Feeding corals 101?

[Roy G. Biv]

Is there a resource available to list what corals prefer what when feeding? I find myself feeding everything to everything. I'd like to know, as an example, if my bubble coral isnt looking so hot lately and I want to give it a little extra food, I'd like to know what exactly it prefers. I find myself generally feeding Phytoplankton, Zooplankton, and Cyclopeeze to everything weather it can eat it or not.

 

[seapug]

If they catch it and eat it they like it. If they don't, then hope your fish like it or you are just polluting your water.

On that note, trying to "feed" phytoplankton to just about any photosynthetic coral is a waste as the vast majority are carnivores.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

Re: Feeding corals 101?

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11961007#post11961007 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Pmolan
Is there a resource available to list what corals prefer what when feeding? I find myself feeding everything to everything. I'd like to know, as an example, if my bubble coral isnt looking so hot lately and I want to give it a little extra food, I'd like to know what exactly it prefers. I find myself generally feeding Phytoplankton, Zooplankton, and Cyclopeeze to everything weather it can eat it or not.

link to part one of a seven part series of articles authored by Eric Borneman on the subject of feeding corals:

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-07/eb/index.php

 

[Roy G. Biv]

:thumbsup:

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

Pmolan- thank you for supporting RC. That's a great series of articles by one of the finest.

 

[lancer99]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11961399#post11961399 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by seapug
On that note, trying to "feed" phytoplankton to just about any photosynthetic coral is a waste as the vast majority are carnivores.

Except gorgonians, even the zooxanthellate ones....

-R