feeding sun coral

[stoney1118]

JeF4y;564023 wrote: Shutting off all the flow for 10 min helps tremendously. That and a long dropper/baster/anything for target feeding.

+1 i have a stand by setup in my reef keeper that shuts all pumps down

 

[slinky]

Do they stay out all day even when you are not feed them? Or just out during the day when u are feeding? Thanks.

stoney1118;563883 wrote: I have a nice sized colony(30 or so heads) I used to feed it mysis but since I started using Elos omega and pro skimmer the darn thing stays out all day!

 

[stoney1118]

They stay out all the time now

 

[demifelix]

do you have shimps in your tank? My shrimps are all over when I spot feed my sun coral and I have to constantly guard it until the polyps open back up again.

 

[jef4y]

Mine are out probably 70% of the time. If they're not out, as soon as food hits the tank they are.

I used to have a shrimp (RIP Kobayashi!) until my flower nem ate him, and he would steal from anything with food (which is how he ended up a meal himself). I would lure him away and squirt some food in a spot or give him a small piece of silverside to distract him when I would feed the suns.

The shrimp was a cool addition to the tank, but such a PITA that I don't think I'm going to add another.

 

[rskillz]

Shut off flow, cover them if possible, and let the gorge. I have to shield mine, my sailfin goes nuts around food and totally steals it all.