Those who feed frozen food, how do you keep your nitrates and phosphat

[ml708]

My flashlight fish are really big eaters, and it has affected the water quality to the extent that my duncan does not want to open. I did water changes and now he is opening more again. How do you frozen food feeders keep your nitrates and phosphates down?

A really annoying side effect is also that my skimmer goes into overdrive and keeps churning out foam at an incredible rate after feeding. Any way to prevent this?

[Jenaellyn]

I use polyp lab. Expensive but it works

[ml708]

I use polyp lab. Expensive but it works

thats the brand, what food from polyp lab do you use?

[Jenaellyn]

it is not food. i dose polyp lab rf-genesis, rf-plus, rf-acids and rf-fuel

[ramonc]

My chaeto do the job

[ml708]

where do you keep your chaeto? many people keep in the sump but don't you have to install an additional light source for that?

also nitratEX apparently is only for use with freshwater systems O_o

[ramonc]

[blusafe]

You've probably already tried this...but do you thaw and wash the food with RO water before feeding?

[Sengreef]

carbon dosing is totally useless for a heavy feeding tank ... my duncan fully open inside my PO4@0.34 & NO3@80 water without a problem ...

[ml708]

You've probably already tried this...but do you thaw and wash the food with RO water before feeding?

no I have not, its a really good idea. but will it wash away the nutritive value?

[angmoh]

for me, oversize skimmer + refugium + reef-resh + biosphere + rowaphos

[Jarrod Ward]

Interested in the comment on washing the frozen food. How do you do this? I feed a frozen mixed food from lfs, and when i break up under water i see a lot of film and tiny particles. Appreciate any advice from Blusafe or other reefers. Thanks!

[megacue]

Can use a fine nest to seperate the food from the thawed water. Then soak it in a garlic guard for few minutes if u want.

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[jket88]

for me, oversize skimmer + refugium + reef-resh + biosphere + rowaphos

Bro , u have so many items and equipment to keep ur nitrate low.

[Tony LCW]

Should not, as washing only clean the outer surface.

no I have not, its a really good idea. but will it wash away the nutritive value?

[Sonicsound]

Over size skimmer is the best

[kfc]

Biosphere and two reactor

[james72]

I thaw the frozen cubes with some of my tank water. Then throw away the water n dump every thing in so the slower n shy gobies can also feed on them. My flow is strong enough so whatever uneaten will overflow to my skimmer. Those escape the skimmer will either follow return pump back to tank or stuck at a corner for my hermits to feed in my ios. Water quality will drop with such feeding if your bio-filteration is not enough. I use the old school way of dsb and live rocks half the size of my main tank for biofilteration purposes. So far my No3 & po4 are consider low for my feeding regimen

Cheers,

James