roe. The fish like it, but ever since I started feeding it the water is very cloudy. Just to be sure it was the food I gave it to my freshwater tank a few times (Tetras go nuts over it) and it started clouding up there too.
Is there anything I can do to prevent this?
Corals and periphyton should consume it within a few minutes. How much are you feeding?
About 1 frozen cube per day. However, it is a little more concentrated than yours since I did not add water to my mix. I put the cube in a condiment bottle full of tank water in the morning, and then I squirt in a small amount several times throughout the day.
Keep in mind I have a 55 gallon tank with a 40 gallon sump, the sump is lit but completely empty. All I have in this system is 2 baggy cardinals, 1 small damsel and a green mandrin dragonet. For corals I have a few spots of xenia spread around the tank, a tiny bubble coral (less than the size of a quarter), a tiny purple fan gorgonian, a fist sized rock covered in zoanthids, and 1 small rock anemone (maybe the size of a 50 cent piece).
Other thank all this all thats in my tank is a fairly large CUC, made up of about 10+ hermit crabs, 3 turbo snails (sump) 12-15 narcissus snails, 10 black nerites snails, 7 florida cerith snails and a ton (more than 100 probably) of dwarf cerith snails, which are tiny little guys that seem to be basically the saltwater equivelent of malaysian trumpet snails.
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