Does anyone else feed their lps?

[robert_ellis]

I fed all my lps new era marine pellets today... Crazy how swollen up they all get.

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[peter]

I feed mine pink shrimp, my acans eat them quick.

 

[TH64]

Yup mysis whenever I get a chance

 

[Rockstacker]

I feed my lps pellets and frozen mysis/brine shrimp every now and then. But not on any set schedule.
They seem to be catching live mysids in the tank just fine on their own so I don't baby them too much.

 

[Reefomeez]

Now and again with fauna Marin. I want to get better at feeding them 1-2x a week so they get fat and grow out.

 

[jarmochin]

Yup, try to do it every other week at least once. I like to think it makes them grow faster.

 

[budythelion]

Fauna Marine and Mysis for my babies. It's so fun to watch corals eat.

 

[budythelion]

Yup, try to do it every other week at least once. I like to think it makes them grow faster.

Glad I'm not the only one who wants to think this way. LOL!

 

[jarmochin]

Glad I'm not the only one who wants to think this way. LOL!

Although it does suck that it dirties my water a bit more than if like =[

 

[BeanMachine]

When I used to feed my duncans they grew like crazy so I'd say its beneficial but don't over do it.

 

[bboyvital]

my coral eat when i feed the fishes mysis once a week. they definitely seem to be happier.

 

[budythelion]

Although it does suck that it dirties my water a bit more than if like =[

That's why I always feed right before a water change. I feel no guilt afterwards. eace:

 

[Rocklgnd2b]

I pour in a little oyster feast almost every night and live phytoplankton every 2-3 nights. Once or twice a week I make a mixture of the first 2 I mentioned plus frozen mysis, kent microvert and kent chromaplex, with lps pellets that I got free at reefapalooza.


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[Aznyoyoboy]

I used to feed my coral when i dont have a job.....now i got a job...got too lazy lol

 

[Rockstacker]

When I used to feed my duncans they grew like crazy so I'd say its beneficial but don't over do it.

^^ This
The folks at Red Sea concluded that corals derive 15% or their nutritional needs from (proper) food.
So it is a significant boost, but only goes so far.

The other 85% comes from zoox poop.

 

[Logan killer]

whats zoox? lol I never went to bio or chem class.

 

[Reefomeez]

whats zoox? lol I never went to bio or chem class.

It's the stuff that give your coral pretty colors.

http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/kits/corals/coral02_zooxanthellae.html

 

[Rockstacker]

It's the stuff that give your coral pretty colors.

http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/kits/corals/coral02_zooxanthellae.html

This is the part of coral coloration that I am still trying to figure out.
Zooxanthellae is supposed to give corals their vivid colors, but then too much zooxanthellae and the coral ends up turning brown.

 

[willyb123]

I don't feed simply because I have enough fish in my tank. There wastes are generally enough to keep the corals well fed. If I didnt have fish, I would definitly feed.

 

[phish96]

i think im on the overfeeder category... i am housing a dying scoly which is now better because I've been feeding it everyday. Sun polyps and a blueberry gorgonian that requires target feeding, so when I prep the food I make enough for all my LPS. What im using: frozen cyclopeeze, oysterfeast, reef roids, phytoplankton, and zooplankton from brightwell.