What are we feeding lps nowadays?

_sludgefactory · Mar 25, 2012

So I've been feeding mine mysis with my new Kent sea squirt. They seem to like it. I also tried some of my formula 1 pellets which they didn't seem to like as much. Also I'm dosing seachem reef plus cause it makes everything grow like crazy. Last time i soaked the pellets and mysis in the reef plus and they didn't respond well at all. What's everyone else using for good growth.

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revhtree · Mar 25, 2012

I basically use any frozen food as well as pellets.

iCashew · Mar 25, 2012

I just spot feed mine with Rod's Original Reef Food.

KoleTang · Mar 25, 2012

Depends on the LPS. I have tried several times to feed my wilsoni some mysis and it freaks out for a week afterwards. It likes coral frenzy though. All of my corals like Rod's Food.

hermesfansf · Mar 25, 2012

I have been switching to frozen prawn eggs lately. The result is nice.......

_sludgefactory · Mar 25, 2012

I didnt car for the rod's food, it was a little too fine for me. Better for sps and gorgonia. I feed my tank either emerald entree or marine cuisine and that seems to have enough fine particulate in it to get most of the filter feeders. I also use pohl's coral vitalizer so i think i have most of the smaller polyped stuff covered. I know my buddy Jeff from AquaworldPSC uses that fuana marin lps pellets which seemed pretty nice, but they're hard to find. I was also thinking about trying that coral smoothy but that seems like its pretty fine too. How well does the finer foods work for lps?

CJO · Mar 26, 2012

Fauna LPS pellets, fish eggs, Rod's..

CJ

jonbar1 · Mar 26, 2012

I've been feeding frozen cyclopeeze for a couple years now.

jiungerich · Mar 26, 2012

how many times a week are you feeding your LPS? I have a torch coral frag that i feed frozen coral food and mysis shrimp. never tried feeding it pellets. I usually feed 2 times a week. should i feed more?

milkman · Mar 26, 2012

BRS Reef Chili is what I use to spot feed. They all like the frozen food like Rod's. We have a local version call Reef Crack that I use, but similar to Rod's.

_sludgefactory · Mar 26, 2012

So does that fine food stick well to the feeder tentacles?

Also has anyone tried coral heaven? I heard good things.

http://www.ipsf.com/coralheaven.html

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robert · Mar 27, 2012

Don't anyone take this wrong - but I am calling BS (in a friendly way) on feeding euphyllia as I have never seen a euphyllia (torch, hammer or frogspawn) eat anything. I've seen them respond to mysis, rods etc. being placed on their tentacles (by looking like their retracting), but watching carefully, the food is always dropped off and never ingested. I used to try feeding...but stopped a long time ago. It makes no difference - they grow exceptionally well in my tank without any direct feeding.

I do however feed cyclops to the whole tank and nutrimar ova - but unlike other lps, euphyllia don't seem to react to these.

I would love to see a video of any euphyllia which shows them actually eating a mysis or something.

_sludgefactory · Mar 27, 2012

I've seen my frog spawn take good in. They are very slow eaters, but if you let them go long enough they'll take some food in. I did however quit feeding mine because I'm impatient. My duncans will eat and pop back out in ten minutes, the frogspawn easily would take an hour.

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alemanr · Mar 27, 2012

I'm being using Rogger's Reef Food, especially the signature coral blend. The food has cyclopeeze, reef pearl, shrimps, scallops and many others natural products that the others don't have. I used the food at least twice a week and the results are amazing!!

I used a lot of foods, like Rod's and H2O, and they only gave me hard time, dirty water and high phosphates ranges....

shred5 · Mar 27, 2012

alemanr said:
I'm being using Rogger's Reef Food, especially the signature coral blend. The food has cyclopeeze, reef pearl, shrimps, scallops and many others natural products that the others don't have. I used the food at least twice a week and the results are amazing!!

I used a lot of foods, like Rod's and H2O, and they only gave me hard time, dirty water and high phosphates ranges....

Have you ever looked at what is in Rods food: this is the origional and he has others.

shrimp, Scallop, Oyster, Clam, Squid, Octopus, Perch, Green Nori (porphyra sp), Red unroasted nori (porphyra sp) Mysis, Krill, Pacific plankton (Euphausia sp.) Brine shrimp, Frozen red cyclops, Fish eggs, Oyster eggs, Golden pearls (all sizes), Broccoli, carrot, Garlic, Selco, Astaxanthin (Haematococcus pluvialis), Beta-meal (Dunalliella Salina), Freshly harvested rotifers, freshly hatched baby brine shrimp.

Rodger foods are basically just a copy of Rods foods as well as others that have recently came out..

_sludgefactory · Mar 27, 2012

Are you talking the rod's coral food or just the regular reef stuff?

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alemanr · Mar 28, 2012

shred5 said:
Have you ever looked at what is in Rods food: this is the origional and he has others.

Rodger foods are basically just a copy of Rods foods as well as others that have recently came out..

I strongly suggest you to look forward. Rogger's Reef Food is a Trade Mark different to Rod, but I'm not in the mood to argue with you.. Keep using whatever you want and show some respect for others opinion.. If you think that RRF is a copy of Rod I don't really know what type of knowledge you have about frozen food!, and to bring knowledge to you RRF is in the business prior Rod's and if this means something to you, you can decide who is copying who!!

thanhreef · Mar 28, 2012

I just feed my fishes with Rod's Original Reef Food.

shred5 · Mar 28, 2012

alemanr said:
I strongly suggest you to look forward. Rogger's Reef Food is a Trade Mark different to Rod, but I'm not in the mood to argue with you.. Keep using whatever you want and show some respect for others opinion.. If you think that RRF is a copy of Rod I don't really know what type of knowledge you have about frozen food!, and to bring knowledge to you RRF is in the business prior Rod's and if this means something to you, you can decide who is copying who!!

Hey you listed things that you said were not in other products and mentioned Rods food by name. I posted that what you said were not in other products and I showed you that yes indeed they are in other products.

Rod produced a successful food and now there are other companies copying it. I am not saying Roggers food is not a good food, but it was a copy as well as others out or coming out some with minor differences, some good some bad.