ok, so after listening to the first roundtable discussion, it sound like feeeding the tank everyother day is pretty common. My quesiton deals with feeding tangs though. Everything I come across says to feed them frequently in small amounts. How frequent are we talking and how much?

I currently have a blue hippo tang and I am hoping to get a yellow tang.
Thanks!

well this is only me, but everyday i would put some nori in between my magnet for the tangs as suppliment. the rest was every second day!

i have a hippo tang and a yellow tang, and i geed them veggie pellets every other day and nori twice a week or so. this has been working well for me for the last year and a half or so. you can feed them more often, but i have a heavy reef tank with lots of stony coral, so im trying to keep my nutrients a bit lower

I am feeding my tank everyother day with cyclo-peeze, formula one and mysis. I ad about a 2" square piece of seaweed to a clip each day and I feed phyto every other day or so. This seems to be working well and my yellow and blue hippo look great!

Thanks all. yep, right now I am feeding my tank with formula 1 pellets, mysis shrimp, and nori soaked in vitamins. Maybe I should cut back to every other day. My tang is constantly on the look out for food though and I want to be able to give her a daily dose of vitamins to avoid HLLE. Maybe I can do a real small amount of myss on the off nights and feed regular on the on days?

another way that im aware of to avoid HLLE, is to check the conductivity of the water. many sources output current, which can build up quickly. a grounding probe is the way to go if u dont have one already! there is many DIY plans on the net!

yep.. stray current is the most common cause of HLLE.

another way that im aware of to avoid HLLE, is to check the conductivity of the water. many sources output current, which can build up quickly. a grounding probe is the way to go if u dont have one already! there is many DIY plans on the net!
what is the conductivity level of NSW before adding electrical equipment?

what is the conductivity level of NSW before adding electrical equipment?


53 mS/cm (milliSiemens per centimeter) give or take

thanks V. do nearby magnetic equipment contribute to conductivity?

actually thats a damn good question, the hardest thing about conductivity is its range values. or rather understanding them & grouping the finding within a field table!
sodium, Na+, and chloride, Cl ions are free foating in aggregate concentration of seawater right & these ions are magneticly charged! positively charged ions will move toward a negatively charged electrode, and negatively charged ions will move toward a positively charged electrode. just the proccess of these ions that are charged and moving constitute the electrical current we measure. but as for a outside local effect, i would imagin it would have some effect, as to how much, im not a scientist! but a field of any significant strength should be keeped away from the tanks so im guess its purly academic! sorry, didn't really answer your question did i blubber lol

yep. my concerns exactly. its Rob time!

yeah, robs abit of a scientist, id like to narrow that question down

i think the answer is here

http://aa.springer.de/papers/7321001/2300330/sc2.htm

well ok. Since I am so new at this, what are some good places to get some informaiton on conductivity? I haven't studied that one at all. So many things to learn, so little time, so much fun, its fish keeping time. :)

nice rhyme!

um, thats a tough one, i dont have links for this one!
u guys love google, prob best doing a search on conductivity in SW/ marine/aquarium

it may look simple to drop a probe in, but i assure u, really understanding this subject can be a brain freeze! alot of factors that have to be taken into account,
if u get stuck i can help u out! - & others too, should add that, alot of talent here!

I feed every other day with ocasional seawead supliments between. My vegitable food is a homemade mix that concist of spinach, zucinni, carrots, peas, romain lettus and brockly. The meat mix is freshwater white fish, and frozen sea food mix from the chinease store. The Chinease sea food mix is squid, mollusks, crab, and clam.
The both meat and vegitabels, are mixed seperatly, in a food processor. Then I mix 20% of meat to 80% vegitable for the 150G reef tank and 100% meat for the trigger tank.