Fishless Reef

[rookie07]

I recently have removed all fish from my reef, although I do have the standard CUC, and 2 fire shrimp.

My question is, do I still need to "feed" the tank? I do spot feed a few corals every 2-3 weeks, is that enough?

Reef has been setup for over 1 year, but all livestock came from a previous system setup which was 3-4 years old.

I still do all regular maintenance, and all tank parameters are fine.

Let me know your thoughts.

Phil

 

[albano]

I recently have removed all fish from my reef,

and your thinking behind this was?........

 

[Arati]

so its a cowler ?

 

[Brando457]

Lmao! New species of tanks!

 

[rookie07]

and your thinking behind this was?........

I will be adding a few baby clown fish in a few months. I wanted to make sure the tank was free of any harmful things. & it's much easier to deal with this reef.

 

[duke62]

what kind of coral do you keep?

 

[Jzhou]

I have a 40 breeder like that, the twice a week feeding seems to be fine. I will be adding a helfrichi before december though.

 

[TRIGGERMAN]

That's a great idea phil :theyareon:irked:

 

[Mattl22]

I thought about doing that when I was having problems with dinos was able to beat them glad I didn't remove the fish!!

 

[Alex]

your tank is no different than the one with just one fish, you have simplified your work. I would feed the corals small portions every other day. post some pics.

 

[Josh]

You should still feed some particulate matter like Reef Pearls or zooplankton.

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

You should still feed some particulate matter like Reef Pearls or zooplankton.

I agree. With the lack of nutrients from the fish being absent the addition of thw particulate matter will fill this gap.

 

[rookie07]

Great, thanks guys

 

[rookie07]

The tank does have 2 fire shrimp, and countless snails/inverts.

I will keep feeding here and there, thanks guys.

The tank should be ich, etc free in 2 more months.