Reef Energy ab+ feeding question

[Kmill723]

I just purchased some Reef Energy ab+ and am curious about feeding coral with it. I am currently spot feeding my tank with a combination of Aqua Vitro Fuel and coral frenzy. The combination has been working good as far as I can tell but as I'm about to finish the bottle of fuel I wanted to try the reef energy ab+ after reading so many good reviews. My question after watching the videos red sea put out is should I only feed with the reef energy ab+, or do I need to add to it like I was doing with the coral frenzy.

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

I'm not sure on this one, but I'll bump it up for someone who might be able to help. #reefsquad

 

[Flippers4pups]

I've never used it. Sorry. Let's see what others say.......

 

[Fishurama]

You can and should still keep up with the coral frenzy. IMO Coral frenzy is more like Reefroids and is more of a fine grade powdered food, while AB+ is amino acids, carbs, fats, etc and is in liquid form which is absorbed easier which you can see when you add the AB+ your corals will burst open and absorb as much as they can which helps with the feeding response, and doesn't really fill them up like powdered or "real" food. I use both reefsroids and AB+ in my nem/LPS/softie tank.

Welcome to R2R

 

[Kmill723]

Awesome thank you. I tried my first feeding with the ab+ and coral frenzy and everything seemed very happy. I turned the skimmer and wavemakers off and added the ab+ first and let it mix and cover the whole tank then when everything was nice and opened up I started spot feeding some coral frenzy. I turned everything back on after about 30 minutes and was very happy the skimmer wasn't going crazy.

 

[Fishurama]

Awesome thank you. I tried my first feeding with the ab+ and coral frenzy and everything seemed very happy. I turned the skimmer and wavemakers off and added the ab+ first and let it mix and cover the whole tank then when everything was nice and opened up I started spot feeding some coral frenzy. I turned everything back on after about 30 minutes and was very happy the skimmer wasn't going crazy.

Glad it all worked out for you. AB+ really works and is cool to watch corals with feeder tentacles come out and try to grab stuff. Love the feeding response it triggers.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I feed at lights out. Thats typically when coral feed best

 

[somekindabonita]

Awesome thank you. I tried my first feeding with the ab+ and coral frenzy and everything seemed very happy. I turned the skimmer and wavemakers off and added the ab+ first and let it mix and cover the whole tank then when everything was nice and opened up I started spot feeding some coral frenzy. I turned everything back on after about 30 minutes and was very happy the skimmer wasn't going crazy.

Do you leave your return pump on? I have a bottle on the way, but saw on Red Sea's instructional video that they also shut off the return for 30 minutes in addition to the skimmer. I wasn't crazy about doing that because it'll set off my ATO alarm.

 

[Kmill723]

Yeah I turn of my skimmer and pumps off for 30 minutes. After that I turn everything back on and my skimmer doesn't go nuts, so I'm pretty happy with it so far. I've noticed some of the colors popping a little more with the reef energy ab+ over the fuel