don't forget to take some pictures when you feed your corals! upload yours here!

[3f_p@L]

here are mines:

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/coral%20feeding/nanas/nanas1.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/coral%20feeding/nanas/nanas2.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/coral%20feeding/nanas/nanas3.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/coral%20feeding/nanas/nanas4.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/coral%20feeding/nanas/nanas5.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/coral%20feeding/nanas/nanas6.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/coral%20feeding/nanas/nanas7.jpg

[3f_p@L]

my sun polyp

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/coral%20feeding/sun%20polip/sunpolip1.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/coral%20feeding/sun%20polip/sunpolip2.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/coral%20feeding/sun%20polip/sunpolip3.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/coral%20feeding/sun%20polip/sunpolip4.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/coral%20feeding/sun%20polip/sunpolip5.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/coral%20feeding/sun%20polip/sunpolip6.jpg

[3f_p@L]

my brain

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/coral%20feeding/brain/brain1.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/coral%20feeding/brain/brain3.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/coral%20feeding/brain/brain4.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/coral%20feeding/brain/brain5.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/coral%20feeding/brain/brain6.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/coral%20feeding/brain/brain8.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/coral%20feeding/brain/brain9.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/coral%20feeding/brain/brain10.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/coral%20feeding/brain/brain11.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/coral%20feeding/brain/brain12.jpg

[gregr]

that is awesome!
great series of pics.
i look forward to seeing this thread grow (hint hint :p )

[gho]

Wow, that's insane! You feed each polyp by hand? I'm too lazy to even feed my sun coral once a week LOL. Nice shots! I'll bet your corals are really happy :)

[3f_p@L]

yup, but not all at once, i feed half of their polyps in the first week, and the others in the next week

[snowhitejolf]

hey what kind of coral is that first one, i have one and nobody can id it

[gho]

What are you feeding them? I feed using mysis. Well, if you're only feeding once a week, then I don't feel quite so bad ;)

[3f_p@L]

What are you feeding them?

i feed them freshwater shrimp. it's very cheap here. only $0.02 for ten shrimps (1 inch size)
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/generic-shrimp.gif

[3f_p@L]

hey what kind of coral is that first one, i have one and nobody can id it

maybe Favia sp or Closed Brain Coral??:confused: (actually i don't know exactly, but the important thing i have to know is their needs of lighting and food:D )

[TheMcs]

Here's one of my favites;
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v698/gmccourt/favites025.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v698/gmccourt/favites030.jpg

[TheMcs]

First one of 3f_p@L's pics looks like something from the Faviide family, no idea what though. Looks quite a bit more fleshy than most closed brains. Send a pm to keckles, he may be able to ID it.

[3f_p@L]

thanx TheMcs, i love ur pics :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[3f_p@L]

here it is in daylight time
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/DSCN0415.jpg

[3f_p@L]

it's time for bubble!

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/coral%20feeding/bubble/bubble1.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/coral%20feeding/bubble/bubble2.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/coral%20feeding/bubble/bubble3.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/coral%20feeding/bubble/bubble4.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/coral%20feeding/bubble/bubble5.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/coral%20feeding/bubble/bubble6.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/coral%20feeding/bubble/bubble7.jpg

[PoukieBear]

very Cool!

[gallivanmk]

Closed:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y202/GALLIVANMK/100_1866.jpg
Hungry:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y202/GALLIVANMK/100_1782.jpg
Pulling in the food:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y202/GALLIVANMK/100_1607.jpg
Upclose of mouth with squid:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y202/GALLIVANMK/100_1781.jpg

[Andrew]

Very Nice pictures everyone!

[3f_p@L]

gallivanmk, nice pics and cool coral!:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[gallivanmk]

Thanks! That coral is definitely my show piece. I have never seen one quite like it.

