feed # of times, w/wo lights

Depending on what type of fish you have like my reef tank I feed them 2-3 times a day because of how many fish and inverts I have in there... The food is all gone within a min or so... As for my aggressive tank I feed the file fish and the dragon wrasse about 4 times a day and the lions and eel I feed once a day

 

Like army said it depends on what fish you have and how many as too how often you feed. Personally i always feed with lights on as some of my fish hide and sleep when lights are out, and i only feed once sometimes twice a day, and some days I just wont feed at all. But that is rarely.

 

Depending on the inhabitants. For a mixed reef with fish, inverts, corals, etc., I feed 2-3 times a day. I also make sure the last feeding at night is during the sunset of my tank and I allow the pumps and things to remain off well into the dark (moonlights). I like to make sure all inhabitants are getting their fill.

 

I dont feed everyday.

Sometimes I feed heavy with frozen, then go a couple of days with pellets or flakes.

My breeding fish I feed 3 times daily if I can

 

I feed 5 of 7 days, one feeding per day.

But that is because I forget I have a display tank (always working in fish room).

 

I feed every day. Frozen and the auto feeder feeds a small amount of pellets after the lights come on.

Question: Do you guys feed pellets, and do your fish actually eat them? The smallest pellests, when they drop from the feeder they float on the surface of the water and the fish do not eat food on the surface, and the next larger size sinks immediately, and the fish get maybe one or 2 bites, and thats if they were paying attention, before they all hit the bottom and are then ignored.

I wish I could find a pellet that had neutral buoyancy.

 

I guess what the bottom line is here, there is no set standard, every tank works differantly and you just need to find what works best in yours.

 

I use the small pellets from ocean nutrition.
They eat them up, even looking for them when they hit the floor.
I have better luck with them if I drop in a just a few at a time

 

I have a mixed reef system and feed at least 5 times a day. Both frozen and flakes. Pumps are always on. Idk what people are talking about when they turn pumps off for feeding I've never done that. I'd like to hear alittle more about that myself.