Feeding corals zooplankton

[20 gallon]

As I was looking up ways to get better colors out of my corals and stumbled upon this great site: http://www.coralscience.org/main/articles/nutrition-6/zooplankton-capture

It seems from this article, as well as many others I have read, that zooplankton capture is almost an essential part of most coral's diets, especially in ultra-low nutrient systems.

Does anyone have experience feeding their corals zooplankton? I would love to hear how you do it and the results you have seen (unbiased if possible).

 

[20 gallon]

I found another article that can essentially be summed up by this:

"The quality and fates of coral primary production imply that zooxanthellae provide "junk food" to their hosts, and beg the question of nutrient limitation of coral growth rates under conditions of adequate light"¦On present evidence it seems clear that all corals need to supplement their diet (with food) from outside the symbiosis (heterotrophy) in order to meet these requirements."

Hatcher, 1988

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-12/eb/

 

[hedgedrew]

We have discovered this phenom and we're only feeding corals every few night. We now feed 2x per day and in evening and corals are better. No stn at all. Polyps and colors. We feeding reef Chile, reefroids and other amino and pyto plankton stuff like esv. We also use spx max and oyster feast and roe. Mix it all together and pourin sump. One day I hope to be able to grow it in those diagonal containers and live and dose it it via liter meter. My only solace is my redox is way below 300 from all feedings. I think about reading ozone and just feed like mad. I scuba dived anmd these polyps are open and feeding all day. Not getting sunburnt.