Feeding Corals

[innate1]

I'd like to pick ya'll brains about what you feed em, how much and how often. I've been feeding very minimally since battling cyano. So now that that's under control I would like to get better growth and want to start feeding them more. So please share your knowledge.

[Rjohn]

I use reef roids once a week. I feed them very minimally. I am battling cyano so my advice may not be the best.

[innate1]

do you get much growth with once a week? I was feeding about the same and don't have much growth. I don't think I'll be using my media reactor much would you like to borrow it RJohn? I think it and the week of no lights turned the tide. I've been free of the red menace for two weeks now and it feels nice. LMK on the reactor.

[Gonzobob]

If you'd like to give us kind of a coral inventory of your tank I imagine your fellow reefers could come up with some specific advice / comments.

[innate1]

I have several different kinds of zoa's and mushrooms. I have a red and purple monti, red and purple digi, and a couple of different acro's, a chalice and a scolly .

[muddybluewater]

I have been using oyster feast for a while now about once a week and I am getting good growth. I am thinking about starting to gradually feed more.

[subsea]

http://www.dtplankton.com/articles/refugiums.html

With respect to feeding corals, I use the refugium to feed my corals. I feed my fish heavily. The uneaten food and the fish waste feed the reguium, which in turn feeds the corals. The above link is the second article in a series about feeding corals with DSB and refugiums by Dr. Ron.

Patrick

[innate1]

That was good thanks Pat

[innate1]

bump and really interested in what ya'll feed for sps growth. Thanks

[+mcallahan]

bump and really interested in what ya'll feed for sps growth. Thanks

I use the Polyp lab system that includes coral food which I feed every night. I also will feed reef roids and oyster feast a couple of times a week.

[+dapettit]

I tried reef roids, but all my corals did was slim. I feed frozen rotifers once a week. My corals seem to be happy. I also run a ca reactor which really increased growth. I believe Calfo said fish poo is the best coral food.

[Derry]

Danny in pf has one of the best coral tanks I've seen locally, and he doesn't specifically feed his coral. He just feeds the 15 fish in his tank and lets the leftovers and fish poop feed the corals. He does have a big Geo calcium reactor to keep the alk and ca stable, though.