General feeding of zoe's and acans

cfryers · 07/14/2015, 11:28 AM

I started a new reef tank about 5 months back. Everything is looking good, and I have started adding some z's, p's, and acans. I wanted to get some feedback on feeding guidelines. I feed with LRS reeffrenzy twice a day. I was thinking about adding a target feeding regimen of reef snow a few times a week, and coral vibrance once a week. Any suggestions/opinions?

soulpatch · 07/14/2015, 01:29 PM

For some of my acans I hand feed mysis but now with nearly 60 heads of acans in my tank that is a pain. I still spot feed and once daily I hit the tank with marine snow, coral frenzy, or a few other things. Once a week I make sure I really target feed my acans.

The zoas and such I let go. They are growing like crazy just filter feeding.

Neebles · 07/14/2015, 02:24 PM

I don't feed any of my zoas nor my acans directly. Haven't for the year I have had them. They get what they need from when I feed the fish etc. Everyone is happy, acans are fat and multiplying. Zoas are growing like crazy.

Nrupaw · 07/14/2015, 02:54 PM

i used to spotfeed Oyester-Feast. feeding response was pretty good. finally got bored and brought more fish instead. now when i feed the first, the corals get some too.

dmh41532 · 07/14/2015, 06:50 PM

I stopped feeding my corals along time ago, and I think the zoas are doing better. My lps, including the acan are growing very nicely. That being said, my tank has some nitrate, about 5-10ppm, in a lower nutrient system, they may need fed

07/14/2015, 11:28 AM	#1
cfryers Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 17	General feeding of zoe's and acans I started a new reef tank about 5 months back. Everything is looking good, and I have started adding some z's, p's, and acans. I wanted to get some feedback on feeding guidelines. I feed with LRS reeffrenzy twice a day. I was thinking about adding a target feeding regimen of reef snow a few times a week, and coral vibrance once a week. Any suggestions/opinions?

07/14/2015, 01:29 PM	#2
soulpatch Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Downingtown, PA Posts: 4,017	For some of my acans I hand feed mysis but now with nearly 60 heads of acans in my tank that is a pain. I still spot feed and once daily I hit the tank with marine snow, coral frenzy, or a few other things. Once a week I make sure I really target feed my acans. The zoas and such I let go. They are growing like crazy just filter feeding. __________________ 150 SC tank build: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2550948 Some have bar tabs. I have a coral tab at my LFS. Life goals.

07/14/2015, 02:24 PM	#3
Neebles Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 171	I don't feed any of my zoas nor my acans directly. Haven't for the year I have had them. They get what they need from when I feed the fish etc. Everyone is happy, acans are fat and multiplying. Zoas are growing like crazy. __________________ Working on building a reef Current Tank Info: 75g mixed reef, 48" reef breeders photon (soon to be t5ho hybrid) 35g sump, gyre 150, wp-10, bubble magus curve 7. 2 10g qt tanks, 1 20g L post qt observation tank Last edited by Neebles; 07/14/2015 at 03:15 PM.

07/14/2015, 02:54 PM	#4
Nrupaw Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 131	i used to spotfeed Oyester-Feast. feeding response was pretty good. finally got bored and brought more fish instead. now when i feed the first, the corals get some too.

07/14/2015, 06:50 PM	#5
dmh41532 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Bellefontaine Ohio Posts: 771	I stopped feeding my corals along time ago, and I think the zoas are doing better. My lps, including the acan are growing very nicely. That being said, my tank has some nitrate, about 5-10ppm, in a lower nutrient system, they may need fed