[cuttingrass]

just wanted to know what every one feeds their corals. im tearing my 30 gallon down which has xenias, frogspawn, polps, and some mushrooms in it and building a 125 gallon. b/c i got a new lighting system for the 125 i want the 125 to be a mixed coral tank and want some inputs on what foods people recomend and what foods people dont recomend. thanks for all your input.

[charlie]

I clean my glass 2 times a week.

[golfish]

Originally Posted by charlie

I clean my glass 2 times a week.

that and feeding the fish is about all I do...

[Reefland]

For the most part, that is adequate. If you wanted you could also add some Phytoplankton and depending on the corals, some might actually accept meaty foods.

[cuttingrass]

so all those coral foods in bottles are useless for the most part

[golfish]

Originally Posted by cuttingrass

so all those coral foods in bottles are useless for the most part

I think not needed would be a better way to put it. Like Scott said, If you wanted you could also add some Phytoplankton and depending on the corals, some might actually accept meaty foods. I used to feed my open brains meaty food. I had one open brain that swollowed a Yellow tang (no kidding) That's one picture I wish I would have gotten..(before digital camers were big)

[cuttingrass]

ouch, good bye yellow tang, thanks for all the help everyone

[golfish]

Originally Posted by cuttingrass

ouch, good bye yellow tang, thanks for all the help everyone

It had probably been in the ROB mouth most of the night and half the day before I found it. I'd say from the shoulders (hmm, do fish have shoulders) down were inside the ROB's mouth. When I pulled it out all that was left of the fish were bones. It reminded me of the cartoons we see when the cat puts a fish in his mouth and pulls out just bones

[kevinpo]

Hello,
It really depends what you plan to keep. For example if you have several LPS corals and no fish then they would need to be fed meaty foods once or twice a week for long term health/growth. Those same corals would do fine if kept in a tank with a moderate fish load, although the growth would be slower. Most soft and hard corals with very small polyps do not require feeding beyond what you feed your fish.

HTH,
Kevin

[BubbaWPB]

The corals you mentioned are "photosynthetic"... feeding becomes more important if you get some non-photosynthetic species.

I feed my tank DT's phytoplankton and oyster eggs about twice a week (or whenever I remember). The phytoplankton is more for the clams than for the coral. I have a small maxima, and although feeding isn't absolutely necessary, the % survival of small maximas increases with feeding. I feed oyster eggs for the goniopora. I have also read that survival increases in this genus with feeding of oyster eggs. Anyway, since I just put the stuff in the tank, I'm assuming the rest of my corals benefit somewhat from the feedings.

[cheeks69]

I feed small pieces of shrimp and scallops to my LPS and Rics but do it sparingly because they have grown quite large in particular my frogspawn.

I'm curious about those that feed phyto, besides the clams what other corals would eat phyto ? Are corals carnivores herbivores or omnivores ?

[kevinpo]

Most corals are carnivores. This is especially true of the ones with large polyps like Torch, Frogspawn, Hammer corals, etc.

Regards,
Kevin