I generally prefer to shut my return pump and skimmer down when in my primary feed mode.
I like to dump in coral food, phyto, fish food, etc and don't want it all immediately ending up in the sump.
That being said, I like to keep my recirc pumps (they were gyres and MP10's and now a pair of wav's instead) off for a minute or two, and then have them come on to circulate the food around the display tank until the return pump comes back.
My normal wav program is too much. I just want some subtle water movement to keep the food in suspension, but not blown around the tank.
What's the trick there?
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