Feeding LPS and Zoas

[patchin]

I only have 3 fish in my 50 gallon, but I have a heck of a time feeding corals without the fish stealing it. How do you all feed your corals and what do you use?

 

[mediumrare]

feed your fish and the turn pumps off and spot feed your corals, some oyster feast and rotifers for SPS and brine shirmp, rinsed mysis shrimp and arctipods/tigger pods for LPS thats what I do.

 

[tankguy]

feed your fish and the turn pumps off and spot feed your corals, some oyster feast and rotifers for SPS and brine shirmp, rinsed mysis shrimp and arctipods/tigger pods for LPS thats what I do.

I would do the same except that I use Oyster Feast for all the corals

 

[patchin]

Maybe I don't feed the fish enough, cause they still go after the little pellets I feed LPS.

 

[Coral reefer]

Feed corals after lights go out?

 

[patchin]

Might have to.

 

[Kmooresf]

Have you ever tried "Rods food?" I mix it in with the normal fish food twice a week and spot feed the coral. It has larger stuff for the fish, but lots of small stuff for the coral and they LOVE it. Ed (Kmaintl) turned me onto it, and I'm glad he did. Good stuff.

 

[patchin]

Sounds good Kris.

 

[Vincerama2]

I stopped feeding my corals with anything but light. I feed my fish flakes too, and I guess some flake particles sometimes make it to the corals.

V

 

[mediumrare]

feed your fish and the turn pumps off and spot feed your corals, some oyster feast and rotifers for SPS and brine shirmp, rinsed mysis shrimp and arctipods/tigger pods for LPS thats what I do.

I would do the same except that I use Oyster Feast for all the corals

I like to give my larger SPS (open brains, trumpet corals, acans, blastos, micros, and NPS corals) larger more meaty food, i find that they grow faster when fed mysis shrimp twice a week dirrectly to as many heads as i can.

 

[650-IS350]

I feed my corals these...http://fl2.shopmania.org/files/p/us/t/435/super-soft-small-krill-pellets-2-5-kg-5-5-lbs-hbh~69202435.jpg

for the LPS I just drop them in their mouths or tentacles. For the Z's and P's I mush it up mix in a slurry of saltwater and squirt on them while pumps are off. Before I feed any corals I feed all the fish first and make sure they're all done eating.

I now also use Oyster feast and other micro foods for the NPS gorgs.

 

[BAYMAC]

feed your fish and the turn pumps off and spot feed your corals, some oyster feast and rotifers for SPS and brine shirmp, rinsed mysis shrimp and arctipods/tigger pods for LPS thats what I do.

I would do the same except that I use Oyster Feast for all the corals

I like to give my larger LPS (open brains, trumpet corals, acans, blastos, micros, and NPS corals) larger more meaty food, i find that they grow faster when fed mysis shrimp twice a week dirrectly to as many heads as i can.

Fixed you post for you, none of those are SPS

Patchin...

Feed below the spectrum of your fish.... Oyster-Feast and Roti-Feast are perfect for that purpose. Drives fish nuts not being able to find that oyster they taste and smell though :lol:

 

[GDawson]

For larger LPS like open brain I put strawberry basket upside down over it with rrock on top until it was done eating. Keeps shrimp out too....


-Gregory

 

[Kmooresf]

For larger LPS like open brain I put strawberry basket upside down over it with rrock on top until it was done eating. Keeps shrimp out too....


-Gregory

Very cool ideah!

 

[Piper]

Great idea! I've just been keeping my hand in the tank and flicking the shrimps away :/

 

[denzil]

So I guess we're all going to buy some strawberries, eh?