Best foods to feed corals

[blasto_master]

And you get really good growth? I just started feeding my Palys and Zoas and they are growing like no tomorrow.

 

[carloriv]

Blasto master how do you use the red sea products? Are they good any pics before and after?

 

[blasto_master]

Of course. Before picture

 

[blasto_master]

Two months later picture

 

[blasto_master]

The utter chaos is a fast-growing Coral but not this fast.

 

[carloriv]

Wow impresive and if im not wrong this product is the ingredients that in the simples form of nitrution no really a food that need to be digest?

 

[mrcoffee2]

I just bought coral frenzy i'll let you know how it goes.

 

[GHill762]

Yes, I agree they should be fed. But you missed my point, so here it is again:


I believe in feeding coral, and in fact I gave my feeding regimen as an example. Caution is needed, however, as higher nutrition levels in the tank can result in bad parameters and deterioration of the coral, particularly the SPS in the scleractinian group.

Here' a link to the article in Advance Aquarist, for anyone interested in reading it:
Feature Article: Coral Feeding: An Overview ? Advanced Aquarist | Aquarist Magazine and Blog

I didn't miss your point. And I completely agree with you, overfeeding is a big problem. But feeding can play an important part in coral health and growth, I was just trying to point that out. Saying that coral is completely photosynthetic is incorrect.

 

[beaslbob]

I fed live phyto in my old 55g. micro algae and rotifers.

also spot fed cyclopeeze

 

[bct15]

It all depends on what kind of coral your feeding...zoas and palys will catch food additional food when you feed your fish, and eventually lps like favias and acans will start to extend feeders during fish feeding time. There are some corals that require feeding like elegance and blastos...these corals should be fed something like mysis shrimp or lps pellets. Chalices, acans, and favias will benefit greatly from feeding, especially of you have an sps dominated tank like myself...feeding these corals is required to get them to grow.

Sps should be fed at night with a small particle food like oyster eggs or a phytoplankton supplement like photo feast. I feed mine once a week, occasionally twice a week. You will see people with ULNS that have really pale colors, then when they start to feed their acros the colors start to pop like crazy. People think sps don't need to be fed, but they are highly specialized to catch food. The polyp consists of tentacles to catch food, a mouth, and a stomach for a reason. If you notice pale colors or lack of growth, feed your coral. Don't feed your corals every day though, feeding corals ends up with a lot of uneaten food and if you add that every day you'll get a nutrient problem. Use common sense.