lizzyann Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 Are there any really nutritious coral pellets out there or other especially "clean" foods that would be less likely to add excess nutrients to the water when spot feeding? I'm looking for the best possible thing to feed my new sun coral as well as the other lps that will go for larger chunks of food. I'm afraid trying to feed frozen mysis several times a week isn't going to work with my system since I'm already having trouble controlling algae. I've started straining them after thawing but it still puts lots of extra food particles into the water column. Quote Link to comment
Clown79 Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 I like using Vitalis lps pellets fir spot feeding. You can also use fish pellets or mysis. 1 Quote Link to comment
banasophia Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 I have to use multiple methods to keep nitrates and phosphates in check due to heavy feeding needed for my suns, my NPS gorgonians, and my mandarin. Quote Link to comment
OPtasia Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 My feeding formula for corals is reef roids nano soaked in 1 ML of Phyto Feast liquid and 1 ML of Fritz Rotiplex rotifers. Get yourself a red solo cup and mix it up like this: add 1/2 teaspoon of reef roids nano to the cup add 1 ML of Phyto Feast and 1 ML of rotiplex add 10 ML of tank water Mix it up and let it rest for ten minutes before feeding. The rest period gives the reef roids particles time to absorb some liquid algaes and amino acids into them. Feed by turning off all of the pumps in your system. Load your 10 ML syringe with the food, spot feed your corals small little sinking puffs of roid dust. Leave the pumps off for a half hour, then turn the pumps back on. Some of my larger polyp corals also get mysis and sinking color pellets from ocean nutrition. Quote Link to comment
SURVEYMAN46123 Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 9 minutes ago, OPtasia said: My feeding formula for corals is reef roids nano soaked in 1 ML of Phyto Feast liquid and 1 ML of Fritz Rotiplex rotifers. Get yourself a red solo cup and mix it up like this: add 1/2 teaspoon of reef roids nano to the cup add 1 ML of Phyto Feast and 1 ML of rotiplex add 10 ML of tank water Mix it up and let it rest for ten minutes before feeding. The rest period gives the reef roids particles time to absorb some liquid algaes and amino acids into them. Feed by turning off all of the pumps in your system. Load your 10 ML syringe with the food, spot feed your corals small little sinking puffs of roid dust. Leave the pumps off for a half hour, then turn the pumps back on. Some of my larger polyp corals also get mysis and sinking color pellets from ocean nutrition. I do something similar with either Reef Roids or my corals favorite food New Life Spectrum Reef Cell. I typically go less water and add a drop or two of Brightwell Aquatics Coral Amino. Makes a nice thick paste that the corals really can grab a hold of. Plus it doesn't cloud the tank too much. Quote Link to comment
OPtasia Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 Yeah, the paste consistency is a little bit trickier to get out of the syringe, so I like to thin the mix a little more. Plus, the pastier it is, the more it tends to "bloom" in the water when it makes contact. Pre-soaking a thinner mix cuts down on that. I prefer that pore size (nano) because it better fits sps corals in my tank. Even big polyp corals like my mushrooms and cinnamon polyp gobble it right up. Quote Link to comment
lizzyann Posted November 5, 2018 Author Share Posted November 5, 2018 3 hours ago, OPtasia said: My feeding formula for corals is reef roids nano soaked in 1 ML of Phyto Feast liquid and 1 ML of Fritz Rotiplex rotifers. Get yourself a red solo cup and mix it up like this: add 1/2 teaspoon of reef roids nano to the cup add 1 ML of Phyto Feast and 1 ML of rotiplex add 10 ML of tank water Mix it up and let it rest for ten minutes before feeding. The rest period gives the reef roids particles time to absorb some liquid algaes and amino acids into them. Feed by turning off all of the pumps in your system. Load your 10 ML syringe with the food, spot feed your corals small little sinking puffs of roid dust. Leave the pumps off for a half hour, then turn the pumps back on. Some of my larger polyp corals also get mysis and sinking color pellets from ocean nutrition. I do a mix like this once a week for everyone in the tank (though yours sounds healthier, I'll have to look into those additives), usually before a water change, but it creates too much nitrates if I'm doing it as often as I want to feed the sun corals (non-photosynthetic and HUNGRY). I'm really looking for a larger size food to feed each polyp individually that won't deteriorate and cloud the water. Quote Link to comment
lizzyann Posted November 5, 2018 Author Share Posted November 5, 2018 13 hours ago, banasophia said: I have to use multiple methods to keep nitrates and phosphates in check due to heavy feeding needed for my suns, my NPS gorgonians, and my mandarin. Would love to know what nutrient export methods you use! Quote Link to comment
MrObscura Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 I feed reef roids once a week trying to target feed each coral and my levels stay the same and are never out of hand. Quote Link to comment
lizzyann Posted November 5, 2018 Author Share Posted November 5, 2018 31 minutes ago, MrObscura said: I feed reef roids once a week trying to target feed each coral and my levels stay the same and are never out of hand. Do you have non-photosynthetic corals that this works for? From my research it sounds like sun corals especially need to be fed more often than once a week so I'm looking for something that can be fed pretty often without getting the water too dirty. Quote Link to comment
MrObscura Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 No I don't have any nps corals. So you'll likely need to feed more often. 1 Quote Link to comment
mcarroll Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 Dry foods and supplements ate the wrong direction to go IMO. Additives will wash off as soon as the food hits the water, and dry foods don't hold their nutrients to begin with. Go toward whole, unprocessed foods – live would be best. Try fish eggs, for a good example. If you can hand-feed your polyps (vs target feeding or broadcast) something like the mysis you're already using, that's great too. Feeding your fish (and not your corals) is the usual best way to go, depending on your fish. Target and broadcast feeding are going to be messy, so the results you're getting are typical. (If you have a tank bustin full of corals it can be more sensible....not for helping an NPS tho.) 2¢ 1 Quote Link to comment
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