what are you feeding your corals?

[Nano]

Hey guys I'm just seeing how many people didn't do their homework (like me)
and hadn't been feeding their corals either hard or softies. If you are feeding
them, what are you using? I am using reef roids, by polyp labs (just started
today lol) If anyone else uses this, what kind of results are you getting and
in what time frame?

[Chowder]

I feed my corals fish poop.

[Nano]

I feed my corals fish poop.

lol i was too, but I got some advice telling me plankton(reef-roids) heps accelerate growth

[Money pit]

These days I'm feeding Acan Plus, Pacifica plankton, Mysis and NL spectrum pellets. Fish, corals, worms , crabs, everyone seems happy.

[daniella3d]

Depends on the coral:

zoanthids: chromaplex, reefroid, coral frenzy, fauna marin
Palythoas: frozen cyclopeeze (they eat), chromaplex etc...
SPS: Zeovit amino acid, sponge power, reefroid, coral frenzy
LPS: frozen cyclopeeze, mysis and all the rest
non-photosynthetic like sun coral or dendro: cyclop, mysis, brine, eggs, pretty much any food in small chunk.

[Nano]

thanks for the replies guys, I'm also wondering what kind of growth you see from feeding

[Myka]

Mine eat fish poop too with the exception of two open brain corals who get New Era LPS pellets otherwise they bleach.

Remember, the more you feed your corals, the more they poop. Yes, corals poop too which means more nutrients. Imo, don't feed unless you have to.

[KevinK]

so if we are talking about feeding, than lets also ask, do you experiance in coral growth and development/color when you feed ore not feed.

I never fed my corals, maybr once in a while, but always wondered, if I should do more, ore not

even feeding the green algea, I considdered, but as culturing them is a big hassle, I never got to that, as I did not know it there was lots of added benefit

so if you write that you feed, pleas also incloud your experiance with the development part, thanks

[Myka]

I found my Duncan coral grew much faster when I fed it a few mysis a few times a week. Same with RBTAs. Nothing else grows any faster or has any color changes in my tank (brains, Candy canes, Acans, Euphyllia).

[Blom]

Acan Plus to my acans every 2 - 4 days. Mysis once a week unless I feel like treating the fish too twice a week. I dont feed the zoas or the hammer but I am sure they grab what they can after the pumps scream back on.

With acan plus I have noticed my acans really have grown and are especially puffed up the day after feeding

[Blom]

Depends on the coral:

zoanthids: chromaplex, reefroid, coral frenzy, fauna marin
Palythoas: frozen cyclopeeze (they eat), chromaplex etc...
SPS: Zeovit amino acid, sponge power, reefroid, coral frenzy
LPS: frozen cyclopeeze, mysis and all the rest
non-photosynthetic like sun coral or dendro: cyclop, mysis, brine, eggs, pretty much any food in small chunk.

Wow... talk about a grocery bill :lol:

Have you noticed that your Zoas have benifited from the feedings?

[whatcaneyedo]

I feed my fish and by doing so I indirectly feed my coral by providing them with dissolved organic waste, uneaten food, and naturally occurring phytoplankton and zooplankton. While I'm sure it helps to do some deliberate feeding it is by no means necessary.

Sponge growth underneath the rocks
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh109/whatcaneyedo/IMG_6907.jpg

Coral growth up top
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh109/whatcaneyedo/IMG_8468.jpg

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

I make a mix of Reefroids, cyclopeeze & frzn. rotifers. I add to it Selcon & some Amino acids. I used to squirt mysis into the duncans but the cleaner shrimp would dig them out.

My wife & I love featherdusters so a small squirt of this mix several times weekly keeps them happy & alive. I notice that my lps go into feeding mode with lots of tentacles within a minute of the mix going in.

I also feed my tanks frzn food (usually once or twice daily) and mixed pellets (once or twice daily).

[Maverick00]

@whatcaneyedo I just got back from the netherlands last month, that picture made me want a leffe triple, blond would work too :D

[Nano]

thanks for the replies guys. I think I have to glue my zoo frags down, cause my damn emerald crab keeps knocking them down.

[daniella3d]

It's not so expensive because the little pot of coralfrenzy and reefroid have lasted me for nearly a year and I still have half. It does not take much :)

I have noticed a lot of growth when I feed Chromaplex. Of all the food I give to my zoanthids, Chromaplex is the one I can't do without if I want my zoanthids to grow, and for the paly target feeding with cyclopeeze as well.

I had a frag of beautiful zoanthids with very long flashy orange tentacles in my nano and they were growing like weeds. After I was out of Chromaplex I did not buy more and after a white I saw my zoanthids slow down their growth and just stop growing totally. From huge colony of that orange zoa, I was left with only one polyp as they were not doing so well and were slowly in decline. I decided to move it into my 75 gallons in hope of saving it but to no avail..it was not mutiplying. Then I read an article on specialists growing zoanthids and they recommanded Chromaplex (wish I could find that site again!). I then remebered that when I was using it my zoa were growing well and I bought it again...What did I have to lose?

Now that single orange polyp have multiplied to about 50+ in a few months and I have sold a few frags of it already. Maybe it is a coincidence? dunno but heck..that's what hapened.

The Zeovit amino acid did a good difference in my SPS coloration.

Wow... talk about a grocery bill :lol:

Have you noticed that your Zoas have benifited from the feedings?

[Nano]

Sounds promising, for me i did a 25% wc and then fed the tank for the first time yesterday, and my xenia that was doing poorly for the past little while is now looking a bit more perky today I'm not sure I'd it is the drag nutrients from the salt or the food I gave the tank but its looking better today then it has in almost 3 weeks

[Corbin]

i feed all my LPS whatever i feed my fish. dont feed my SPS intentionally

[Myka]

Then I read an article on specialists growing zoanthids and they recommanded Chromaplex (wish I could find that site again!)

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[Blom]

Thanks Myka... good read. It scares me to think my Zoas are starving, which I doubt is the case as they are growing. But I am certainly going to look into that Kent Marine Chroma Plex.

[Brandon5555]

I feed my softies fuel by aquavitro, a d everybody else daphnia, live bbs, and sometimes I mix marine snow in.

[Aquattro]

I don't feed anything but the fish. My tank is doing better now than any other tank I've had where I did feed the corals.
Personally, I think feeding corals is a waste of money and adds extra nutrients to an environment that I'm trying to keep low nutrient.

honestly, whether it's a good idea or bad, it's too early in your tank to be worrying about it. Get your levels right, add a fish or two, crack a beer, relax and watch the tank.

[daniella3d]

Could be but if I remember they were talking about zoanthids melting as well. Maybe it's the same site but they changed the web page so not sure.

I remember they were doing the aquaculture of ricordea as well and these are also doing ric so maybe that's it.


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