What's your favorite sps food?

[karimwassef]

Are you guys kidding about fish poo? I don't plan on a lot of fish... And even if I got more fish, I'm not big on creating poo or keeping it in the system.

So... Let me ask this: what commercial or hand made food would you feed your sps if you could only have one?

 

[shaggss]

Are you guys kidding about fish poo? I don't plan on a lot of fish... And even if I got more fish, I'm not big on creating poo or keeping it in the system.

So... Let me ask this: what commercial or hand made food would you feed your sps if you could only have one?

Oysters and clams

 

[karimwassef]

Like oysters and clams puréed?

 

[shaggss]

Like oysters and clams puréed?

Yep! Chop it up and feed to your fish as well......

 

[markalot]

Reef Roids and Acropower, but I'm replacing AcroPower with Fuel to see how it works.

I'm confident Reef Roids works, not so sure about either Acro Power or Fuel.

 

[Myka]

Are you guys kidding about fish poo? I don't plan on a lot of fish... And even if I got more fish, I'm not big on creating poo or keeping it in the system.

I don't think any of us are kidding. IMO, you don't need fancy foods and some nit picky schedule. Have a good number of fish, feed them a good diet (I like homemade mash, or store bought mash like Rod's Food), and have lots of flow and a BIG SKIMMER to flush it OUT of the system. That way, the corals all eat, and the leftovers get filtered out.

So... Let me ask this: what commercial or hand made food would you feed your sps if you could only have one?

My homemade mash. I use almost entirely human grade ingredients. Here's my usual recipe:

40% white shrimp (uncooked, shells on, I pull the tails off, put the swimmerettes in)
20% Wild Pacific Salmon
25% Green Lipped Mussels (this stuff is amazing)
10% Squid (no more than 10% or fish can get fatty liver disease)
5% Flying Fish Roe (aka Tobiko at Asian grocery)

Use a food processor to blend the crap out of everything, usually one ingredient at a time as some blend easier. Blend the squid while it's frozen. Blend it into a paste.

Then add:

1g Florida Aqua Farms Vitamins per 100g food
1g Nori and/or Spirulina powder per 100g food
1 mL Selcon per 100g food
1 mL Brightwell Aquatics Garlic Extract per 500 g food
1g Wild Salmon Oil per 100g food (I empty human gel caps)

BioAstin Hawaiian Astaxanthin 12mg gel caps (color enhancing algae, buy Hawaiian)
Empty 1 gel cap per 50g of food (gonna be messy, wear gloves)

Mix everything, then heat a small amount of new SW, add gelatin, mix up well, then pour over mash, mix quickly (it will stiffen up quickly as the cool food cools the gelatin).

1g Florida Aqua Farms Gelatin per 30g food

I put 6 -8 ounces into sandwich bags, roll flat, freeze. Then I break off chunks, put into a small glass to thaw, and use a small spoon to break it up and feed.

 

[JB NY]

Personally I don't think acros eat any of this, IME they need very small sized meat based food, rotifers I think are ok but even those I think are slightly larger than what they can consume. I used to feed my acoros a lot of different things, and the only thing that I ever witnessed them grabbing hold of was cyclopeeze, but even those I never observed them being taking into the coral itself. I think any coloration I have seen is from excess nutrients that end up being in the tank after feeding these foods.

 

[Avenger]

same here

i think fish poo is the average on all forums on what to feed sps.

 

[karimwassef]

So what do coral farms do?

 

[markalot]

So what do coral farms do?

There was a test run with multiple foods that can be read here: http://www.academia.edu/1647139/Coral_farming_effects_of_light_water_motion_and_artificial_foods

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Reef Roids and Reef Chili showed the most positive growth increases.

Keep in mind this is growth only, not coloration, and just because they studied these foods does not mean they are the best or that coral farms actually use any of these products. IMO

 

[karimwassef]

Great paper! Thanks.

 

[bogg]

I feed pappone

 

[kevin_e]

Are you guys kidding about fish poo? I don't plan on a lot of fish... And even if I got more fish, I'm not big on creating poo or keeping it in the system.

So... Let me ask this: what commercial or hand made food would you feed your sps if you could only have one?

Yep. Fish poo is a great organic source for sps. I don't dose anything else besides what the fish eat.

 

[JB NY]

Most coral farms just use light and keep N and P at detectable levels.

 

[Spslvr]

Soluble plant fertiliser...

 

[Aquattro]

Fish poop here too. I've never directly fed corals. I keep a good fish load, feed stupid amounts of food and skim heavy. I have deep rich SPS coloration and see no reason to add coral specific food. Even if they ate it, I bet 90% or more ends up down the over flow.