[3f_p@L]

Mr.mushroom is hungry now!! He wants to eat!!!:D


http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/coral%20feeding/mushroom/jamur1.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/coral%20feeding/mushroom/jamur2.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/coral%20feeding/mushroom/jamur3.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/coral%20feeding/mushroom/jamur4.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/coral%20feeding/mushroom/jamur5.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/coral%20feeding/mushroom/jamur6.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/coral%20feeding/mushroom/jamur7.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/coral%20feeding/mushroom/jamur8.jpg

[tekknoschtev]

Wow, that's some serious dedication. Our tank is 26" deep so we got a glorified turkey baster on steroids. This thing is awesome for feeding mysis to my LPS corals. Sometimes the sun corals get 4-10 mysis each. I'll be sure to get some pictures when someone is awake when i go to feed.

[TheBimbo]

Well since I'm over here, I escaped from The Lounge... Here is one of my large hairy shrooms...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v236/thebimbo/tankandflowers019.jpg


TheBimbo;)

[Markk96]

Here is one of my Ricordea taking in a piece of Mysis

http://webpages.charter.net/kingeryreef/Ricordea/DSC02965.JPG

[3f_p@L]

thebimbo , what a huge shrooms!!:eek1: :thumbsup:


Markk96, nice pics!!:thumbsup:

[3f_p@L]

sorry for poor quality pictures

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/coral%20feeding/polip/polyp1.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/coral%20feeding/polip/polyp2.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/coral%20feeding/polip/polyp3.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/coral%20feeding/polip/polyp4.jpg

[sdbeazley]

I didn't even know rics could eat flake like this. It moved each of its little tentacles toward its mouth like a crowd surfer.

http://img108.imagevenue.com/loc133/th_2d9_ricordia_eating_flake.jpg (http://img108.imagevenue.com/img.php?loc=loc133&image=2d9_ricordia_eating_flake.jpg)

[TheBimbo]

Originally posted by 3f_p@L
thebimbo , what a huge shrooms!!:eek1: :thumbsup:


Markk96, nice pics!!:thumbsup:

Thanks... Sometimes they get as big as a dinner plate...Here's a picture from a couple weeks ago...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v236/thebimbo/LargeShrooms.jpg


Just cleaned the tank and light's are out, sooo hopefully tomorrow I'll get a good picture...


TheBimbo:rollface:

[3f_p@L]

nice picture, sdbeazley! love that!

[XxMutedYouthxX]

my question to you guys is how do you keep your fish/inverts away when feeding your corals meaty food? I always had such trouble when feeding krill to my anemone

[gregr]

that can really be a pain in the neck. luckily for me that Acanthastrea eats so fast the shrimp never have a chance. if they come near though i squirt them with water from the turkey baster that i use to feed the coral with.
back when i had an anemone i would just give each shrimp a piece of food to keep them busy while the anemone ate.
Greg

[XxMutedYouthxX]

I tried that but for some reason they still wanted the one the anemone had... theyd go stash the piece i gave them and go back for the anemones lol

[tekknoschtev]

http://workshopwebs.com/pictures/fish/150/05August/082205/hungrycandycanebig.JPG
Not eating, but begging.

http://workshopwebs.com/pictures/fish/150/05August/082205/hungrycandycanesmall.JPG
This thing will leave its tentacles out even if its been fed 5 times before in an hour.

http://workshopwebs.com/pictures/fish/150/05August/082205/pigsuncoral.JPG
FOOD FIGHT!

http://workshopwebs.com/pictures/fish/150/05August/082205/unknownlps.JPG
I'm not sure what kind of LPS this is but it sure likes its mysis.

http://workshopwebs.com/pictures/fish/150/05August/080905/suncoralpig.JPG
There are at least 10 mysis shrim in that one sun corals mouth.

http://workshopwebs.com/pictures/fish/150/05August/082205/acaneating.JPG
Acan Subechinata scarfing down some mysis.

