Glenn Posted September 30, 2002 Share Posted September 30, 2002 Tired of feeding each individual polyp.... check this out and tell me what cha think;) http://www.reefrancher.com/diy/lunarlander/ HTH Link to comment
tinyreef Posted September 30, 2002 Share Posted September 30, 2002 isn't that like jdiver's idea for her sun coral? or am i getting it mixed up yet again? ??? either way it's a great idea imo! Link to comment
Glenn Posted September 30, 2002 Author Share Posted September 30, 2002 I seen it on another message board and thought it was an awsome idea, never seen/heard it before. Thought I would post it here incase anyone else hadn't seen it. I try to share what little knowledge I have with the people that have helped me soooo much. Link to comment
MKramer Posted September 30, 2002 Share Posted September 30, 2002 Yeah, we've talked about that one before. I don't know if it's jdiver's, though. I thought it had been around for quite a while. Regardless, while convienent, I don't think it's well-suited to nanos. Sure, it keeps the other critters and currents from disturbing the food you're trying to feed the sun coral polyps.... but when you're done, you sitll have a huge mess of uneaten food floating around your tank. Polution central in a small tank. I prefer feeding individual polyps because very little food gets wasted that way. If I'm in a hurry, I'll put the sun coral rock in my 1g hospital tank with some tank water and dump a whole bunch of food in for it. Give it occasion blasts with the baster to keep it floating. Lately, I've been doing this just twice a week, in conjunction with water changes, as I'm fighting a big algae problem in the main tank, and am trying to prevent as much pollution as possible. At 1-2x a week, the polyps seem to be doing quite well, still. Matthew Link to comment
Pikelet Posted September 30, 2002 Share Posted September 30, 2002 Quick observation ... If people don't have the time to feed their corals without this contraption, I very much doubt whether they'd bother to make the thing and use it regularly. I hope I'm wrong about that because it looks like quite a good idea. Link to comment
printerdown01 Posted September 30, 2002 Share Posted September 30, 2002 B) I think that it is a pretty cool idea. B) I came up with something similar for feeding fish that have a "difficult time" finding food in the tank. -I came up with it to late to help out my little fish that had this problem. I posted it here on nano-reef almost a year ago. But I never dreamed of using any sort of anchors, much less making something that looks so attractive . Nor did it even occur to me to use it for corals!! Very nice, thanks for sharing this!! I think it is a great idea (especially for things that need to be "target" fed, you mentioned gorgonia.... this would be very handy!!!)!!!!!!!! B) Link to comment
wulffenstein Posted September 30, 2002 Share Posted September 30, 2002 I have a similar contraption to this for my sun coral. (I saw this one a few months ago) I just used a plastic cup. I punched holes in the top mainly. To hold it down I just put it into the sand around it sun coral. The holes are large enough that I can put food in with the baster. It seems to work pretty well. My fire shrimp is still a hog. He is smart. As soon as the cup comes down he is right on top. When the baster comes in he waits right beside it to see if anything will come out. I have a 20 gal so the extra food isn't as much of a problem. As soon as I lift the cup the remainder is eaten by fish/crabs/shrimp etc. Also my skimmer help hold down the nitrate. I figure a set up like this is better then pulling the coral in and out everytime I want to feed it. Link to comment
MKramer Posted September 30, 2002 Share Posted September 30, 2002 I agree that the repeated removal of any coral is not desired. I've been lucky in that my sun coral doesn't seem to notice in the least. It's good to hear the cup-over-coral method doesn't create too much pollution with your setup. It was a definite problem with mine (10g, no sump, no fuge, no skimmer). So just a word of caution to people interested in non-photosynthetic corals: remember that the further your setup gets from wulf's (20g + skimmer) and the closer it gets to mine (or smaller), the more you should think about the possible ramifications before attempting these types of feeders. Link to comment
Strife Posted September 30, 2002 Share Posted September 30, 2002 i just feed mine with a tube i have finally trained them to grab the food that i put in front of their mouth's with minimal mess Link to comment
Strife Posted October 1, 2002 Share Posted October 1, 2002 tubastrea not only that, but i have trained them to come out during daylight...as long as i tease them with food..HEHE Link to comment
Glenn Posted October 1, 2002 Author Share Posted October 1, 2002 HMMM, seems like we have mixed reviews. Oh, well. Thanks guys for looking at it and telling me what cha think. Link to comment
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