Looking for the best food for a variety of tank critters.

[Sand Reef]

In my tank specs, I have listed what I feed my tank, and in a conversation I had about the food I use, came up the fact that most of these artificial manufactured products I feed contain things that my tank may not even like. For instance the flakes contain wheat germ, gluten, dried torula yeast, things like that.

My question is what else could I feed my tank inhabitants that would be closer to home that is very feasible and easy to obtain?

Foods that I will be able to selectively feed to all the inhabitants, if at all possible, and where I can buy this food.

If live phytoplankton would be beneficial, then I will start learning how to culture this. What ever it takes, I am willing to try for the better of the life.

[UFGator]

Interestingly enough I just got done reading Joyce Wilkerson's book "Clownfishes". Since you main inhabitants are a mated pair you will be happy to know that Joyce recommends feeding clowns almost exactly the same things you are feeding yours. Specifically Joyce recommends:

Formula 1 (by formula foods) - According to Joyce this was actually developed from a clownfish hatchery recipe.
Formula 2 (by formula foods)
Squid (by aquayums)
Brine Shrimp Plus (by formula foods)
Krill (by aquayums)
Selcon to enrich brine shrimp, etc
Spirulina (OSI)
Ocean Plankton (Tetra Delica)
Vibragrow
Marine Aquarium flake food (OSI)

Joyce feeds flakes in the morning 5 days a week. 2-3 flakes per clown.
Frozen cubes at night 5 days a week.
1/3 cube per clown.
Live foods on the weekends.

Hope this helps.
Joel

[bill-e]

In My opinion, blender mush is as good as any prepared food you can buy. Go to my reef page listen in my signature line and find the blender mush recipe.

That will give you an idea of how to make it, and you can add anything else you want. The important ingredients are the Selcon and Nori. Add whatever else is obtainable from your local market.