Feeding SPS Corals

[kg221]

I was wondering what most people feed their SPS Corals. What brand and product is usually the best and what combination of supplements works the best.

Kyle

 

[avilamillar]

I feed Two Little Fishies MarineSnow, and as a supplement Seachem Reef Plus.

 

[Blindside]

nothing, calcium.

 

[XSiVE]

water light and water flow

 

[kg221]

ok cool thanks for the info so far. I think I have enough flow. I have 2 1050gph 1 750gph and 1 500gph powerheads in the tank. Also the 1000gph pump returning water to the tank from the refugium.

 

[fcmatt]

oyster feast and rotifer feast. i forget the brand name..
amino acids from a newer seachem product. fish poop and what the fish
eat. etc...

 

[allsps40]

Water, ca, light, fish poop, whatever fish food they can get from the current, AA.

 

[rck]

Marine snow, fish food, weekly water changes and add 1 Balance Block after the WC, A few drops of Kents Cal and Iodine every other day...

 

[kg221]

in percentage how much water do you change weekly?

 

[Snowsrfr]

Brine Shrimp Directs, Golden Pearls and Tahitian Blend phyto

http://www.brineshrimpdirect.com/

 

[buy_baff]

Fish pooop and uhhh what's it called uhhh fish pooop!

 

[dieselgrk]

cyclopeeze, coral vitalizer, reef booster.

 

[allsps40]

10% weekly or bi weekly, when I get a chance.

 

[avilamillar]

Also Rod's Food once in a while.

 

[sweet ride]

twice a week after the main lights are out the system is feed a combination of Nutra-Kol NutraPlus Complete Feed, DT's Oyster Eggs Natural Reef Diet and Cyclop-eeze. I cant really tell if it helps but all i know is i get great polyp extension, and the anthias definitely enjoy the cyclop-eeze!

 

[Basketstar]

After lights out: baste detritus into the water column and sprinkle in some oyster feast and selcon.

 

[lolgranny]

Fish turds and cyclopeeze

 

[Montreal Ray]

2 drops of Zeo Amino Acid daily and Coral Frenzy once a week

 

[fishdoc11]

In 9 years of reefing I have never fed anything consistently and haven't fed anything for probably 6 or 7 years. IME SPS don't need to be fed at all. They do have deeper colors if kept with a good population of fish. Whether this is due to fish poop and leftover food in the water column or due to dissolved waste products (or both) I don't know.

Chris

 

[chris88]

In 9 years of reefing I have never fed anything consistently and haven't fed anything for probably 6 or 7 years. IME SPS don't need to be fed at all. They do have deeper colors if kept with a good population of fish. Whether this is due to fish poop and leftover food in the water column or due to dissolved waste products (or both) I don't know.

Chris

Anything with a mouth eats its common sense and backed by science that corals eat and eat a lot. Some corals can get the majority of the energy from photosynthesis but none can get their amino acids needed for growth without ingesting them. I don't know why this debate keeps going on, it's been proven 100 times over the corals eat, including sps corals they have developed hundreds of mouths for a reason. In saying that, it doesn't necessarily mean you have to feed them directly but it does increase growth and sometimes improves colors.