how do I target feed?

jjlove · 08/29/2008, 08:51 AM

okay, ive got some palys that will need target feeding eventually. I picked up some zooplankton, but dont know how you go about "target feeding" thanks

PoukieBear · 08/29/2008, 10:10 AM

It's easy.

Get a clean eyedropper, or something larger if wish, suck up the food you wish to target feed to your corals, get close enough to your corals and squirt.

Start with just a teeny tiny bit at first so they clue in that they are being fed.

Tswifty · 08/29/2008, 10:18 AM

^^^+1

Yep... I like the syringes from my old test kits, and if you don't want to get wet... hook the end of the syringe into some rigid tubing.

jjlove · 08/29/2008, 10:45 AM

awesome! thank you so much!

AngeloM3 · 08/29/2008, 11:52 AM

Turkey basters are good too.

20jlr · 08/29/2008, 07:19 PM

I have had one for only one week, but i made somethng easy to concentrate thefood over them with only a little effort.
Take a piece of tubing from your return line or water change line and attach it to a funel, Place the whole thing in your tank with the funel over the coral and use a turkey baster to suck up the food and place it in the tub and squirt. it also works great for any other coral you truly want to spot feed.

marioensf · 08/29/2008, 11:08 PM

Some people attach a cut plastic water bottle to the end of the turkey baster to create a little feeding dome, that way the food stays over the targeted corals longer

08/29/2008, 08:51 AM	#1
jjlove Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 236	how do I target feed? okay, ive got some palys that will need target feeding eventually. I picked up some zooplankton, but dont know how you go about "target feeding" thanks

08/29/2008, 10:10 AM	#2
PoukieBear Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Ottawa Posts: 2,067	It's easy. Get a clean eyedropper, or something larger if wish, suck up the food you wish to target feed to your corals, get close enough to your corals and squirt. Start with just a teeny tiny bit at first so they clue in that they are being fed. __________________ Michelle ~Poukie, I'm proud of you for throwing up that cake. ~~Mikey~~ ~You're not drunk if you can lay on the floor without holding on. ~Save the earth, there are no princesses on Mars.

08/29/2008, 10:18 AM	#3
Tswifty Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: PA Posts: 14,022	^^^+1 Yep... I like the syringes from my old test kits, and if you don't want to get wet... hook the end of the syringe into some rigid tubing. __________________ "Enough light? Heck I could go barebottom and grow SPS in the stand!" - DiscoReefRover

08/29/2008, 11:52 AM	#5
AngeloM3 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 1,016	Turkey basters are good too. __________________ "I'm sick of chasing my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where their going and catch up with them later." -Mitch Hedberg R.I.P

08/29/2008, 10:45 AM	#4
jjlove Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 236	awesome! thank you so much!

08/29/2008, 07:19 PM	#6
20jlr Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Frankfort il. Posts: 61	I have had one for only one week, but i made somethng easy to concentrate thefood over them with only a little effort. Take a piece of tubing from your return line or water change line and attach it to a funel, Place the whole thing in your tank with the funel over the coral and use a turkey baster to suck up the food and place it in the tub and squirt. it also works great for any other coral you truly want to spot feed.

08/29/2008, 11:08 PM	#7
marioensf Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 2,502	Some people attach a cut plastic water bottle to the end of the turkey baster to create a little feeding dome, that way the food stays over the targeted corals longer