siskiou Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Does anyone here feed their Anthias only once a day with success? I've been feeding twice a day for several months, and have a hard time keeping my nitrates down. Despite water changes, they hover between 20 and 30ppm, and hair algae is slowly but surely popping up in the tank. My 20H is stable at 0-5ppm. I feed that tank once a day, sometimes skipping a day and it's doing great with a HOB refugium and occasional skimmer use. On the 120G with the Anthias I can only keep nitrates down with 2 or 3 water changes a week. I'm going through salt like crazy and haven't been able to get any good salt deals lately. The Anthias aren't shy and eat well whenever I feed, but I don't want them to slowly fade away. They are the Squamies. Also, can the algae I feed to the tang and rabbit fish contribute to the HA growth and nitrates? The tang occasionally nibbles on the HA, the rabbit fish never does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyles Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 You forgot the most important part of the question... and that is what type of anthias. There is just too many types to be specific without this info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siskiou Posted December 19, 2007 Author Share Posted December 19, 2007 I did mention the type, though it's probably buried a bit among the other info. Squamies (Psuedanthias squamipinnis). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 My sunburst anthia is only fed once a day and is fat and happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siskiou Posted December 19, 2007 Author Share Posted December 19, 2007 I'll give the once a day a try and see how it goes. Got to get on top of that algae, before it's all I have in the tank! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 I got a new point and shoot nikon and got a pic of my sunburst tonight And my mandarin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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