Should I change the amount of food I add to my tank every day?

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I currently add 5 cubes of frozen mysis/plankton/spirulina to my 55-gallon tank: 3 cubes at ~11am and 2 cubes at ~7pm. I also sometimes put a sheet of algae in the tank for the fish to peck at. I currently have a 4.5-inch tang, a 4-inch wrasse, a 4-inch rabbitfish, a 3.5-inch clownfish, a 3 inch triggerfish, a 2-inch dottyback, a 1.5-inch royal gramma, a 1.5-inch mandarin, a 1.5-inch cardinalfish and a 1-inch clownfish. Oh, I also have a long engineer goby. I know that's a lot of fish for the size of my tank - but if I don't overfeed, maybe the bigger fish won't grow too big for the tank. Just wondering if I should increase or decrease the # of frozen cubes every day.
 

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Watch your fish and test your water parameters. It seems like a lot but the bioload may support it.
 

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Don't starve your fish to keep them from growing. That's cruel. Treat them like living creatures
 

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