Are You Feeding Your Corals? (1 Viewer)

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This is a great article on why you should consider feeding your corals from time-to-time.

Enjoy!

Feature Study: Corals as the ultimate vegans? — Advanced Aquarist | Aquarist Magazine and Blog

 

[Mark L.]

Great article. I feed my corals every Mon., Wed., and Fri. I turn off my main pump and leave my vortech powerheads running. Dump in my coral "soup" and let the entire tank marinate for about 15 minutes. Main pump comes back on and the water is cleaned of any remaining food in the water column.

 

[PSXerholic]

Great article. I feed my corals every Mon., Wed., and Fri. I turn off my main pump and leave my vortech powerheads running. Dump in my coral "soup" and let the entire tank marinate for about 15 minutes. Main pump comes back on and the water is cleaned of any remaining food in the water column.

Mark,
what is that Coral soup???

 

[Fish Keeper82]

BRS Reef chili for me. Every 2nd or 3rd day.

 

[FarmerTy]

Fish poop!

 

[webster1234]

Fish poop!

Love watching the big tangs crop dust the corals. Makes me think about what it would look like if people farts were colored.

 

[Fish Keeper82]

Fish poop!

So true

 

[PSXerholic]

Great article. I feed my corals every Mon., Wed., and Fri. I turn off my main pump and leave my vortech powerheads running. Dump in my coral "soup" and let the entire tank marinate for about 15 minutes. Main pump comes back on and the water is cleaned of any remaining food in the water column.

Mark,
what is that Coral soup???

-Andre

 

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Love watching the big tangs crop dust the corals. Makes me think about what it would look like if people farts were colored.

I'm dying over here.

 

[Mark L.]

Mark,
what is that Coral soup???

-Andre

I'll give you the recipe later when I get home. Forget what all I put in.

 

[reeftopia]

feed mine FUEL

 

[PSXerholic]

I'll give you the recipe later when I get home. Forget what all I put in.

Awesome,

I do Coral Frenzy mit Selcon 1ml, Reef Roids, cheap flakefood................every other day one of those.

Daily flakes for the fish poop, and occassionally skim mate (15-20ml depending on darkness)
Frozen food cubes.

Tried the Oyster feast with no difference.
Tried real Oysters mixed but ended up with Hammer coral infections so I quit that !!!!

-Andre

ID#01 - Green Montipora Hispida

Medium to high light,
moderate flow.

 

[Mark L.]

Mark,
what is that Coral soup???

-Andre

3 heaping scoops (small Reef Chili spoon)
Fauna Marin Ultra Ricordea & Zoanthus
Reef Chili
Polyp Lab Reef-Roids
Cobalt Coral food

3 cubes each
Hikari Ocean Plankton
PE Mysis
PE Calanus
SF Spirulina Brine Shrimp

1" square Rod's Coral Blend
1 tbsp Reef Nutrition Oyster Feast
1 tbsp Reef Nutrition Roti Feast
RO/DI water to fill my small container

Mix and let melt in a plastic container. Refrigerate. This makes me about 3-4 feedings. Mon, Wed, & Fri. last bit on saturday depending on how much RO/DI water I add. Also feed my fish LRS Reef Frenzy frozen food at the same time so that adds to the mix.

 

[PSXerholic]

3 heaping scoops (small Reef Chili spoon)
Fauna Marin Ultra Ricordea & Zoanthus
Reef Chili
Polyp Lab Reef-Roids
Cobalt Coral food

3 cubes each
Hikari Ocean Plankton
PE Mysis
PE Calanus
SF Spirulina Brine Shrimp

1" square Rod's Coral Blend
1 tbsp Reef Nutrition Oyster Feast
1 tbsp Reef Nutrition Roti Feast
RO/DI water to fill my small container

Mix and let melt in a plastic container. Refrigerate. This makes me about 3-4 feedings. Mon, Wed, & Fri. last bit on saturday depending on how much RO/DI water I add. Also feed my fish LRS Reef Frenzy frozen food at the same time so that adds to the mix.

Sounds like a good receipe !!!!
Thx for sharing.

I did feed homebrewed Phytoplankton at some point in the past.
Need to go back to another try, since I had amazing colors even under ULNS conditions these days and blamed the Water chemistry for it, lol.

In soon future I will setup my homebrew again and give that another try with the current parameter stabilized, in order to find out if that has a true effect.

-Andre

ID#03 - ORA Purple Pocillophora

Medium to high light,
moderate flow.

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$10 per frag 1" branched

 

[Mark L.]

Sounds like a good receipe !!!!
Thx for sharing.

I did feed homebrewed Phytoplankton at some point in the past.
Need to go back to another try, since I had amazing colors even under ULNS conditions these days and blamed the Water chemistry for it, lol.

In soon future I will setup my homebrew again and give that another try with the current parameter stabilized, in order to find out if that has a true effect.

-Andre

ID#03 - ORA Purple Pocillophora

Medium to high light,
moderate flow.

​

$10 per frag 1" branched

No problem Andre. I like to have a good mix of foods even if they say they are the same thing. All of my polyps go crazy when a put a couple squirts of this in the tank. It's how I keep my zoas multiplying like crazy in a ULNS tank. My tube anemones have doubled in size in a matter of months.

 

[mwilliams62]

3 heaping scoops (small Reef Chili spoon)
Fauna Marin Ultra Ricordea & Zoanthus
Reef Chili
Polyp Lab Reef-Roids
Cobalt Coral food

3 cubes each
Hikari Ocean Plankton
PE Mysis
PE Calanus
SF Spirulina Brine Shrimp

1" square Rod's Coral Blend
1 tbsp Reef Nutrition Oyster Feast
1 tbsp Reef Nutrition Roti Feast
RO/DI water to fill my small container

Mix and let melt in a plastic container. Refrigerate. This makes me about 3-4 feedings. Mon, Wed, & Fri. last bit on saturday depending on how much RO/DI water I add. Also feed my fish LRS Reef Frenzy frozen food at the same time so that adds to the mix.

I think I am going to try this recipe. Thanks Mark for sharing.

 

[Mark L.]

You're welcome Mary. Just go easy at first. It can really fowl up your tank if you over feed. I shake up the container real good then take a few squirts out with a turkey baster. It's kind of "chunky" so use a medium to large one.

 

[mwilliams62]

You're welcome Mary. Just go easy at first. It can really fowl up your tank if you over feed. I shake up the container real good then take a few squirts out with a turkey baster. It's kind of "chunky" so use a medium to large one.

Will do thanks.

 

[mwilliams62]

3 heaping scoops (small Reef Chili spoon)
Fauna Marin Ultra Ricordea & Zoanthus
Reef Chili
Polyp Lab Reef-Roids
Cobalt Coral food

3 cubes each
Hikari Ocean Plankton
PE Mysis
PE Calanus
SF Spirulina Brine Shrimp

1" square Rod's Coral Blend
1 tbsp Reef Nutrition Oyster Feast
1 tbsp Reef Nutrition Roti Feast
RO/DI water to fill my small container

Mix and let melt in a plastic container. Refrigerate. This makes me about 3-4 feedings. Mon, Wed, & Fri. last bit on saturday depending on how much RO/DI water I add. Also feed my fish LRS Reef Frenzy frozen food at the same time so that adds to the mix.

Where do you get this stuff called "Polyp Lab Reef-Roids"? Who makes it?

 

[Mark L.]

The company is Polyp Labs. The product is called Reef Roids. I think I've seen it at City Pets and FJW. I'm sure you can order from Amazon also. Polyp Labs was giving it away at MACNA. They gave me dang near a 5 year supply of the stuff. I haven't had to buy any yet.