[Conceyted]

here is our ricordea eating a mysis http://fish.conceyted.com/images/DSC01332s.jpg

[3f_p@L]

my question to you guys is how do you keep your fish/inverts away when feeding your corals meaty food? I always had such trouble when feeding krill to my anemone

you can use your fingers to drive them away from stealing your coral's food. :)

[ShellBell]

Originally posted by TheMcs
Here's one of my favites;
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v698/gmccourt/favites025.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v698/gmccourt/favites030.jpg

Awesome pics and AWESOME DOG. I have an onxy brindle great dane. Looks like yours enjoys the tank. :)

[melev]

Well, you've motivated me to go melt some cyclop eeze and mysis to feed my corals tonight. ;)

[tekknoschtev]

Originally posted by melev
Well, you've motivated me to go melt some cyclop eeze and mysis to feed my corals tonight. ;)

Mysis does the trick too! That's not to say that on my next trip home from MSU I'm not bringing home a few bars of cyclopeeze. I've never actually used it, but i want to give it a shot and the fish stores around us dont stock it regularly. Up at college though they've got it at one of the LFSs.

[melev]

All my corals are snacking now. ;) My flashlight has no batteries, so no pictures at this time.

[tekknoschtev]

Aww, so its like a free meal :p

[3f_p@L]

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/redbrain/redbrain1.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/redbrain/redbrain2.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/redbrain/redbrain3.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/redbrain/redbrain4.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/redbrain/redbrain5.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/ef_med2001/redbrain/redbrain6.jpg

[redpyro]

how about a movie?

http://www.mrlevek.com/movies/RicordiaFeedingTime.wmv

[my2girls]

Originally posted by redpyro
how about a movie?

http://www.mrlevek.com/movies/RicordiaFeedingTime.wmv

Very cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[melev]

Redpyro, that looks like a Lavendar Frilly to me, although the very fringe does resemble ricordia bulbous tentacles. Nice video. Thanks.

[BLKTANG]

Red brain.Just dosed calcium.(cloudy water).


http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b321/1974d/Saltwatertank115.jpg


http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b321/1974d/Saltwatertank113.jpg


http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b321/1974d/Saltwatertank116.jpg

[Gary Majchrzak]

Plexaura gorgonian eating cyclops
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/516/7144new_pics_116914998_1_.jpg
Stichodactyla tapetum mini carpet anemone eating a silverside
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/512/7144pseudocoralimorph.jpg
Stichodactyla haddoni carpet anemone engulfing food
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/512/7144zzzzzzz_012_1_.jpg

[3f_p@L]

how about a movie?

what a nice video!:thumbsup:



very nice pictures everyone :inlove:

[melev]

I recently purchased a Dendrophyllia, and it closed up for the past two days. I didn't know if I would ever get to feed it, but this evening its mouth was gaping open, so I seized the opportunity.

http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/05/09/den_1.jpg

http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/05/09/den_2.jpg

http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/05/09/den_3.jpg

http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/05/09/den_4.jpg

http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/05/09/den_5.jpg

http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/05/09/den_6.jpg

http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/05/09/den_7.jpg

The good news is that after the lights turned off, the tentacles were fully out again.

[3f_p@L]

melev, woaah....that's a nice Dendrophyllia!! How is it now? hope its still OK. and...nice pics !! (again..)

[melev]

It is doing much better since that day. Thanks for asking. That first couple of days with it gaping had me worried, but since then I'd changed a bunch of water and ran ROWAphos to get that water tip-top again. :) Here's one more feeding shot, if you look very closely.

http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/05/09/dendro1.jpg

[doublette90]

Can I play too?;)

My daughter took this picture while I was feeding some silverside...
http://www3.telus.net/public/dabbler/pic%20011.jpg

This one was a little bit later, looks kind of full!

http://www3.telus.net/public/dabbler/pic%20017.jpg

[3f_p@L]

nice pics, especially the first one.
btw what substrate are you using? it looks dark, but nice lookin

[doublette90]

Originally posted by 3f_p@L
btw what substrate are you using? it looks dark, but nice lookin

Thanks! When we ran this tank as a freshwater planted tank we had black sand for a substrate. When we switched over to salt we added two bags of live sand, kind of gives it a salt and pepper look.

