What do you feed your LPS?

Daniel@R2R · Oct 16, 2019

I LOVE LPS!! When I started in the hobby, my favorite corals were favias, chalices, and scolies. These are still some of my favs.

What do you guys feed your LPS? Do you target feed, or just broadcast (or do you feed at all)?

This beautiful scoly belongs to @Krzydmnd!

Daniel@R2R · Oct 16, 2019

RunBikeSwim · Oct 16, 2019

Spot feed only.
Coral frenzy when I’m lazy.
Chopped shrimp or scallops when I have time.
My LPS looks happier with real food vs pellets, but they don’t have a vote.

The Aquatic Arsenal · Oct 16, 2019

Reef Roids, Zooplankton, and phytoplankton along with Quantum Bio-enhance. We spot feed and broadcast feed.

DSC reef · Oct 16, 2019

Reef nutrition and LRS reef frenzy. My favorite mixture was reef roids and oyster feast mixed into a thick slurry, LPS went crazy for that.

fuelman · Oct 16, 2019

Reef roids & reef chilli twice a week. I squirt some in the flow of a power head to broadcast it in the tank just enough to ring the dinner bell,wait a few minutes then spot feed the rest of the food.

kapnkush608 · Oct 16, 2019

Inb4 FiSh pOoP

kapnkush608 · Oct 16, 2019

FR tho rods

Entz · Oct 16, 2019

Reef Roids twice a week currently -- once direct (baster+flow off) and once broadcast (mixed with food). They also tend to capture mysis.

oldbob50 · Oct 17, 2019

Target feed all my LPS and my recordias every day. 30 ml of Phytoplankton (Mercer of Montanna) and alternate every other day with 15 ml of Microvert or 20 ml Reef Roids (1 tsp per 1/2 cup of water). Skimmer is off for 6 hours during and after the feeding and the main pump is in a 10 minute feed mode during the actual feeding. I don't target my zoas or other softies and I don't have any SPS. Seems to be working for my tank. Good growth and color. Only lost one Orange Sun but that was due to putting it in a tank that was too new to support it and that was before i started this daily approach. What I did was take the weekly recommended amounts divide it into 7 days and that's what I started with. I have tons of filter feeders, happy corals and pods up the wazoo.

ZoWhat · Oct 18, 2019

Fish poop

Any more than that I'm feeding potential algae outbreaks

vetteguy53081 · Oct 18, 2019

I typically broadcast feed. Starting this weekend, im going to target feed each Sunday to assure my corals are getting food

Tastee · Oct 18, 2019

Target feed Reef Roids once a week. The fish get frozen food every other day and the LPS notice that and extend lots of feeding tentacles.

William Norman · Oct 18, 2019

Combo of reef roids and reef chilli twice a week. I target feed with flow off.

AdamB · Oct 18, 2019

Broad cast Reef Frenzy daily ,once a week I target with reef roids and occasionally phytoplankton.

piranhaman00 · Oct 18, 2019

Target feed mysis shrimp 2-3 times a week and reef chili to softies and any lps that gets some. Growing like weeds!

Paul B · Oct 18, 2019

I don't feed my corals but I do feed my fish clams which have clam juice that goes all over the tank so I assume they eat that. I know my sponges that are all over my tank filter it out.

Ferrell · Oct 20, 2019

I mix a little reef chili or benereef in with my frozen mix (LRS, roe, Artemis, brine shrimp etc), my fish, mainly the tangs, crop dust the corals

Reef AquaCult · Oct 20, 2019

Fish poop and any detritus that the wave makers kick around. Feed your fish feed your corals.

Beth Villmow · Nov 3, 2019

oldbob50 said:
Target feed all my LPS and my recordias every day. 30 ml of Phytoplankton (Mercer of Montanna) and alternate every other day with 15 ml of Microvert or 20 ml Reef Roids (1 tsp per 1/2 cup of water). Skimmer is off for 6 hours during and after the feeding and the main pump is in a 10 minute feed mode during the actual feeding. I don't target my zoas or other softies and I don't have any SPS. Seems to be working for my tank. Good growth and color. Only lost one Orange Sun but that was due to putting it in a tank that was too new to support it and that was before i started this daily approach. What I did was take the weekly recommended amounts divide it into 7 days and that's what I started with. I have tons of filter feeders, happy corals and pods up the wazoo.

That sounds like an awesome method, I can see I need to stock up on some foods next time I can get to my fish store! Thanks!