Feeding LPS corals?

[AlmightyJoshaeus]

Hi all! I am planning to get a Favia coral and a Caulastrea coral (war coral and trumpet coral respectively). How do I go about feeding these? Would brine shrimp or mysis shrimp work like it would for the sun corals I am getting next month, or do they need smaller foods? Thanks 🙂

[AbnormalReefer]

I just dump in a cube of mysis in my 55 gallon and let the war begin...

[AlmightyJoshaeus]

OK! Thanks. With the ABI tuna blue PAR38 23 watt bulb I will be using, will I have any risk of frying these corals? They were both going to be in the bottom half of the tank

[OPtasia]

Start them out on the substrate at the bottom, then gradually move them higher up where you want them to go. I target feed my corals reef roids twice a week but i've also been working on raising the copepod population of my tank, so the tank also gets a small amount of rotifers and phytoplankton as pod food. The corals will also take advantage of eating the phyto, rotifers and pods. 

[AlmightyJoshaeus]

OK! Thank you

[Clown79]

I like to use reef roids or aquaforest lps powder foods.

 

I broadcast a pinch of one of these and cyclops which feeds anything that catches it.

 

For my brains and plates I target feed mysis or lps pellets.

 

Favia normally have their feeders out at night so I try to broadcast feed the tank they're in at night. 

 

 

Definitely place favia on the bottom first as they don't like high light and easily get burned so  give it a chance to acclimate to your lighting.

 

If you see it retracted/not puffy, it can be a sign of too much light.