Are LPS as demanding as SPS in your mind?

[joedirt54]

When you make a mistake with a LPS you get a closed coral for a time 'till the problem is fixed...When you do the same with a SPS you get a nice white rock to grow some zoas on.

I just made a very small error on my temp(84 for 2 days) and my acro started to bleach...I've since saved it, but WOW...couldn't imagine dealing with a whole SPS reef bleaching over a small error/equipment failure.

Dirt

 

[10" Red Devil]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10184574#post10184574 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by RichConley
Whos saying theyre not getting fed?

I'm arguing about the need to TARGET feed them. They get plenty of food when we feed the tank.

I see what your saying! Man you need to work harder on saying what you really mean! J/K! I need to work harder on not reading into things. Lol!:lol:

 

[Chester08]

but by target feeding arent we "promoting" a growth factor of supplying a definate source of food for the coral? I agree with everything said that thes corals do it on their own in the wild. why should we sit here and shoot cyclopeez and mysis into their mouths like feeding a baby.lol. But what are the grow rates between an acan in the wild "catching its own food" or us target feeding.

 

[RichConley]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10364243#post10364243 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Chester08
but by target feeding arent we "promoting" a growth factor of supplying a definate source of food for the coral? I agree with everything said that thes corals do it on their own in the wild. why should we sit here and shoot cyclopeez and mysis into their mouths like feeding a baby.lol. But what are the grow rates between an acan in the wild "catching its own food" or us target feeding.

Food is only a small part of what determines growth.

Theres also light, calcium, alkalinity, etc.

I havent seen any difference in my tank between corals that are fed, and corals that aren't.

 

[dangeroo]

Now i have a question. My tank has been primarily softies except for 8 heads of caulastrea, which i had target fed brine shrimp. I feed the shrimp about once or twice a week, and formula one pellets every other day (10 g, 1 false perc). On sat i added a torch coral the size of a tennis ball and fed it for the first time today. Am i wasting my time???

sorry if i highjacked the thread!

 

[MarineGirl411]

I love watching my LPS eat as well. It's so cool. I've tried not feeding them and I think they didn't look as good in my opinion. Mine have grown so much. I think it depends on what type of LPS and what type of SPS you have. I have quite a few SPS and they look great. They seemed brown under my 10k. I switched to a phoenix 14k and colors pop now. Anyway, my SPS seem to be easier than one of my LPS. A blasto. I will never buy one myself. My water quality is great. I've tried placing this guy everywhere under various types of conditions. Oye. I think it depends on what type of SPS vs LPS.

 

[RichConley]

blastos are EASY.

You just have to understand them: they hate light, and hate flow. They need correct ca/alk. Just put them in a VERY LOW flow, VERY LOW light area, and they'll do great.

 

[Serioussnaps]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10371810#post10371810 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by RichConley
blastos are EASY.

You just have to understand them: they hate light, and hate flow. They need correct ca/alk. Just put them in a VERY LOW flow, VERY LOW light area, and they'll do great.

I agree, however, you can acclimate them to higher levels(now not 6 inches from a 400 W 6500 K MH or anything) of light. Some wont acclimate well, but some are remarkably adapatable. Also, of all corals, Blasto wellsi is one that I can confidently say benenfits a great deal from regular feedings. They plump up and grow much faster. I started with a wellsi that had 5 heads this past DEC. and it has already gone to about 25 heads with regular feedings. Another I dont feed..had it for about 2 months rather than 7 but I got it as 3 heads and it only has 4 as of now. Its not doing near as well under brighter light..I had to place it under my clams mantle as it began to expel its symbionts to a small degree.