What to feed?

[petere1989]

I got 6 different coral in my tank. They're all soft coral. The fish store gave me a bottle of instant ocean coral managment? They said put sone in once a week to feed them. Problem is it says calcuim replacment, now my cal. Levels are extremely high. Nethng else i can giv to the coral?

[aandfsoccr04]

A good capable lighting system and fish poo will feed the corals just fine. I wouldn't do anything extra to feed them.

[petere1989]

ok thanks. that what I thought but they wanted me to get this reef accelerator stuff and now my calcium is wayyyy to high.

[EllieSuz]

I target feed many of my soft corals, including frogspawn, hammer and torch. I find they like a good, meaty meal now and then.

[ReefWhoDat]

Originally Posted by EllieSuz

I target feed many of my soft corals, including frogspawn, hammer and torch. I find they like a good, meaty meal now and then.

I usually just lurk here because I get all my answers with a search. Such a simple question that I can't find the answer to:

What exactly - also when and how - do you feed them (frogspawn and torch)?

[Zappo]

Originally Posted by petere1989

ok thanks. that what I thought but they wanted me to get this reef accelerator stuff and now my calcium is wayyyy to high.

Welcome to reef keeping. This is an all-too-common story these days. You go into the lfs to buy something small and they try to convince you that you need a bunch of additives to go with it. As a general rule, ignore any advice the lfs gives involving adding things to mess with your water parameters unless you're testing for whatever you're adding and you're sure it's really needed. Usually nothing needs to be supplemented until the tank gets pretty full of corals.

[Zeus30]

AZOX Coral food is awesome! I bought some yesterday and it's like fish crack LOL....I noticed when I pumped that stuff in there, you could see the corals taking it in or reaching out for some. Here's a vid I found on Youtube that convinced me to buy it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEu82WZR_5E

[EllieSuz]

Here's a photo of the long feeding tube I use to feed corals and some of my fish:



Use an inch or so of soft airline tube to attach a length of rigid airline tube to a common syringe like you purchase to medicate infants. On the other end is another piece of soft tubing so it's gentler on the coral. Thaw your frozen food such as mysis or enriched brine shrimp in a cup and draw it up into the syringe. I also use it to target feed a couple of the fish that are more timid eaters. This is a very efficient feeding tool.

[ReeferGil]

Originally Posted by EllieSuz

Here's a photo of the long feeding tube I use to feed corals and some of my fish:



Use an inch or so of soft airline tube to attach a length of rigid airline tube to a common syringe like you purchase to medicate infants. On the other end is another piece of soft tubing so it's gentler on the coral. Thaw your frozen food such as mysis or enriched brine shrimp in a cup and draw it up into the syringe. I also use it to target feed a couple of the fish that are more timid eaters. This is a very efficient feeding tool.

Very helpful, thanks!

[slavver01]

Great idea, I was looking at the syringes at work and thinking could use them to draw up any weird stuff floating around, but feeding works too!