[AJ31655]

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/560/60542mini-Open1.jpg

[3f_p@L]

wow! how did you get the picture? what camera did you use? did you cropped it first? it's really close, and clear!!

[Pacific Reefs]

I think AJ was in the tank when he took it.

[3f_p@L]

Originally posted by Pacific Reefs
I think AJ was in the tank when he took it.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

[Dave88]

Candycane after being fed cyclopzee.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a139/dave88_/candy.jpg

[waterfaller1]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/waterfaller1/Picture189a.jpg

Sorry the pic is so blurry,I stink at taking pics...
I thought this was pretty funny though...the polyps were fighting over this piece of squid...the big one won the fight!:)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/waterfaller1/Picture181.jpg

[3f_p@L]

what a cute sun polyps:D

[melev]

Here's mine that I fed this evening.

http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/05/11/dendro_mysis1.jpg

http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/05/11/dendro_mysis2.jpg

http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/05/11/dendro_mysis3.jpg

We could play "Count the mysis" now. :D

[bradleyj]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v714/tileman/Ricordias/100_5585Large.jpg

[glaudds]

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b60/GLAUDDS/11-2005001.jpg

[3f_p@L]

well, sure that your corals are happy with u:D

[melev]

Here is a tiny orange ball anemone (mushroom family). It is eating a single small pellet of Formula Two.

http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/05/11/oba3.jpg

http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/05/11/oba4.jpg

http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/05/11/oba5.jpg

[CTS]

This hobby is a full time job...i love it!!!

[3f_p@L]

:eek1: that cute anemone is amazing:eek1:

[snorvich]

Wonderful pictures everyone. Thanks for sharing!!

Steve

[tmerrick]

http://www.tylermerrick.com/images/corals/acan_feeding_small.jpg

http://www.tylermerrick.com/images/corals/acan2_feeding_small.jpg

http://www.tylermerrick.com/images/corals/candys_feeding_small.jpg

[3f_p@L]

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[jwedehase]

How about something slightly different? What does every animal do after eating? The answer, of course, is "poop!" :)

Here's my candy coral as it was working everything down to the exit for evacuation.

http://www.cvreefers.org/d/20933-1/candypuke.jpg

[3f_p@L]

anyone?

[this is me]

http://i.pbase.com/o4/80/587080/1/60328642._DSC4410.jpg

[Fanof49ASU]

Blasto eating a brine shrimp.
http://markfoltz.freeservers.com/BlastomussaShrimp.jpg

2 polys fighting over a shrimp.
http://markfoltz.freeservers.com/BlastomussaTugaWar.jpg

[Rendos]

http://fishman.smugmug.com/photos/1156588-M-1.jpg
http://fishman.smugmug.com/photos/1375924-M.jpg

http://fishman.smugmug.com/photos/1156580-M-1.jpg
http://fishman.smugmug.com/photos/1375929-M-1.jpg

http://fishman.smugmug.com/photos/54384473-M.jpg
http://fishman.smugmug.com/photos/53666480-M.jpg

[Rendos]

http://fishman.smugmug.com/photos/54384503-M.jpg
http://fishman.smugmug.com/photos/53666486-M.jpg

[TheBimbo]

Great shots everyone... Took this at the Pittsburgh Zoo on Saturday... It was a tankful of Jellyfish... It was sooo be-A-utiful...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v236/thebimbo/DSCN1080.jpg


Christy...:)

[fishypets]

Does this count? I dump a bunch of stuff in the wave box and let Tunze do the rest.


http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/1/96213mini-IMG_4136.JPG

[tibbs2]

I've never noticed my yuma or florida ricordea's eat mysis. I'll have to take a closer look next time I feed them.

[astrogazer]

wow ... now that's a feeding ...

here's one of my sun corals munching on some mysis
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/djpalliser/Sun-Coral_Nighttime_Pigs.jpg

[MiddletonMark]

Acropora catching CE in it's mucus web ...
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/554/28196messenteries0.jpg