SPS Feeding

dave57 · Mar 17, 2018

What do you guys feed your SPS besides fish poop? Please show case your corals too. I’m becoming a firm believer that when SPS are fed they possess awesome signs of health including vibrant colors, polyp extension and growth.

DSC reef · Mar 17, 2018

Check out reef nutrition oyster feast and reef roids, I like to mix them together.

dave57 · Mar 17, 2018

DSC reef said:
Check out reef nutrition oyster feast and reef roids, I like to mix them together.

Looks awesome I just bought some and used it today seemed like my the polyps extended out fairly quickly very nice!

whyoming.white · Mar 17, 2018

I use reef chili, reef snow a phyto and zooplankton from brightwell. I have reef roofs as well.

whyoming.white · Mar 17, 2018

Also when are you guys feeding? Lights off? Lights on?

I was doing lights on but switched to lights off a month or so ago

madweazl · Mar 17, 2018

I feed the fish twice a day (LRS Reef and Herbivore Frenzy) along with algae sheets between (small amount at mid day). I change nothing in the tank when I feed (no feed mode, sump and skimmer remain on, etc.). Nothing else is added to the tank. Build thread for progress pics if interested.

29 Dec

17 Mar

dave57 · Mar 17, 2018

madweazl said:
I feed the fish twice a day (LRS Reef and Herbivore Frenzy) along with algae sheets between (small amount at mid day). I change nothing in the tank when I feed (no feed mode, sump and skimmer remain on, etc.). Nothing else is added to the tank. Build thread for progress pics if interested.

29 Dec

17 Mar

Wow that growth and overall health of the coral jeez! Big difference!

jwells77 · Mar 18, 2018

I only feed the fish once a day. I do feed heavy though. Nothing else added food wise. I dose 2 part.

Danh Ngo · Mar 19, 2018

DSC reef said:
Check out reef nutrition oyster feast and reef roids, I like to mix them together.

How do you mix reef roid with oyster feast? How much water you use?

DSC reef · Mar 19, 2018

I put some oyster feast in a little squirt bottle, then a little reef roids with just a little tank water. No real measurments. I let mix it up and let it set a few minutes before spot or broadcast feeding.

Danh Ngo · Mar 19, 2018

DSC reef said:
I put some oyster feast in a little squirt bottle, then a little reef roids with just a little tank water. No real measurments. I let mix it up and let it set a few minutes before spot or broadcast feeding.

Is the mixture thick like paste?

DSC reef · Mar 19, 2018

Not like paste, a little thicker than water.

Lighthouze08 · Mar 23, 2018

i don't ever feed sps, just let the fish do it

hart24601 · Mar 23, 2018

There is plenty of research out there showing drastically increased SPS growth with feeding. I remember a study with baby brine shrimp and another with BRS reef chili that featured montis. I have fed many foods for coral, but come back to instant ocean baby brine shrimp and BRS RC but sometimes add golden pearls.

Eder · Mar 24, 2018

Also use reef chilli. Have become a user of aquavitro fuel and loving it. I use a zoo supplement as well and feed heavy.

ncaldwell · Mar 24, 2018

I don't feed the corals directly but I do add bottled bacteria regularly because I've noticed my acro look happier with drastically increased polyp extension. Not sure if that's a food source for them or they just smell it (taste it?) and are looking for food they smell