How often do you feed your reef?

[mbarton2010]

How often (if any) do you specifically spot or broadcast feed your coral?

 

[Miami Reef]

Does feeding fish count?

 

[ZombieEngineer]

You are missing a 3 or more times a day option.

No love for anthias or wrasse owners?

 

[ZombieEngineer]

Haha. Just realized this poll was for corals not fish.

 

[Max93]

I broadcast feed two to three times a day frozen (I switch between rods and mysis or whatever I have frozen) and half a sheet of nori per day.

 

[sdreefer619]

NONE ONLY WHEN MY FISH POOP IS WHEN MINE GET FED

 

[Jedi1199]

Since I include several types of food that different corals consume, mine get fed daily. For direct spot feeding.. once in a while.. twice a month maybe?

 

[Ef4life]

I mix a little powdered coral food in with the pellets in the auto feeder that gets dropped 2x a day.

and as long as the nitrates and phosphates are in acceptable range and no problematic algae’s - I feed a full scoop of coral food everyday when I feed the fish frozen food.

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

I initially thought this was about feeding fish. I feed @Reef Nutrition Roe and oyster feast... now (which is new to me the oyster feast) probably at least every other day if not every day at the same time and I follow up with blowing my detritus up off my bare bottom tank probably 1 time a week or every two weeks.
I belive this is now called the @SunnyX method of carbon dosing. Lol.
Idk.

 

[gbroadbridge]

I initially thought this was about feeding fish. I feed @Reef Nutrition Roe and oyster feast... now (which is new to me the oyster feast) probably at least every other day if not every day at the same time and I follow up with blowing my detritus up off my bare bottom tank probably 1 time a week or every two weeks.
I belive this is now called the @SunnyX method of carbon dosing. Lol.
Idk.

The fish feed the coral.

 

[atoll]

Haha. Just realized this poll was for corals not fish.

However, when you feed your fish you are also feeding many corals one way or another, even with fish poo.

 

[sdreefer619]

I mix a little powdered coral food in with the pellets in the auto feeder that gets dropped 2x a day.

and as long as the nitrates and phosphates are in acceptable range and no problematic algae’s - I feed a full scoop of coral food everyday when I feed the fish frozen food.

How are your phosphates not through the roof with all that coral food and fish food. Auto feeder and manual feeding. I would tone it down a bit just saying.

 

[TheVinylReef]

I feed the fish daily right about now. Sometimes they get a night time snack too. They poop all day. I will feed the corals 3 times a week with reef roids and phytoplankton. They are noticeable bigger and happier when I broadcast feed the system with the return pump off for 1 hour. I don't spot feed corals unless they look weak - say my Scolymia looks a little thin. I have notice that after a few times spot feeding they corals stopped reacting to the food.

World Wide Corals says that the corals are from the ocean and know how to eat from the water column, and I trust their advice.

 

[Ef4life]

How are your phosphates not through the roof with all that coral food and fish food. Auto feeder and manual feeding. I would tone it down a bit just saying.

heavy in heavy out. And I was dosing nitrate until recently. But my system is quite mature at almost 9 years old now. It’s not something you can just start doing on a whim you have to build up and let the reef adjust over time.

 

[reefah]

feed 20 mils of AB+ daily then spot feed Barrier Reef Labs Micro-Pearl Coral Food maybe once a week if that. If I don't spot feed- I will broadcast feed once a week.

 

[sdreefer619]

heavy in heavy out. And I was dosing nitrate until recently. But my system is quite mature at almost 9 years old now. It’s not something you can just start doing on a whim you have to build up and let the reef adjust over time.

i was gonna say haha well keep on feeding then lol

 

[vetteguy53081]

Apex AFS with food variety and multi-ingredient frozen food daily