Remove Uneaten Food...Really?

[Dave]

You have all seen it...feed the fish what they will eat in three minutes...and then remove uneaten food. I have visions of some poor newbie chasing pieces of Mysis shrimp around the tank trying to get it out after the three minute egg timer expires.

Maybe it is just me, but the suggestion to remove uneaten food always seemed absurd to me.

Maybe because I have never fed my tank the floating frozen cubes. I guess turning the pumps back on could be considered a level of removal depending on your setup.

Not really a question...more a rhetorical observation.

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[njtiger24 aquariums]

Ha never thought of it that way. I just gave my fish the food and what was left over was for my britt star and other CUC lol.

 

[Lostinthedark]

I don't think I have ever seen uneaten food in my tank. The fish always seem to be hungry. Like a bottomless pit.

 

[Trio91]

Pretty much the same here, I don't think I could remove a lot of the food if I wanted to with all the caves n what not. My cuc consists of a banded coral shrimp, snails, hermits, and an urchin so they pretty much take care of the rest

 

[MadReefer]

I think this rule was more for flake food. Scope up what ever was till floating on top. I use frozen and defrost a small piece in a cup of SW. I then add a little to the tank over a few hours until gone. If I used to much I toss what is left over.

 

[redfishbluefish]

This instruction is a joke for a reef tank!!!

I've got to believe this is for true newbies who just purchased or won their very first fish and have it in a little bowl.

 

[Dave]

I think this rule was more for flake food. Scope up what ever was till floating on top. I use frozen and defrost a small piece in a cup of SW. I then add a little to the tank over a few hours until gone. If I used to much I toss what is left over.

That might make sense...except...here is the back of frozen food package

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[MadReefer]

I know Dave. Makes no sense. Unless they are worried about a law suit they want cover their a$$.