Feeding

so just doing another regular feeding last night (rods food original). and lucky for me i watch my fish eat...one of my 3 year old purcs got a larger than normal piece of food lodged in its mouth. the short amount of time from being all good and feeding to really bad and dieing was frighting (about 3 min.), my clown was lifeless and blowing around my tank like a rag doll....so i did what any addict would do, pulled that !@#&er out with a net, through him in a my food bowl, grabbed some tweezers ...

Admittedly, the issue of running a marine tank without a skimmer filtration system is a controversial topic amongst hobbyists. Getting rid of nuisance algae is also a frequent topic of discussion. Here is my story of the algae battle and the ultimate victory years in the making.

Setup:
My tank is a 72-gallon Oceanic bowfront. Inside the stand is a 29-gallon glass tank with a skimmer section (ASM G3 with recirc mod) and a return-pump section. Lighting is provided by a 4x54W T5 ...

Decided I'm going to give the Brightwell Neo Zeo method a try on my 90 gal. I've ordered all the supplies and will be setting it up this weekend. I'm planning on documenting the process here. I've read all their documentation, but would love to hear and tips or suggestions from other hobbyists who've tried it. I'm also kinda wondering if anyone has combined a Zeo method with Prodibio, too....

For about 6 months now I have been making my own food. When, I started my goal was to purchase as much of it as possible from the local grocery store in order to keep the cost down. In November, I did a teach for my local on the food recipe. Here is the recipe and a video that I made to go along with recipe.

MASM Food Recipe

Why Make your Own Food:

1) Allows for variety of diet: You can mix different things together ...