Foods

Here is my recipe for food that I have been using for a while now. My goal with this recipe was to be able to feed the corals as well as the fish in my tank. I don't really use a fixed formula but wing it as I go along. - [Details]

Idea of this is to make a food mixture that will feed everything in a reef tank in one go. Fish (herbivores, omnivores, carnivores), shrimp, large polyped corals, small polyped coral, anemones, brittle stars, fan worms, sea squirts, and so on. It is also very convenient, with a batch lasting a month or two being made at the one time and it just has to be thawed and added to the aquarium. - [Details]

Among the main reasons for our failure to keep certain species in the home aquarium, is their specialized diets and feeding behaviours. The bony beak of the Parrotfish is used to break off bits of corals and sponges which it eats. Here's a tip on how to simulate this food source in your tank. - [Details]