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Feeding Bottom Dwellers

How to Feed Your Reef Tank: Expert Tips for Surface & Bottom Feeders | Hilary Jaffe

Are you sure every inhabitant in your reef tank is getting the nutrition they need? In this video, Hilary breaks down essential feeding strategies for both new and experienced hobbyists, specifically focusing on the challenge of feeding bottom-dwelling species like mandarins, gobies, and corals. You’ll learn the difference between surface, column, and bottom feeding preferences, and why relying on a single feeding method might be leaving your cleanup crew hungry. Hilary shares pro tips on establishing live copepod populations, selecting the right pellet size for your fish, and two clever hacks to help small pellets break surface tension so they actually sink. Whether you are broadcast feeding or target feeding after lights out, these tips will help you observe your livestock's health more effectively and maintain a vibrant, thriving marine ecosystem.

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  • Apex-Pods Live Copepods (6 oz) - Reef Nutrition

    Apex-Pods Live Copepods (6 oz) - Reef Nutrition

    Reef Nutrition

    $28.00
    Apex-Pods™ are live Apocyclops panamensis copepods.  They are an excellent food source that attracts finicky fish, such as mandarin dragonets, pipefish, Anthias sp. and wrasses. Shipping: Click Here to Learn More about Shipping...
  • Roti Feast Enriched Rotifers (6 oz) - Reef Nutrition

    Roti Feast Enriched Rotifers (6 oz) - Reef Nutrition

    Reef Nutrition

    $21.75
    Enriched L-Type Brachionus plicatilis rotifers. Highly nutritious plankton feed consisting of five million, fully intact Brachionus plicatilis marine rotifers with millions of eggs per 6 oz bottle. Excellent food...
  • Algae Pellets (1mm, 140g) - Vitalis

    Algae Pellets (1mm, 140g) - Vitalis

    Vitalis

    $16.59
    Unique, soft, sinking pellet formulation. Less waste - improved water quality. High quality, sustainably sourced ingredients. Feeding Guide A daily diet of specialty food for fish, suitable for all herbivorous tropical marine species. Feed up to...
  • Benepellet Reef Medium 2.5 mm Pellet Coral Food (1.3 oz) - Benepets

    Benepellet Reef Medium 2.5 mm Pellet Coral Food (1.3 oz) - Benepets

    Benepets

    $19.99
    Based on our Benereef formula, now in a pellet form for convenient feeding and automatic feeder use. Benepellet Reef is scientifically engineered to optimize nutrients for your entire reef system. Bioavailability an nutrient absorption help maintain low...
  • FLOAT - Medium Pellet (2mm - 2.5mm) 120g - New Life Spectrum

    FLOAT - Medium Pellet (2mm - 2.5mm) 120g - New Life Spectrum

    New Life Spectrum

    $11.99
    The New Life Spectrum® line of positively buoyant floating pellets. The regular size pellets provide the nutrient density and water stability of a pellet while being an ideal substitute for flakes. For larger surface-feeding fish, New Life...
  • Benepellet LPS Medium 2.5 mm Pellet Coral Food (2.7 oz) - Benepets

    Benepellet LPS Medium 2.5 mm Pellet Coral Food (2.7 oz) - Benepets

    Benepets

    $34.95
    Based on our Benereef formula, Benepellet LPS is scientifically engineered to optimize nutrients for LPS corals, Anemones, Crustaceans, Azoox corals, Fish and Invertebrates. Bioavailability and nutrient absorption help maintain low nutrient impact,...