Feeding corals?

[wrfreeman]

I've seen some really amazing pictures of some great coral growth over just a 4 - 6 month period and wonder how they accomplish it. I feed my fish cubed food daily (alternate between 5 different kinds), spot feed most of them weekly, and broadcast feed about once every two weeks. I also have a new Reefbreeders Photon 48" light currently ramping up to 65% blue, 55% white sitting 8" off the water. I added quite a few frags over the past three months so I'm hoping to see some substantial growth over the next 6 months to a year. What are all you guys that are seeing all this growth doing differently, if anything?

 

[mike007]

85% of coral growth is from the lighting. Many people do not feed there corals. There are lots of foods for corals that will help them grow at a faster rate. But you have to be carefull as if you overfeed you will start having excess nutrients which will cause algae problems and high nitrates and phoshates.

 

[Dylan J.]

It all depend on the type of corals as well not just the food. Ik i get crazy growth from my zoas but its because i keep my tank dirty like how the zoas like it and do 20% once a week to have the elements replaced. For the corals that I feed of coarse i target feed them but when i feed them i turn off all the pumps and let the water sit and let the food sit still on the corals while the eat whats on them. As far as what I feed, I use frozen mysis, krill and my LFS have this small container that has fish eggs that goes for $25 n it seems like i get positive reponses from the corals with that.