Happyfeet March 22, 2010 Share March 22, 2010 I'm just curious what everyone feeds their corals? I like to target feed with Marine Snow and recently I found my coral likes Maryland Blue Claw Crab Meat as much as I do. I mashed some up and fed it into a power head to disperse over the tank. Polyps went crazy; most extension I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trockafella March 22, 2010 Share March 22, 2010 (edited) I just dump Rods food in and everyone gets fed.. I think they are happy, no one complains.. Edited March 22, 2010 by trockafella Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad March 22, 2010 Share March 22, 2010 I feed oyster eggs and cyclopeze daily (and not directly coral related, phytoplankton daily too), and every third or so day I add something else that I have on hand which recently has been golden pearls, but could be anything really (crab meat included ) and target feed hikari mysis to some of the LPS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novi March 22, 2010 Share March 22, 2010 Oyster Eggs and I make my own food for my fish/corals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coral Hind March 22, 2010 Share March 22, 2010 I do not feed anything specifically to my corals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onux20 March 22, 2010 Share March 22, 2010 Rods pods, Cyclopeez, mysis for LPS. oyster feast once or twice a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan March 22, 2010 Share March 22, 2010 Oyster feast Phytofeast Phytoplex Formula one pellets Formua two pellets Flake food Rods food Frozen cycloppeze Frozen mysis New life spectrum Nori sheets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrendanG March 22, 2010 Share March 22, 2010 Wow you guys feed a TON! any thoughts on feeding zoanthids? you guys with mixed reefs, have you noticed any feeding response from zoas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan March 22, 2010 Share March 22, 2010 I do from oyster feast and frozen cyclopeeze Wow you guys feed a TON! any thoughts on feeding zoanthids? you guys with mixed reefs, have you noticed any feeding response from zoas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Lazar March 22, 2010 Share March 22, 2010 Wow you guys feed a TON! any thoughts on feeding zoanthids? you guys with mixed reefs, have you noticed any feeding response from zoas? IME most zoanthids do not exhibit a feeding response. If you want to know about your particular zoanthids, I would just try it and see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad March 22, 2010 Share March 22, 2010 ^I second this... it seems some zoas exhibit a feeding response for particular sized food. You could try isolating the zoa with the top of a 2 liter bottle covering the zoa and experimenting with different foods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrendanG March 22, 2010 Share March 22, 2010 I've simply found it interesting with many websites, and even a few die hard zoa fans on reef central that speak on the importance of supplemental feeding of zoanthids. Almost as if they treat their zoanthids like their cnidarian cousin, the larger single polyp anemone's. The thought being that nearly all zooanthids rely on particulate food and plankton capture to sustain their metabolism. Could this possibly relate to their success in less than optimal water conditions, low lighting requirements, and even the possible demise in sterile tanks? (ie. after heavy carbon use ect) I've only fed Microvore Microdiet by Brightwell Aquatics, and have noticed, as mentioned above, that some zoa's demonstrate a feeding response while others do not. I guess a better question which would be the best "particular" sized food. Cyclopeeze and Oyster Eggs seem to be a coral staple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wfoxfox March 23, 2010 Share March 23, 2010 Buffet at Jan's house - lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan March 23, 2010 Share March 23, 2010 LOL, always. Buffet at Jan's house - lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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