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I turn off all flow once a week to feed coral that eats very slow. Turn off return pump the rest of the time.
 

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I never tun my skimmer off but all my jebao hardware has feed mode and it turns them off for 10 minutes.

I find you'll feed less and avoid unnecessary nitrates by doing so. You can gage what is hitting the sand better than if it's getting blow all over.
 

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If I'm broadcast feeding corals I turn off the return and put my vortech in sleep mode. However when I spot feed and before my vortech I would shut it all down .
 

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A nice spot feeding technique I stole from @CastAway cut the bottom out of a bottle and use your Turkey blaster to feed your coral under the bottle.
 

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I don't turn anything off. scattering the food gives all the fish a chance to eat. I have a couple of fish that are food hogs, and will out eat the others if given the chance.
 

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