Methods used to direct feed

[Rob in Puyallup]

Hi all...

I recently purchased some pelleted coral food, now looking for suggestions on how to give it to the corals.

Aside from turning off powerheads, etc, how do you get the food into their mouths?

Thanks!

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[Squishie89]

One way is to put the pellets in some tank water in a cup, then use a large syringe/spot feeder to "squirt" the food onto/into the coral.

 

[NanaReefer]

I took about 20" of 1" tubing an zip tied it to an old shade rod. The food descends slowly to wherever I want it to go I can go from coral to coral just by putting my thumb over the top, which stops the food from falling.

 

[Djtonton]

I put the food in a cup with tank water. mix everything up than use a turkey baster it works GREAT!

 

[joshporksandwich]

Turkey baster or long tweezers for bigger foods

 

[Duffam3434]

I was going to make a thread asking this same question!! I just got my bottle of Fauna Marin LPS Pellets and acans were easy but Chalices.. Not so much! I ended up letting it soak in tank water then once it dissolved just used my spot feeder "Julians Thing" and just spot fed them. Seemed to work well.

 

[Rob in Puyallup]

Wondering what "Julian's thing" is. Lol!

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[micromount]

'Julian's Thing'

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[Rob in Puyallup]

Thanks!

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[Rob in Puyallup]

Got myself a "Julian's Thing" today. Will be spot feeding before ya know it!

 

[Squishie89]

Depending on how deep your tank is and how long your arms are you can use long forceps to put the pellets on the corals/polyps. Just a thought.

 

[Rob in Puyallup]

Hey Squishie (I had a cat with that name once!) It's only a 10 gallon tank... I'm looking for longer tweezers/forceps.

 

[Eienna]

I saw a guy at a public aquarium once use tongs to feed the nems.

 

[Squishie89]

I got mine from aquarium specialty I think. They are usually in the coral propagation/fragging or plant care section. I am sure the other sites have them too.