Over feeding my LPS

BryanB · Mar 24, 2015

I have a good mixed reef and feed twice a day. I have 2 blue throat triggers 2 yellow tangs 1 orange stripe tang 2 black gladiator clowns 7 green cromes a bicolor fox face and a blue star leapord wrass so I feed heavy. It steamers that a couple of my LPS never miss grabbing something be it krill missis pellets or whatever. My question being will they over eat and harm themselves? I will add a pic of one of my fugia plates stuffing its face with missis and has a piece of krill on its plate " pun intended " the coral is every bit of 3.5 inches across

And here in my brain stuffing its face as well

SeahorseKeeper · Mar 25, 2015

The corals look nice and healthy. I wouldn't be concerned with them being overfed.

Tab28 · Mar 26, 2015

That is a lot of feeding but that is a lot of fish. Some will get large and aggressive so i am guessing you have a very large tank. Your corals look fine. Over feeding is a long term issue. It may take time for nitrates and phosphates to accumulate. As long as you watch your perimeters and keep up with water changes all may be fine.

BryanB · Mar 26, 2015

Tab28 said:
That is a lot of feeding but that is a lot of fish. Some will get large and aggressive so i am guessing you have a very large tank. Your corals look fine. Over feeding is a long term issue. It may take time for nitrates and phosphates to accumulate. As long as you watch your perimeters and keep up with water changes all may be fine.

I have a 190 gallon tank and about 280 overall volume and I test my water all the time

Flashy Fins · Mar 29, 2015

I've overfed corals a few times, and they basically puke up the food a few hours later, but it takes a LOT of food for that to happen. It took me some time to realize my brain corals and even my sun coral did not need multiple pieces of meat in each mouth, 2-3 times a day. If your corals are not regurgitating food or pooping excessive amounts, I wouldn't worry about the food itself being harmful. Water quality issues are a different story, but if you're on top of that, sounds like everything is fine.