do you feed your corals?

[ryan]

hey guys...

i was just wondering if you guys feed your corals...

my tank is mainly LPS and i don't feed plankton...

only throw in frozen cyclop eeze once a day during feeding time...

i know some guys feed manually daily on top of plankton...

how many of you do? please indicate here and what you use to feed thanks!

i'm worried my corals don't get enough food and cannot totally depend on lights...

especially my prata...

please advise!

thanks guys!

[erictck]

prawns + phytoplankton

[JustinK]

DT plus golden pearls once every 2 days. And mysis for hammer, bubble, brain etc once every week.

[FuEl]

LPS don't take phytoplankton. It's unneccessary to risk your water quality by dosing food that corals don't consume..

[nsyahron]

Mixed brine shrimp and cyclop-eeze, one feeding every two days for fish and LPS in 2ft tank. Brain, sun, and candy cane I target feed. One cube brine shrimp + 1 small spoon cyclop lasts three feedings.

[erictck]

waa.... fuel, i didn't know that.... hiya... only SPS takes phyto ?

so far, my genipora?? is getting better by the day... maybe because of poor water quality ?

[Eric]

DT plus golden pearls once every 2 days. And mysis for hammer, bubble, brain etc once every week.

JustinK, where to buy mysis?

For my LPS and SPS I feed them with mixed Cycloeeze,GP,phytoplankton twice a week & silver fish or prawn meats every sunday.

Ryan, GP is cheap and good........you might wan to consider it.

Eric

[FuEl]

Both LPS and SPS don't take phyto...they are carnivorous corals and need animal based foods. Consumers of phyto are mostly filter feeders like clams, scallops, sea squirts, sponges, etc.

[minsmarine]

Does ur guys feed to Elephant Ear , Plate ?

[Eric]

Does ur guys feed to Elephant Ear , Plate ?

Plate takes prawn neat or silver fish when I place it on their tentacles.

Eric

[ryan]

so you guys manually feed individual corals daily or weekly with mysis and brine shrimp and cut up prawn?

how do ya'll do it without the fish stealing the food?

when do ya'll feed?

and how much?

thinking of getting the aquapharm 5in1 coral food...

any comments?

GP still better?

[ryz]

usually the corals just grab it and will extend it polyp to engulf the food. I fed by plate coral by just leaving a piece of Market prawn near it's mouth then the sides of the mouth would extend and pull it in and swallow it slowly... I squirt Mysis shrimps and soaked pellets into each polyps of my cup corals and sun corals... they have shown significant growth under this feeding regime.. sun coral polyps multiplied from 20+ to around 60 heads! cup coral colouring up and showing much much better expansion can see skeletal growth also... my hairy mushrooms and yumas also take small pieces of prawn meat... I also feeed my bubble coral prawn meat.

[Rocks]

Both LPS and SPS don't take phyto...they are carnivorous corals and need animal based foods. Consumers of phyto are mostly filter feeders like clams, scallops, sea squirts, sponges, etc.

FuEl

so what do you feed your LPS, SPS ... what food/brand ? i will be building up my tank with LPS, SPS ... so its good to know what selection of food is available for them...

currently.. feeding prawn for anemones and phytoplankton for clam, sponges and filters feeders..

CHEERS !

LiveRock

[Nautical]

sorry need help also.

when i put a small piece of prawn into the mouth of the prata, before it closes up, some fishes will take it away. frustrating to see that happened.

also, how to feed the bubbles ?

when i put in frozen brine shrimp or even mysis, either the fishes will eat them up or the water current will suck it into the overflow. this leaves no chance at all for the corals to eat.

please advise. thanks a zillion.

[JustinK]

JustinK, where to buy mysis?

For my LPS and SPS I feed them with mixed Cycloeeze,GP,phytoplankton twice a week & silver fish or prawn meats every sunday.

Ryan, GP is cheap and good........you might wan to consider it.

Eric

Mysis shrimp lor, just squirt into the mouth i always get mine at ML

[JustinK]

also, how to feed the bubbles ?

when i put in frozen brine shrimp or even mysis, either the fishes will eat them up or the water current will suck it into the overflow.  this leaves no chance at all for the corals to eat. 

please advise.  thanks a zillion. 

Take a dropper, suck up the shrimp, stick it into the mouth gently and just squirt it, your bubble will take it in straight away. Your fishes will have no chance of even getting near it

[neokn]

Guard the prata and let it finish engraffing the food?

[ryz]

I feed my bubble by using small pieces of prawn meat and stuffing them using my fingers near the mouth. the polyp will sengulf and devour it...

[ervine]

I feed my bubble by using small pieces of prawn meat and stuffing them using my fingers near the mouth. the polyp will sengulf and devour it...

Do bubbles really need to be fed?

[hammy]

i put silverfish inside my bubble....i thik it help seem to get healthier ...

[Rocks]

how about hammer ? what and how to feed them ? anyone to advise ?

[ryz]

fedding is not a neccesity but it's more efficient than them taking in nitrogenous compounds from the water for protein loh.

[Rocks]

fedding is not a neccesity but it's more efficient than them taking in nitrogenous compounds from the water for protein loh.

so if want to feed the hammer ... how and with what har ?

[bubble_gum]

i feed my lps with bs direct to the mouth with a dropper they will open their moughts and their tenticles.... i also squirt the bs onto their tenticles and let them feed themselves

[ryz]

Brine Shrimp so small and their protein value so low... Think feed market prawn more efficient protein source