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StarGazer_1
06/30/2009, 11:44 PM
what do you feed them?
i have brine shrimp and plankton on hand

StarGazer_1
07/01/2009, 12:23 AM
fine ignore me
ill figure it out
im good at that

demonboy369
07/01/2009, 12:25 AM
I have a hammer and it will occasionally grab some small cyclopeeze or mysis, usually it dont bother tho9ugh. just eats up the light.

Flipper62
07/01/2009, 12:32 AM
I spot feed my torch & frog about 2 to 3 times a week.

I do a mix of cyclopeez, Rods food, mysis. I mix it all together in a glass along with some tank water. Then I suck it up with a turkey baster & spot feed them. They all seem fine & doing well

StarGazer_1
07/01/2009, 12:38 AM
ok thx
i have several corals, most doing fine
the ones i am worried about are the torch and the open brain
just got the torch
one polyp looks a little lame
the brain looks like it may be needing more food
looks a little gaunt, not receding
target fed phyto planton and brine shrimp and he hardly opened his mouth
i may have slacked off here
sorry if i got snotty

demonboy369
07/01/2009, 01:11 AM
my hammer had a lame head when I got him as well. it took weeks to come around but looks great now. I wasn't feeding either

briangg57
07/01/2009, 06:27 AM
I feed my open brain and RBTA, shrimp shavings and cyclop-eezs. I seldom target feed my hammer or torch because after I turn the pumps back on, the cyclop-eezs goes all over the tank and feeds everything. The torch in this recent picture is 5 years old. This pic is taken after I sold 5 heads last month.
http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh293/briguert57/dsc01625.jpg

driftin
07/01/2009, 08:01 AM
I have fed my torches larger pieces of food, chopped up shrimp. A little bit larger than anything in Rod's food but not by much.

Shane Hoffman
07/01/2009, 01:54 PM
Cyclops and tubifex from a baster.....