keithbou30
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what are the best time to feed the corals, sps lps?
feeding corals
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rdmpe
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I like to feed them in the evening after the lights have been out for a while.
For SPS, I've only used Coral Vibrance and not very often. I think the SPS get fed from the very small stuff that is in the frozen mix I feed too (home made from mixed seafood).
For LPS, a lot of them really want to be fed at night so that's when they open up, in my tank the Lobo, Candy Cane, Micromussa, Plates, Open Brain - I use a flashlight and put meaty pieces of food right down on their tentacles with my hand or sometimes with a turkey baster. Feeding at night with only a flashlight allows them to eat without the fish stealing food off them and possibly damaging them in the process. But shrimp will steal stuff off them even in the dark, so give the shrimp a nice big chunk to eat too. Watch out for crabs, might have to move them away if they are going after the food aggresively.
For SPS, I've only used Coral Vibrance and not very often. I think the SPS get fed from the very small stuff that is in the frozen mix I feed too (home made from mixed seafood).
For LPS, a lot of them really want to be fed at night so that's when they open up, in my tank the Lobo, Candy Cane, Micromussa, Plates, Open Brain - I use a flashlight and put meaty pieces of food right down on their tentacles with my hand or sometimes with a turkey baster. Feeding at night with only a flashlight allows them to eat without the fish stealing food off them and possibly damaging them in the process. But shrimp will steal stuff off them even in the dark, so give the shrimp a nice big chunk to eat too. Watch out for crabs, might have to move them away if they are going after the food aggresively.
The_Browns
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We use Coral Frenzy and Cyclop everyday. About every 2-3 days after the lights have been off, we feed all the corals mysis and rods food.
JUICE!
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I either feed in the PM after lights out.......or in the AM before I leave for work if I forget or fall asleep early.....
But....I don't feed anything in my SPS tank, outside of some rotifers once in a while.....and fish pellets.
My mixed reef I feed a ton of frozen foods and a crapload of live rotifers every day.......
But....I don't feed anything in my SPS tank, outside of some rotifers once in a while.....and fish pellets.
My mixed reef I feed a ton of frozen foods and a crapload of live rotifers every day.......
jay24k
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I used to feed my corals and then I stopped. Honestly, I never saw a difference. Just regular fish feedings and fish waste work just fine for me. Most of the stuff we feed is too large for the corals to consume.
LPS, you can feed if you wish but the only ones I ever noticed that definetly needed it were sun corals that I owned. Frogspawn and several others I never noticed any difference.
That's just me though.
LPS, you can feed if you wish but the only ones I ever noticed that definetly needed it were sun corals that I owned. Frogspawn and several others I never noticed any difference.
That's just me though.
seth16
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jay24k, i too found that. I went through a period of like 2 or 3 months where i was out of coral food and supplements, and the corals actually seemed to be more vibrant when i was just regualry feeding my fish and eels and whatknot.
anywho, i always fed my corals at night, the reason is that it is at night when the polyps reveal themselves and they try to catch food, because in the day, if anything tries to eat the polyp, if it is closed up, there is less of a chance of the animal inside of the hard calcified shell to be eaten. SO feed after the lights have gone out, or before they turn on
anywho, i always fed my corals at night, the reason is that it is at night when the polyps reveal themselves and they try to catch food, because in the day, if anything tries to eat the polyp, if it is closed up, there is less of a chance of the animal inside of the hard calcified shell to be eaten. SO feed after the lights have gone out, or before they turn on
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