Dosing for coral growth

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by mattdean

If you want them to grow, you have to feed them. I feed my corals Reef Roids, cyclopeeze and another coral food, I can't remember the name. It's red or orange, plus Phytoplankton. Once a week for each on a different day. My corals grow like weeds!

I've never fed my corals and I had so much growth I couldn't keep up on fragging. So this is a matter of opinion really.

My last tank, a 90g, had acros that didn't grow at all in 2 years. After moving to the new tank, they've grown more in three weeks than the previous 2 years. no feeding, other than the food added for the fish. All measureable parameters are identical between the two tanks, so in my case, I think it had something to do with the hardware. Maybe electrical current, copper in the silicone, etc.
But for me, feeding corals has never been required for great growth.