amteo Posted August 21, 2004 Share Posted August 21, 2004 Hi All, Need your advice on how, what and when to feed these polyps. The LFS guy said just to add Coralife Invertebrate Smorgasbord (or similar) 2 or 3 times a week into the tank to feed the corals. Is he right? Regards Quote Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be, be one. Marcus Aurelius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member jesperlam Posted August 21, 2004 SRC Member Share Posted August 21, 2004 Zoanthus need to feed? I thought they are photosynthetic corals?? Maybe a little DT. Can anyone confirm? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member shoelevy Posted August 21, 2004 SRC Member Share Posted August 21, 2004 if u r confident of your light intensity and water flow, its ok not to add coral food. but people alwaes add and thus shops alwaes haf stocks for coral food cos it helps to boost the growth and appearance of the coral. besides, if u haf sponges, copepods and tube worms, all rely on coral food to grow nicely so no harm adding. just don't add to much or u might get too much algae growing. i use aquapharm coral food....no problems with that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anemone Posted August 21, 2004 Share Posted August 21, 2004 yellow polyps? long wavy tentacles? i think its better to feed them mysis, and DT. brine shrimp also. mine didnt do too well with DT alone. they react very fast so its easy to feed them. (think sun coral) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuEl Posted August 21, 2004 Share Posted August 21, 2004 Meat based foods. They won't take phyto. I've fed them using golden pearls with great success. They even multiplied. Quote Always something more important than fish. http://reefbuilders.com/2012/03/08/sps-pico-reef/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amteo Posted August 21, 2004 Author Share Posted August 21, 2004 Meat based foods. They won't take phyto. I've fed them using golden pearls with great success. They even multiplied. Fuel - I've never used Golden Pearls before, but I understand they are powder like or similar to small grains of fish food. So how do you prevent them from floating away? Quote Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be, be one. Marcus Aurelius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SRC Member Golden Tooth Posted August 22, 2004 SRC Member Share Posted August 22, 2004 I understand they are powder like or similar to small grains of fish food. So how do you prevent them from floating away? In a small container, mix with water from ur tank. Feed them. Quote Bevor Sie das Licht sehen, müssen Sie sterben! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryansimon Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 Fuel - I've never used Golden Pearls before, but I understand they are powder like or similar to small grains of fish food. So how do you prevent them from floating away? 1.) take a cup of water from your tank. 2.) take small portion of golden pearls *by small I mean the size of the stirrer's cup from Mos Burger. if that sounds confusing, take a stirrer from Mos Burger, and you'll get my drift. (=* 3.) put small portion of golden pearls in cup of tank water. 4.) stir it. 5.) give it another five to ten minutes for all the Golden Pearls to sink. 6.) feed it into tank, either by pouring it where the output pipes are, or by target feeding it to various corals using a syringe. (= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amteo Posted August 22, 2004 Author Share Posted August 22, 2004 1.) take a cup of water from your tank. 2.) take small portion of golden pearls *by small I mean the size of the stirrer's cup from Mos Burger. if that sounds confusing, take a stirrer from Mos Burger, and you'll get my drift. (=* 3.) put small portion of golden pearls in cup of tank water. 4.) stir it. 5.) give it another five to ten minutes for all the Golden Pearls to sink. 6.) feed it into tank, either by pouring it where the output pipes are, or by target feeding it to various corals using a syringe. (= Thanks. Will try it out. Quote Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be, be one. Marcus Aurelius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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