What can I feed my plate coral?

Salty Brother · 03/18/2006, 01:36 PM

Just wondering if there is anything that I could feed my plate coral for more growth and better colors. All I feed is Calcium (420) and Iodine trace elements.
Here is a pic from a month ago or so (doesnt look any different)...

Salty Brother · 03/18/2006, 01:38 PM

BTW, that is a pic that is just under actinics

ReefHotSpot · 03/18/2006, 04:16 PM

there isn't much that you can feed them. I have noticed that when food particles do fall on them they will move the particles toward their mouth and consume them but this isn't really a good way of feeding them. I would usually place mine the corner of my tank where I would do my feeding and hope that any excess food would make it to them but my shrimp would usually get it if it got down to the bottom of the tank. And, that is another dilemma. When the shrimp goes all over the plate and takes food from it, is it doing more harm then good?

Make sure that you flip it over every once and a while just to make sure you don't get any air accumulation beneath the plate. Kills it fast.

max
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MCary · 03/18/2006, 04:30 PM

I spot feed mine silversides and krill. I have a short and a long tenicle . They also eat mysid that lands on them. I'm not sure if it helps or not. I just like watching them eat. They also eat formula one now that I think of it.

BTW a plate coral can engulf an entire siversides. Really cool to watch.

Salty Brother · 03/18/2006, 06:28 PM

Thanks for the tip redrunblue, I will fip it soon. Ive seen some flakes, and mysid land on it, and I think it ate it. I will ask my brother for some silverslides and try it out. By the way, is mine long or short tenicle?

MCary · 03/18/2006, 08:27 PM

Short

Clayman · 03/18/2006, 10:33 PM

I feed mine blood worms and cyclopeze.

bosborn1 · 03/18/2006, 11:22 PM

I feed shrimp pellets 3 times a week. My short tentancle is doing great too.

Scott

pnsnowboard · 03/18/2006, 11:44 PM

i feed mine mysid

Salty Brother · 03/19/2006, 10:19 AM

How do you "feed" it, like how do you get the food on it?

Clayman · 03/19/2006, 12:15 PM

I just suck up some food in a turkey baster and slowly let out the food just above the coral. It usally opens it's mouth and starts taking the food in. I will pretect it for a bit so that the shrimp do not take the food away from the coral. It can eat pretty fast usally within two minutes the food is gone.

jman77 · 03/19/2006, 12:23 PM

Mine eats pellets, blood worms, mysid, krill....shoot it will eat anything that it can fit in it's mouth.. dam pig.. hahahaha

TippyToeX · 03/19/2006, 12:23 PM

I feed mine all kinds of foods, 3 times a week. Mysis, krill, scallop, DT's oyster eggs, cyclopeeze, etc. All chopped up finely to make digestion easy for the plate.

I turn the pumps off when I feed my LPS. They don't need to exert the effort of trying to hang onto the food if I do that. Like Clayman I load up a turkey baster and gently place the food near to it's mouth. It is an aggressive feeder when it's use to being fed this way.

If you have hermits or shrimp trying to take a meal you can use a strawberry baste to cover the place. Or in inverted cut soda bottle.

03/18/2006, 01:36 PM	#1
Salty Brother Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 1,119	What can I feed my plate coral? Just wondering if there is anything that I could feed my plate coral for more growth and better colors. All I feed is Calcium (420) and Iodine trace elements. Here is a pic from a month ago or so (doesnt look any different)...

03/19/2006, 12:23 PM	#13
TippyToeX Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 10,711	I feed mine all kinds of foods, 3 times a week. Mysis, krill, scallop, DT's oyster eggs, cyclopeeze, etc. All chopped up finely to make digestion easy for the plate. I turn the pumps off when I feed my LPS. They don't need to exert the effort of trying to hang onto the food if I do that. Like Clayman I load up a turkey baster and gently place the food near to it's mouth. It is an aggressive feeder when it's use to being fed this way. If you have hermits or shrimp trying to take a meal you can use a strawberry baste to cover the place. Or in inverted cut soda bottle. __________________ -Amy-

03/18/2006, 01:38 PM	#2
Salty Brother Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 1,119	BTW, that is a pic that is just under actinics

03/18/2006, 04:16 PM	#3
ReefHotSpot Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 260	there isn't much that you can feed them. I have noticed that when food particles do fall on them they will move the particles toward their mouth and consume them but this isn't really a good way of feeding them. I would usually place mine the corner of my tank where I would do my feeding and hope that any excess food would make it to them but my shrimp would usually get it if it got down to the bottom of the tank. And, that is another dilemma. When the shrimp goes all over the plate and takes food from it, is it doing more harm then good? Make sure that you flip it over every once and a while just to make sure you don't get any air accumulation beneath the plate. Kills it fast. max reefhotspot.com

03/18/2006, 04:30 PM	#4
MCary Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Hardin, Montana Posts: 3,142	I spot feed mine silversides and krill. I have a short and a long tenicle . They also eat mysid that lands on them. I'm not sure if it helps or not. I just like watching them eat. They also eat formula one now that I think of it. BTW a plate coral can engulf an entire siversides. Really cool to watch.

03/18/2006, 06:28 PM	#5
Salty Brother Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 1,119	Thanks for the tip redrunblue, I will fip it soon. Ive seen some flakes, and mysid land on it, and I think it ate it. I will ask my brother for some silverslides and try it out. By the way, is mine long or short tenicle?

03/18/2006, 08:27 PM	#6
MCary Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Hardin, Montana Posts: 3,142	Short

03/18/2006, 10:33 PM	#7
Clayman Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Richer, Manitoba Posts: 234	I feed mine blood worms and cyclopeze.

03/18/2006, 11:22 PM	#8
bosborn1 Registered Member. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Fairport, NY Posts: 2,579	I feed shrimp pellets 3 times a week. My short tentancle is doing great too. Scott

03/18/2006, 11:44 PM	#9
pnsnowboard Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: aurora CO Posts: 867	i feed mine mysid

03/19/2006, 10:19 AM	#10
Salty Brother Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 1,119	How do you "feed" it, like how do you get the food on it?

03/19/2006, 12:15 PM	#11
Clayman Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Richer, Manitoba Posts: 234	I just suck up some food in a turkey baster and slowly let out the food just above the coral. It usally opens it's mouth and starts taking the food in. I will pretect it for a bit so that the shrimp do not take the food away from the coral. It can eat pretty fast usally within two minutes the food is gone.

03/19/2006, 12:23 PM	#12
jman77 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: West Palm Beach, Florida Posts: 2,391	Mine eats pellets, blood worms, mysid, krill....shoot it will eat anything that it can fit in it's mouth.. dam pig.. hahahaha