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Unread 06/17/2018, 04:37 PM   #1
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What do you feed your corals

And how often?


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Unread 06/17/2018, 05:01 PM   #2
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Twice a week.. (goniopower or reef chilli) and fauna marine medium pellet for LPS..
some time i feed frozen food like mysis shrimp.. i have seen some corals like bubble coral and candy cane catching the flake fish food as well..


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Unread 06/17/2018, 05:46 PM   #3
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I was feeding mine mysis every day and noticed their color faded. After doing research I found out that if they stop depending on their algae for growth their colors won’t be as vibrant. I haven’t fed them in almost a week, but will be going to once or twice a week mostly because I like doing so.

I rotate between reef roids, mysis and brine.

I have acans, blastos, Duncan’s, leptostraea, frogspawn and candy cane, as well as some zoas, acros and Montis

For the zoas, acros and montis I’ll target with reef roids and then I’ll place a shrimp or two in each polyp of the LPS.


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Unread 06/17/2018, 06:02 PM   #4
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Good info. I have wondered if lighting is not perfect perhaps feeding will be needed.


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Unread 06/17/2018, 06:18 PM   #5
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Reef chilli and polylab ... I feed when I remember . Usually once a week


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Unread 06/17/2018, 06:21 PM   #6
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Mine get light everyday for 12 hours. I feed my tank fresh hatched brine, rotifers along with some different frozen cube stuff. Every Sunday night right before lights out ( like right now) They get a feast. Oyster and Phyto feast. Makes a cloudy mess. They open up their little mouths extra wide for this.


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Unread 06/17/2018, 06:24 PM   #7
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Frozen mysis, roids. 1-2 times week. I give special attention to the sun coral...


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Unread 06/17/2018, 06:36 PM   #8
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I run a mixed reef with all kinds of coral. SPS, LPS & Softies. I’ve got a LOT of fish in my system and they are very well fed every day. I feed mysis, pellets, nori, LRS, Roggers Reef Food and other frozen stuff as well as flakes. I mix different foods daily. My system has plenty of nutrients and fish food as well as fish waste to feed the corals. As such, I don’t and never have had to feed my corals and they all thrive.


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Unread 06/17/2018, 07:00 PM   #9
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Good info. I have wondered if lighting is not perfect perhaps feeding will be needed.
if youre running a reefbreeders youll need to feed


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Unread 06/17/2018, 07:04 PM   #10
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Unread 06/17/2018, 07:04 PM   #11
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Reefroids every week or so. Sun coral get brine 2-3 times a week.


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Unread 06/17/2018, 07:39 PM   #12
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I don’t feed often anymore. I used to feed because my nutrients were so low. I have finally got my no3 to register around 1 ppm & po4 to register anything other then 0. I notice the corals are looking better from having a little nutrients in the tank then when I used to feed them. I also have a mixed reef with lps & sps. I have never noticed the sps eat anything I would try to feed them. LPS on the other hand would eat everything I would throw at them. They love the meatier foods like mysis, rods & reef frenzy. They also eat any dry foods I would feed them which is mainly reef foods & reef chili. Heck, they even eat pellets.


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Unread 06/17/2018, 08:54 PM   #13
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How do you guys keep the fish from stealing the food you place on the corals?


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Unread 06/17/2018, 09:11 PM   #14
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if youre running a reefbreeders youll need to feed
Lol based on what you are saying that? I smell bs. I have RB and I dont regularly feed corals. I probably feed once every 2 months or so.


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Unread 06/17/2018, 09:54 PM   #15
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How do you guys keep the fish from stealing the food you place on the corals?


I feed after the light turns off and all the fish has gone to sleep.. only my skunk cleaner shrimp used to steal the coral food from its mouth.. i no longer have the shrimp

Check youtube.. i have heard about using the coke bottles to isolate corals from other inverts..


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Unread 06/17/2018, 11:30 PM   #16
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How do you guys keep the fish from stealing the food you place on the corals?
You can cut the top half of a bottle and put that over the coral while it eats.


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Unread 06/18/2018, 05:19 AM   #17
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reef roids along with fuel and essential elements 1-2x/wk


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Unread 06/18/2018, 06:19 AM   #18
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Coral smoothie twice a week.


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Unread 06/18/2018, 07:17 AM   #19
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No need to feed. They feed off of your fish food, and waste from the fish.


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Unread 06/18/2018, 09:07 AM   #20
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if youre running a reefbreeders youll need to feed
Based on what? They grow my corals just fine.

I spot feed mysis to some of my LPS corals on occasion. Many days I broadcast feed quite heavily so corals get some that way as well. I continually seed the tank copepods too from culture tanks that I keep for them, these pods are fed on Tetraselmis phytoplankton. I also feed the tank nanochloropsis phytoplankton as well. Both from cultures I keep. I plan to add a rotifer culture as well when I have some free time, and use the nano to feed that, and broadcast feed the tank live rotis.


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Unread 06/18/2018, 09:18 AM   #21
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Light, that's all they ask for...I have no non-photosynthetic....


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Unread 06/18/2018, 10:25 AM   #22
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Unread 06/18/2018, 10:45 AM   #23
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Reef Chili twice a week, but I just purchased Aquaforest Phyto Mix to try so I'll probably stop the Reef Chili for a bit. I feed mostly because of my gorgonians, while they're mostly photosynthetic, I still want to make sure they do really well.


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Unread 06/18/2018, 03:27 PM   #24
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No need to feed. They feed off of your fish food, and waste from the fish.
I feed my coral fish poop. I have close to 30 fish and they get fed 2 times a day to keep them fat and happy. I have reefroids but haven't fed it in months probably. Mostly because I forget.
Do you guys really notice a difference in feeding your corals separately?

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Unread 06/18/2018, 03:34 PM   #25
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Does anyone use Julian’s Thing to feed corals? I ordered one from BRS- should be here tomorrow. Any tips?


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