DO you feed your wall of mouths?

[snowmansnow]

So... do you feed your SPS corals? What do you feed? when, how often... how long have you been doing this?

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[acroholic]

Never have and never felt the need to.

 

[fishlips]

Dont feed.But im sure doseing by hand will get old.As soon as all coral is in big tank,will look into a cal- reactor.

 

[seth the wine guy]

My whole tank gets fed like crazy. I don't use any schedule. I back off when I know PO4 levels are rising and/or GFO needs changing. I use frozen cyclopeze sticks, oyster feast, roti-feast, and phyto plankton. At least twice a week I will dump in a mixture of all or some of the above mentioned things and turn the return pump off for 30 minutes while it's circulated around the DT. The DT is a total haze from all the food during this time. I try and do it during both night and day cycles but tend to do it more during a lights on period because I enjoy watching it.
Works for me.

 

[reeferman]

i dont feed them directly but i do feed LRS reef and herbivore frenzy for the fish so im sure they get some.

 

[justin13]

I feed rotifers, oyster eggs, plankton (Rit's) and all the stuff that is in rod's and a little bit of selcon added to the mix. Speaking foods has anyone fed their tanks reefroids?

 

[russ-iv]

Justin13;873938 wrote: I feed rotifers, oyster eggs, plankton (Rit's) and all the stuff that is in rod's and a little bit of selcon added to the mix. Speaking foods has anyone fed their tanks reefroids?

i was considering this for my goniopora but cyclopeeze worked just as well

 

[silver surfer]

every so often i will clean my glass (mag float) at night when polyps are out. Not sure if I'm feeding them but whatever.

 

[heathlindner25]

I use phyto, fuel,cyclops,and reefroids, twice a week, alternating between them.

 

[jef4y]

Acroholic;873819 wrote: Never have and never felt the need to.

This.

 

[cedzaquaddiction]

I used to use oyster feast and cyclopese for my few corals, and especially my clam. I could tell my clam enjoyed it, and only assumed my corals did.

Has anybody ever experienced any negative effects of the types of feeding everyone has mentioned here contributing to any algae outbreaks?

I stopped the oysterfeast and cyclopese when I developed some algae issues, and just never started using it again after I got the algae under control...

 

[acroholic]

I traget feed a NPS blueberry gorgonian, a BTA, and a Sea Apple, but don't traget my SPS.

 

[seth the wine guy]

CedzAquAddiction;874092 wrote:
Has anybody ever experienced any negative effects of the types of feeding everyone has mentioned here contributing to any algae outbreaks?

I stopped the oysterfeast and cyclopese when I developed some algae issues, and just never started using it again after I got the algae under control...

Think of it like people. You can eat all you want, when you want, if you're willing to spend enough time at the gym to work it off. (Eating quality food makes it much easier.) Some tanks have the ability to do a little more personal training at the gym than others. The size of your skimmer and amount of GFO and it's replenishment is the tanks gym.

Corals like food just like any living organism on the planet does. Also like us, they don't like sitting in decomposing waste and pooh filth. If one feeds heavy they need to export fast. The nicest Prime cut bone in ribeye will turn to nothing more than rotting meat if you don't put the uneaten leftovers in the trash.

 

[the curious]

acroholic;874094 wrote: i traget feed a nps blueberry gorgonian, a bta, and a sea apple, but don't traget my sps.

+1

 

[acroholic]

Acroholic;874094 wrote: I traget feed a NPS blueberry gorgonian, a BTA, and a Sea Apple, but don't traget my SPS.

Gawd!!!........where is spell check when you need it. Target feed, not traget fed.

 

[tbub1221]

i have only started spot feeding over the last week , a buddy gave me a few frags and some kents phyto he had extra, then he started showing me additives and different reef roids etc and got me awfully confused , are all those chems really neccesary . and whats a good combo on what to use , i have api reef master kit so no mag test but im seeing everything else , its a small pico and i do weekly w/c so what should i do. im feeding frogspawn a few different large paly's a duncan and several hundred mixed variations of zo's , the palythoa ate brine shrimp tonight , that was wow to see . also what size of plankton and phyto should i feed .

Edit: i forgot the large yellow feather worm what size is appropriat for these guys , thanks

 

[cedzaquaddiction]

Seth The Wine Guy;874249 wrote: Think of it like people. You can eat all you want, when you want, if you're willing to spend enough time at the gym to work it off. (Eating quality food makes it much easier.) Some tanks have the ability to do a little more personal training at the gym than others. The size of your skimmer and amount of GFO and it's replenishment is the tanks gym.

Corals like food just like any living organism on the planet does. Also like us, they don't like sitting in decomposing waste and pooh filth. If one feeds heavy they need to export fast. The nicest Prime cut bone in ribeye will turn to nothing more than rotting meat if you don't put the uneaten leftovers in the trash.

Very interesting way of putting things...

My skimmer is double the size I need for my tank, and I have over 7000 gph worth of powerheads in my 120g tank, and my drain goes through a felt (for now) filter sock. 40% of which blow directly on or through my LR to keep detrius and algae in check. Normal water changes, but no GFO on my current tank. Already have one on order for the new upgrade I'm working on, because algae has been an issue for me regardless of frequent water changes, and RODI system. The algae cut back considerably when I cut back on my oyster feast. Admittedly, I don't have that many coral in my current tank just yet, so the oyster feast may not be necessary???

Thanks!!!!

 

[acroholic]

I think Seth feeds that way because he like doing it and observing, not necessarily because he thinks the corals need it that way....and he has the equipment to handle the excess.

 

[mc524]

I've have rid my freezer of everything but LRS Reef Frenzy since most of the small stuff mentioned by others is already included in the Frenzy. I have to thank Seth and Sea Atlanta for that free pack this past winter. I've been using it non stop since then. I have bottles of Phyto and Zoo, along with Fuel, Continuum Exponential, and Goniopowder. Thanks to Imagine Ocean for keeping me stocked up with these items!
When I place the Reef Frenzy in front of a powerhead, it's fun to watch all the corals including zoas open up.
I dose the other stuff in between feedings.
I don't have a lot of SPS yet, just a small BOP and Fire n Ice from Sea that I picked up a while back. I usually give them a light blast of what's left in the turkey baster after target feeding. They seem to be doing well and growing. :thumbup: I don't give them pieces of LRS, but I have seen it caught in the polyps. So who knows what they do with it. Everything has to eat right.

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[seth the wine guy]

Acroholic;874519 wrote: I think Seth feeds that way because he like doing it and observing, not necessarily because he thinks the corals need it that way....and he has the equipment to handle the excess.

I would say there's some truth to what you say here. But, what I wanted to strive for in my tank was a TRUE mixed reef. I have only one tank to house every type of coral and creature and make them ALL happy. I don't have the luxury of one tank dedicated to SPS vs LPS. For me, victory lies in having a tank that has a thriving mix of creatures. My goal is recreate an actual living reef found in nature. (As close as possible within reason.)

I love seeing the successful propagation of my NPS corals. My sun coral spawns offspring all over the tank like crazy. There are hundreds of little heads found in the dark places of my DT. Back wall, under cliffs, and in caves. This only happens from my feeding regiment. I also have some very happy Zoa colonies and LPS corals. All this while having a thriving acro dominant tank that completely over populated with fish.

Feed heavy. Live happy!