Feeding new corals

Beldarr · 07/07/2015, 10:55 AM

Tomorrow i am going to get the following corals. I have read up on putting them in my tank, but am a bit confused on feeding. I have a 125gallon tank with refugium, live rock, a clown fish, a tang, and mixture of 90 snails, and other cleanup crews.

Purple Whip
Star Polyp Green
Neon Green Brain Frag
Bubble tip Anemone
Zoa

Thanks for any advice

Beldarr · 07/07/2015, 10:55 AM

Yes i know the anemone is not a coral.

MondoBongo · 07/07/2015, 11:12 AM

i can't speak to the anemone, but the other ones i wouldn't be too worried about feeding. assuming the "purple whip" is a photosynthetic gorgonian, and not some kind of NPS.

i've seen zoa's take pellets before, but when i kept Z's and P's they barely had any appreciable feeding response.

what kind of "neon green brain frag" are you talking about? if it is an "open brain" like a lobophyllia or trachyphyllia , then it will likely accept some different kinds of foods. if it is a favia type like say a platygyra, the it might not have a strong feeding response.

when i do feed my corals, i very rarely do, i usually give a mix of frozen, mainly PE Myses.

Beldarr · 07/07/2015, 11:26 AM

I currently feed my fish by taking frozen food mixing it in saltwater until it break apart and then i use a syringe to pit it in water and my fish come along and eat. Will this work for the corals too then?

MondoBongo · 07/07/2015, 11:31 AM

yeah, i just used a plastic eye dropper with the tip cut off to target feed my corals, but like i said, nothing on your list, save maybe the brain, is going to have a strong feeding response.

Mcgeezer · 07/07/2015, 04:50 PM

The only thing that needs to be fed is the anemone...about once a week.

The brain will benefit from a weekly feeding at night when it's tentacles are out. Other then that, everything else is 100% photosynthetic. If I was you, I'd avoid green star polyps. They look cool...but they grow in plague like proportions and can literally overtake everything in your tank.

darmar7812 · 08/28/2016, 04:05 PM

Technically the anemone doesn't need to be fed at all unless it's completely bleached. They will derive everything they need food wise from the light.

07/07/2015, 10:55 AM	#1
Beldarr Registered Member Join Date: May 2015 Location: Pickerington, OH Posts: 50	Feeding new corals Tomorrow i am going to get the following corals. I have read up on putting them in my tank, but am a bit confused on feeding. I have a 125gallon tank with refugium, live rock, a clown fish, a tang, and mixture of 90 snails, and other cleanup crews. Purple Whip Star Polyp Green Neon Green Brain Frag Bubble tip Anemone Zoa Thanks for any advice

07/07/2015, 11:12 AM	#3
MondoBongo Obligate Feeder Obsessed Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 4,061	i can't speak to the anemone, but the other ones i wouldn't be too worried about feeding. assuming the "purple whip" is a photosynthetic gorgonian, and not some kind of NPS. i've seen zoa's take pellets before, but when i kept Z's and P's they barely had any appreciable feeding response. what kind of "neon green brain frag" are you talking about? if it is an "open brain" like a lobophyllia or trachyphyllia , then it will likely accept some different kinds of foods. if it is a favia type like say a platygyra, the it might not have a strong feeding response. when i do feed my corals, i very rarely do, i usually give a mix of frozen, mainly PE Myses. __________________ [Citation Needed] "You don't use science to show that you're right, you use science to become right" - xkcd Current Tank Info: A rectangular shaped money pit.

07/07/2015, 11:31 AM	#5
MondoBongo Obligate Feeder Obsessed Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 4,061	yeah, i just used a plastic eye dropper with the tip cut off to target feed my corals, but like i said, nothing on your list, save maybe the brain, is going to have a strong feeding response. __________________ [Citation Needed] "You don't use science to show that you're right, you use science to become right" - xkcd Current Tank Info: A rectangular shaped money pit.

07/07/2015, 11:26 AM	#4
Beldarr Registered Member Join Date: May 2015 Location: Pickerington, OH Posts: 50	I currently feed my fish by taking frozen food mixing it in saltwater until it break apart and then i use a syringe to pit it in water and my fish come along and eat. Will this work for the corals too then?

07/07/2015, 04:50 PM	#6
Mcgeezer Reef gardener Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: DeLand, Florida Posts: 1,205	The only thing that needs to be fed is the anemone...about once a week. The brain will benefit from a weekly feeding at night when it's tentacles are out. Other then that, everything else is 100% photosynthetic. If I was you, I'd avoid green star polyps. They look cool...but they grow in plague like proportions and can literally overtake everything in your tank.

08/28/2016, 04:05 PM	#7
darmar7812 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: San Antonio Posts: 69	Technically the anemone doesn't need to be fed at all unless it's completely bleached. They will derive everything they need food wise from the light.