Feeding Corals (1 Viewer)

[Fragsnmore]

Whats the best way to feed corals once a week or every other day? I feed my corals reef-roids and DT's live marine phytoplankton. I have softies to sps corals.

 

[AquaNerd]

no need to feed really if you have good lights and some pooping fish.

but the amount you feed will depend on how many corals you have. if you have a tank full, feed every other day. if you don't have that many, once a week or once every two weeks is still fine.

i actually don't feed my corals but about once a month with phytoplankton.

 

[CBBSteve]

Hi, Nascars.
I feed my fish daily with a custom mix that has a lot of cyclopeeze, so the corals get fed by default. And just like Brandon, I feed with phyto once a month. IMO, you can do any frequency you want, your choice...

good luck,
Steve

 

[Fragsnmore]

Will they grow faster if you feed them more or do they grow about the same?

 

[CBBSteve]

I think they will grow faster, but I'm certainly no expert on that...

Why don't you ask Eric Borneman on the Marine Depot forum?

Steve

 

[AquaNerd]

growth is really going to boil down to your light setup, as well as the calcium and alkalinity levels in the tank. obviously other water parameters (phosphate, nitrate, nitrite, and ammonia) can all affect the growth/coloration of the corals, but if all of those are in check then lights, calcium, and alk are your limiting factors to faster growth.

feeding phyto/zooplankton to your tank regularly might foul up the water. so if you do it too much, you might actually end up impeding the growth in your tank.

 

[shaqdaddy]

if you do feed corals with phyto/zooplankton, how long do you need to shut the skimmer down.

thanks

 

[cstewart79]

I saw brandon attempting to breast feed a acan colony....poloticians honor!!! It's his secret to great coral growth!!!

 

[Guest]

Corals should definitely be fed... there's no one right way or one right formula, but you definitely should be feeding them.

 

[lilred1995vette]

sps coral faq

http://jfox61.home.comcast.net/~jfox61/sps_faq.htm

 

[Guest]

sps coral faq

http://jfox61.home.comcast.net/~jfox61/sps_faq.htm

Wow, nice... so, who is this guy? I don't recognize his name (not that that means anything).

 

[lilred1995vette]

under sps on reefcentral.com, FAQs

 

[Guest]

Corals should definitely be fed... there's no one right way or one right formula, but you definitely should be feeding them.

Cool, then I can just dump anything into the tank and in any manner, regardless of the coral species being kept. As usual, great advice. Thanks!

Chuck

 

[Guest]

Hmm... no, that's not quite what I mean. Better put, I don't believe there's any one "magic formula" necessarily. There's room for individual variation/"experimentation" (if you want to call it that). The above linked article is pretty thorough (imo). But this article also has a lot of great info:
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/cav1i3/Progressive_Recipe/Progressive_Recipe.htm

 

[CBBSteve]

if you do feed corals with phyto/zooplankton, how long do you need to shut the skimmer down.

I usually feed in the evening and I shut down the skimmer overnight. Turn it back on first thing in the morning.

Good luck,
Steve