Spot Feeding Pellets

[cbass488]

Just wondering if anybody has a good technique to share for spot feeding dry pellets?

To feed frozen brine shrimp or plankton, I've been using a little thimble full of tank water and mixing in the frozen food and using a small medical oral syringe, and it works like a charm. However, it won't suck up the pellets. If I just drop the pellets in, my currents take them wherever. If I try to use my fingers, they just stick when they get wet.

I do have a whole jar of Fauna Marin Ultra LPS pellets that came highly recommended, just not having much luck getting them to the coral :headwally:

 

[metasinapsis]

Turckey blaster ???

 

[tektite]

Turn off your circulation pumps, then place the pellets on top of the coral and let the coral take them in. It takes some LPS awhile. Turkey basters work good. Many LPS also put out feeders at night, try feeding them then when they are prepared to and can easily grab food.

 

[cbass488]

Cool, thanks guys.

 

[chrisfont23]

I use the NLS pellets and the seem easier for the coral to grab when softer. The pellets unsoftened sometimes roll right off the tissue.

 

[knight2255]

I'm using a bunch of clear drinking straws inserted in each other to make a feeding tube. Little funnel at the top and drop in a fauna marin LPS pellet for each coral. Myself and the fam have kind of turned it into a game to see how close we can get the pellet to land to the corals mouth.

 

[cloak]

I just use a clear plastic tube that's about 2' long and about 1/2" in diameter. Kind of like the uplift tubes that are used for an UGF, only a little smaller.

 

[sreefs]

a small clear pipette, and let the pellets soak in a little tank water!

 

[chrisfont23]

Check out "Julians Thing" - you can build one from a large(r) syringe with the end of the syringe outfitted to some long airtube wound around a large stick or something. That's how I did it at least.

 

[cbass488]

I like the long tube or drinking straw idea! I'll try it tonight. I appreciate the help!

 

[HunterBryan]

I spot feed mine too and the coral love the pellets but half the time my cleaner shrimp snags the pellets right out of the mouths of the LPS!! Do yall have any good techniques for feeding them as well? My hand is getting tired from fighting off the cleaner shrimp long enough for my LPS to eat haha

 

[tektite]

Feed the cleaner shrimp first A big piece of food like some grocery shrimp works best, keeps 'em busy for awhile.

 

[dixiedog]

Check out "Julians Thing" - you can build one from a large(r) syringe with the end of the syringe outfitted to some long airtube wound around a large stick or something. That's how I did it at least.

I made a similar device. I'd have to take a pic of it but it mainly involves a long piece of rigid airline tubing, and a small rubber squeeze bulb (similar to a turkey baster bulb, only smaller). Been using it for years. Cost me about three bucks or so to make.

Wait, here's a pic. Not a great pic but you get the idea.