Flow for feeding

[smallblock]

Hey everyone, I'm looking on different opinions on what you guys and gals do when you feed. I have 2 vortechs and am thinking about setting up the feed modes and also the night modes. Currently when I go to feed I shut off my return pump and shut off both vortechs. How do you guys and gals do it?

Is there an advantage to keeping some flow when you feed. Is it more instictive for the fish to go after faster moving particals? I feed some pellets and some frozen food with a turkey baster.

 

[tgriffin]

I turn off my skimmer, return pump, and the k4. I do use the feed mode on the mp40. When my wife feeds I just have her pour the frozen food or pellets in. I feed probably less than half the amount she does and I believe the fish get more. I like feeding this way because it seems that they get more and that there is less waste introduced into your system. I'd love to have a controller that would turn off everything with the push of a button........Hopefully soon!

 

[smallblock]

Well all my stuff is one one power strip a really big nice one, except one vortech I have to turn it off manually. So when I turn everything back on I have to unplug the skimmer for a minute untill the water level stabalizes in the sump.

Just kinda wondering if there is something to having a small amount of flow vs no flow

 

[gmpolan]

stand by mode on rke, everything off....

 

[crew]

I have a kill switch that turns off everything movement wise in the tank. If im feeding pellets, I sprinkle in a little bit as they get it so there isn't to much at once. If im feeding frozen, I suck it in to a syringe and feed as they get it so there isn't too much at once. After the fish seem less interested, I turn everything back on and the rest of the tank gets what they can grab. I spot feed corals once per week.

 

[gnashty]

gmpolan;675342 wrote: stand by mode on rke, everything off....

+1

I saw someone feed thier tank by placing a hunk of frozen food against their MP60 and as it thawed it blew all around the tank so everyone could eat, including the corals. Its was cool to watch. Granted he had a very active tank with tons of fish and enough coral that all the food was consumed rather quickly.

 

[smallblock]

gnashty;675354 wrote: +1

I saw someone feed thier tank by placing a hunk of frozen food against their MP60 and as it thawed it blew all around the tank so everyone could eat, including the corals. Its was cool to watch. Granted he had a very active tank with tons of fish and enough coral that all the food was consumed rather quickly.

I used to kinda do that on my bros 65, I'de stick a cube to the intake of a maxijet, worked pretty good

 

[falos]

i leave every thing runing ansd put ph on feed after a few sec i turn ph back to normal my fish seam to eat more and teaches them to hunt