Live Food Cultures for NPS Corals

[Romulox234]

I know that in order to keep most of these nps corals requires very small particles of food almost always in the water column. While i cant keep food constantly in the tank because it would pollute my whole reef, i was thinking i could try some nps corals that only need to be feed small particles every day or every other day in order to survive.

The reason i would use live food is because i plan on starting a rotifer culture soon and i will have lots of them around. I know that some of the benifits of using live foods is that the corals would have more of a chance to actually grab the food and also they wouldnt pollute my tank as fast if not eaten.

What types of nps corals would be able to survive on being feed once a day or every other day and do not require a constant supply of food in the water?

 

[uhuru]

In general I think NPS corals that eat small particles are going to need more of it, just like if you only ate a small amount with every meal you would need more meals throughout the day.

A live rotifer culture would be great for all the corals in your tank why not work out a way to feed it more often in small amounts throughout the day?

I think the spiral wire corals that are showing up a lot might be a good candidate for once a day to every other day feedings, especially since at least some of them seem to be partially photosynthetic. Another option is Stereonephthya that are at least partially photosynthetic (keep in mind some of them are strictly azoox).

 

[Romulox234]

Thanks ill keep that idea in mind, about feeding small ammounts multiple times a day