Coral Feeding

[seanewbie]

Guys, do we have to feed our corals eg, prata,mushrooms,elephant ear with food??

I've only been feeding them with aquadiet phytopowder...

Heard some people literally feed mysis shrimp right to their mouth is....any ideas appreciated. Thanks!

[Kelmen]

Feed them once a while, maybe per month.

Else, what's their mouth for? That's not for talking either.

[loster]

i never feed my lps for a year and they grow well and health. i only feed my fishes. you give them enough light and good water condition and they will live well

[Flame-Tail]

I'm starting to feed my yumas mysis as my friend's yumas really grew big in abt 2 months. He feeds them mysis shrimp with a syringe abt twice a week.

[jem]

Feed alot = Grow Big n Nice

Don't Feed = still okay..they will still grow...

rmbr the logic and question yourself

"who hand-feeds the corals in the ocean?"..

[zephyros]

rmbr the logic and question yourself

"who hand-feeds the corals in the ocean?"..

hmm ... sounds logical ... but do u have an ocean in ur tank???

cheers

[framerunner]

i used to handfeed my pratas, plates and bubbles.

[Kelmen]

i used to handfeed my pratas, plates and bubbles.

wah sai! You "handfeed"!!! So they eat your nose shits as well? (see your avatar )

[jem]

hmm ... sounds logical ... but do u have an ocean in ur tank???

cheers

i guess..mainly plankton and some other tiny organism are taken in by the corals..

thus we dont really need to go "hand feed" them every so often

i maybe wrong

[ervine]

i read before somewhere that feeding them might actually harm them...

[zephyros]

i guess..mainly plankton and some other tiny organism are taken in by the corals..

thus we dont really need to go "hand feed" them every so often

hehe many school of thots here lar ... wherther to feed or not to feed.

As Kelmen says, what is their mouth for if not got eating

cheers

[seanewbie]

ha ha....thanks alot guys....agree alot school of thought..bu then again concluding that by feeding them will quicken their growth perhaps. Thanks again

[Kelmen]

You can "combine" all those "positive" feedback : feed + no feed => feed lesser

[XPeriment 626]

i guess..mainly plankton and some other tiny organism are taken in by the corals..

thus we dont really need to go "hand feed" them every so often

i maybe wrong

plankton and tiny organisms are freely found in the ocean. they aren't found freely growing in your tank unless you introduce them. so except for things like clams and sps which rely on zoox for food, you should introduce coral food into your tank regularly to ensure they grow. people put all sorts of things in, phyto, zooplankton, mysis, cyclopeeze, etc. not sure whether all work but probably better than putting nothing in your tank at all.

[LoReNsIa]

i bought a bottle of phytoplankton from reborn and start pouring it into my tank for my coral.. within days.. u can see the grow.. my fox coral pump up real big.. i think 2 times.. quite impressive.. maybe u feed them daily for a week.. and change it ti half a week. and slowly change it to once a week.. thats wad i do.. cheers.. and enjoy reefing..

[FuEl]

The only things which take phytoplankton are filter-feeders like clams, tubeworms, scallops, etc and other zooplankton like copepods. Corals need meat-based foods and they don't ingest phytoplankton.

[Eric]

Guys, do we have to feed our corals eg, prata,mushrooms,elephant ear with food??

I've only been feeding them with aquadiet phytopowder...

Heard some people literally feed mysis shrimp right to their mouth is....any ideas appreciated. Thanks!

Feeding your corals will help promote growth and colouration but dont over do it till it deteriorate your water parameters. The corals will prefer good lightings and stable water parameters. I dont feed my corals individually but I feed my fishes 6-8 times a day now. So the corals get whatever flows to them. I also off/on my powerhead for 15mins twice a day to create a different flow patterns in the tank and that helps to stir up detritus and particles that are trapped in certain dead spots. These suspended detritus and particles also become a food source for the corals.

Eric