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merctech
02/09/2006, 10:35 PM
I recently purchased some brain coral.. i was wondering how do you feed brain coral? thanks in an advance!
cubanheat1
02/09/2006, 10:56 PM
there are two ways i believe that work for me. you feed your whole reef tank foods such as phytoplankton(i like DT's live)zooplankton,cyclopeeze, marine snow,rotifers,or daphnia.and if you want to concentrate on a type of coral you can use a turkey baster with a needle nose or since i work at a hospital i use lab pipettes. any thing that can project the food around or towards that coral which is called "target feeding". I have 2 brains and i never target feed i just feed the whole tank the only ones i do target feed is by candy cane coral because of the amount of flow.
elwaine
02/09/2006, 11:56 PM
cubanheat1,

What time of day/night do you feed the corals?
sullyfish
02/10/2006, 12:38 PM
Once in awhile I will target feed my open brain. I will wait until right after I feed the other inhabitants so his tenticles are extended and then I will put mysis or squid by his mouth. within 30 seconds he has gobbled it all up. The big pig
causeofhim
02/20/2006, 02:15 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6709834#post6709834 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by sullyfish
Once in awhile I will target feed my open brain. I will wait until right after I feed the other inhabitants so his tenticles are extended and then I will put mysis or squid by his mouth. within 30 seconds he has gobbled it all up. The big pig
Yep, I feed mine pieces of silversides when I feed my anemones.