SPS only tank - Should be fed or no feeding

[solasido]

Hi bros,

For an SPS only tank, will the SPS live well without any feeding?

Anyone can share the experience?

Thanks a lot.

[solasido]

Did more reading on the net, the conclusion is that they need feeding on top strong lighting and good water parameters.

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[james72]

Any fishes? If have fishes, crumpled it before feed, some will get to the sps.

[braincoral]

I never feed my sps one

I dont even feed my fish too...

[inwear]

I never feed my sps one

I dont even feed my fish too...

??? Your fish feeds from your light?

[Marcuss]

[David5077]

Then how they live

[Harlequinmania]

You can dont feed your SPS if you have fishes inside your tank since in certain extent waste products from your fish is a food source for your corals. The main source of SPS growth come from lighting, however feeding the SPS corals will give you better extent growth and coloration.

[orsony]

Then how they live

Can lah algae blenny mah. Tank a lot of green algae for the fish .

[LaW]

Huat ah Huat ah!

Off topic! Just disturbing some old friend. Huat ah!

[solasido]

Thanks guys.

I think, if I try to understand it; the coral consist of the coralite and the polyp. While the coralite is from calcium carbonate, the polyp is protein based. If coral grows, it needs both coralite and the polyps; therefore it will need protein source to grow. This protein is then obtained from fish-waste or food.

This explains if we extra feed it, the growth and coloration will be better.