feeding my coral

[shorjai]

what is the best food can i feed my coral, for example (candy cane, blasto, Acans) mysis, shrimp, cyclopeeze??


thanks

 

[NYreefNoob]

i feed mine brine and mysis as well as once a week i feed tank the evs freeze dried phyto

 

[bad coffee]

a varied diet and lots of light.

I feed cyclopeeze, mysis (target fed) and freeze dried phyto.

B

 

[shorjai]

thanks alot guyz. just put those food into their mouth right?? sorry i am really newb, had the nano for 4 month now, never feed them before.

 

[NYreefNoob]

yes just squit it lightly into the mouth when spot feeding, they will grab it and pull it in

 

[shorjai]

yes just squit it lightly into the mouth when spot feeding, they will grab it and pull it in

hmmm interesting, cant wait to see them eatting like a pig.

 

[Bob 1000]

Just feed you fish.. Feeding corals in a new tank is a sure way to get your levels out of wack...

 

[kenske]

i agree with the above recommendations.

However i think i will start feeding my acans and larger micros live guppies. just wanted to see if that will speed up their growth. I also think that it might pollute the water less.

 

[crox99]

i agree with the above recommendations.

However i think i will start feeding my acans and larger micros live guppies. just wanted to see if that will speed up their growth. I also think that it might pollute the water less.

Live guppies? Could you please tell me how is the acan going to catch it?

 

[kenske]

For now i can think of 2 ways.

1. use a grabber

2. use a 3/4" -1" tube that is long enough to reach the acan and just slip some guppy down the tube.

Not sure how well it's gonna work, cuz i haven't tried it yet.

Another idea i have is to acclimate a few mollies to sw. Then let them bump uglies and fart babies out in the tank. i think if the babies get close enough, the acans grab'em.

Just a thought for now. I will try it soon.

 

[NYreefNoob]

lol live guppies. why would you do that ? and aint no micro big enough to eat any fish, get a turkey blaster and use brine or mysis the frozen kind, let it dethall suck it up in the turkey blaster and put tip next to louth of coral and softly squeeze

 

[kenske]

i do that already. just wanted to try a different type of food to see if it affects growth.

most of my micros are large enough to take small guppies. Also, it really is for my acan lords, and some for the larger micros i own.

 

[Deanos]

most of my micros are large enough to take small guppies.

Talk is cheap, let's see ics:

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Fish poop

 

[kenske]

Deanos, pics of my micros? or pics of it eating a guppy? i have not tried it yet as previously stated. I will def. take some pics when i try.

Chief, fish poop? . please elaborate.

 

[Deanos]

Pics of the micros showing their size

 

[fredro]

this is getting interesting, or amusing, im not sure which

 

[Lenny718]

No pics?

 

[kenske]

not all frags are micros, but most are. some r acquired as aussi micro. They tend to have larger polyps than others. Most non aussie micros are acquired from reedoctormicromussas.com.

in a pic #2 : the echinata is on the left and a aussi micro is on the right. just so you can compare.

 

[MO~IDOL]

I've seen Kenske tank awsome collections! some reason the mirco and acan he got are bigger then mine, even the zoas PD he got size of nickel.