feeding snails/hermit???

[saixiong]

Sad to say my clownfish died about a week ago. Since im not feeding anything due to no current fish in my tank, will the clean up crew be ok or should i feed them? Will this cause another cycle in my tank?

[vegasgundog]

Throw a few pellets in. No sense on starving them. Just don't go crazy.

[xAyanex]

When I only had snails and not enough algae, particularly my nassarius snails that aren't too crazy about algae anyway, I would shut off on the pump and powerheads to kill the water flow. Then I would take a small pinch of food and put it under the water level (still between my fingers) and let go-this way the few flakes would float straight to the bottom. The snails could smell the food, find it, and eat it within a few minutes, and then I would just turn everything back on like normal.

I only did this like once a week and fed super lightly (like 3 or 4 flakes per snail if I think they're hungry). If you overfeed and there's a bunch of food chillin' in there, it will eventually break down and could cause an ammonia spike.