What are you feeding your stonies?

[danieljames]

I've never fed mine much, but am going to start. I've read good things regarding oyster eggs. Anyone used them with noticeable results? I'm thinking my frozen cyclop-eeze is just too big of a micron size. I fed cyclop tonight and did not notice any polyps getting anything.

 

[Angela Short]

I have some of that coral frenzy and its a lot finner than cyclopeez, super fine but I wonder if the SPS eat it. My LPS seem to extend for it but who knows. Oyster eggs are so high $$$ but so was the coral frenzy though.

 

[crumbletop]

I use oyster eggs a time or two per week (usually just once/week). I use just a pinch each time -- not the full 1/4 teaspoon -- more like 1/16 of a teaspoon. I scoop a bit out with a knife. One container lasts me a whole year. I have also tried rotifeast and the corals didn't seem to like it as much. When I feed the oyster eggs I see polyps disappear like crazy -- all munching. I've had much better coloration of my stonies since feeding this more regularly. I sometimes feed it alone, but most often mix them in with some frozen cyclop-eeze, a squirt of selcon, and a little bit of seachem reef plus. I feed about 30 minutes before my last lights go off.

The oyster eggs put a bunch of nutrients into the tank, so that is why I don't feed the recommended amount. Maybe when my corals all get huge I'll up the dose.

 

[fishdoc11]

I don't feed anything but the fish, so fish poop and small particles of fish food are mostly what the corals get. My corals also get a good feeding every couple of weeks when I blow the rocks off with a powerhead. They love the bacteria in the detritus

Chris

 

[crumbletop]

Good to know. I have more fish now than I did, so maybe I can feed less or not at all and maintain color. I think my nutrients were too low for a while there. I also think that wooglin doesn't feed his corals. For me it was a pretty dramatic difference, but that was also before I had a tang in the tank

 

[c_stowers]

I feed the DT's oyster eggs about once a week and cyclopeeze once every 2 weeks or so. However, I'm not getting the best color since I moved my tanks. Things are slowly coming back around (as far as color) but could be better.

 

[Tennsquire]

Oyster eggs, Golden Pearls (couple of diff. sizes), and decapsulated brine shrimp eggs.