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Topic: How to feed
Posted By: tfmreefs
Subject: How to feed
Date Posted: September 04 2012 at 5:05pm
Curently, I have 2 or 3 bigger frogspawn heads and 2 smaller ones. I have about 15 heads of incredible hulk zoas, 2 super small pulsing xenias, and 5 small dragon eyes. I read alot online about feeding corals so i tried it. One of the bigger frogspawns ate a pretty good sized peice of shrimp. Now, I want to know, what do I feed my corals? I know you dont have to, but I have read that some grow much faster with some feedings. And dose this go along with dosing?  Anyways, can anyone tell my how to keep the corals super healthy and pretty fast???? Thanks, Tanner

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Posted By: Ann_A
Date Posted: September 04 2012 at 5:25pm
This is a reference that I sometimes use as a quick guide if I'm out and about or in a hurry. As with all research, I'd use multiple sources, but this should help with sizing food for your corals.

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For the P,T, and VS feeding category I use a simple phytoplankton paste mixed with some frozen mysis or brine shrimp. The other ones (not including the photosynthetic-only) I use mainly frozen mysis, brine, and table shrimp. To feed these I add about a cup of tank water to a plastic cup or container, add the food and let it thaw out for about 5 minutes before feeding.

To feed SPS just give each coral a quick squirt of the food mix. Softies and zoas are about the same. LPS just try to get the food on their tentacles or soft tissues near their mouth(s). I also like to stop the flow for about 5-10 minutes during and after feeding corals just to allow them to feed and get as much food as they can before the flow carries any residual free-floating food away.


Dosing is a completely different issue. Feeding provides for supplemental nutrients and energy for the corals' metabolic processes and growth. Dosing provides the elements/nutrients that are used for growth. So basically, yes dosing is still necessary.


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Posted By: 1stupidpunk
Date Posted: September 04 2012 at 5:27pm
I mix up phyto, zooplex, some amino, and thawed brine and/or mysis in a small bowl and then use a turkey baster to gently blow the food just before the coral and let the soft current take it to the corals for my smaller more sensitive corals. My bigger corals  i just set mysis right into its mouth. I only feed corals twice a week or so.

Posted By: tfmreefs
Date Posted: September 04 2012 at 7:02pm
Originally posted by Ann_A Ann_A wrote:

This is a reference that I sometimes use as a quick guide if I'm out and about or in a hurry. As with all research, I'd use multiple sources, but this should help with sizing food for your corals.

%3ca%20href=" rel="nofollow - http://successfulreefkeeping.com/learn/what-your-coral-needs/ "> http://successfulreefkeeping.com/learn/what-your-coral-needs/" rel="nofollow - http://successfulreefkeeping.com/learn/what-your-coral-needs/

For the P,T, and VS feeding category I use a simple phytoplankton paste mixed with some frozen mysis or brine shrimp. The other ones (not including the photosynthetic-only) I use mainly frozen mysis, brine, and table shrimp. To feed these I add about a cup of tank water to a plastic cup or container, add the food and let it thaw out for about 5 minutes before feeding.

To feed SPS just give each coral a quick squirt of the food mix. Softies and zoas are about the same. LPS just try to get the food on their tentacles or soft tissues near their mouth(s). I also like to stop the flow for about 5-10 minutes during and after feeding corals just to allow them to feed and get as much food as they can before the flow carries any residual free-floating food away.


Dosing is a completely different issue. Feeding provides for supplemental nutrients and energy for the corals' metabolic processes and growth. Dosing provides the elements/nutrients that are used for growth. So basically, yes dosing is still necessary.
 
Thanks, That did help alot. But when I tried to feed the zoas the food wouldnt "stick" or stay on them. Would It be a bad Idea hold food there with tweezers on a couple of them? I know it sounds dumb, but only the frogspawn I can get to eat.


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Posted By: Ann_A
Date Posted: September 04 2012 at 7:22pm
Zoanthids don't really show signs of feeding, and are mainly photosynthetic.

This video is about feeding zoanthids and is pretty helpful IMO. http://youtu.be/wDabUHE73PY" rel="nofollow - http://youtu.be/wDabUHE73PY


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Posted By: tfmreefs
Date Posted: September 04 2012 at 7:34pm
Wow thanks for all the links. But how do we know or not if they are acctually taking in that stuff?

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