help on how to feed frogspawn, zoo, and other softcoral

[Olivier]

hi everyone,
can someone please help me on how to feed frogspawn, zoo and other soft corals? What is your tool to do spot feed?
thank you all
Olivier

 

[magic]

I use a SeaSquirt (about $20) for zoo and phyto and a turkey baster for brine shrimp.

Bob

 

[JohnS_323]

Second on the turkey baster. We use it for all of our spot feeding.

 

[Olivier]

turkey baster is quite short for those zoo on the bottom. I have to deep my arm in the tank.

 

[JohnS_323]

...I have to deep my arm in the tank.

Yeah, we have to do that too if we want to feed anything lower in the tank.

 

[magic]

I think the SeaSquirt extends tp 36".

 

[Olivier]

Ok,
I had the seasquirt thingy and the hole on the tip of the seasquirt is quite small for some chopped food. i have a very fine chopped food made by our members (thanks to Dan, Renee and Malulu)to feed corals. Do i need to turn my Power head off before feed those small fine chopped food?
thanks
Olivier

 

[waynes reef]

im not going to tell you not to spot feed your coral, but i feed as a whole, i let them get whats in the water column, but i have a verry large skimmer so i can feed heavy

 

[pnoyreefer]

I just ordered mine ( Seasquirt) and hopefully to get it by tomorrow. I use turkey blaster and sometimes a large syringe to feed my acans. Once a week I feed all my corals with oyster eggs, rotifiers and the 50/50 coral food form AF. .. hope by getting the seasquirt I can eliminate my hands on the tank all the time...

 

[magic]

I just ordered mine ( Seasquirt) and hopefully to get it by tomorrow. I use turkey blaster and sometimes a large syringe to feed my acans. Once a week I feed all my corals with oyster eggs, rotifiers and the 50/50 coral food form AF. .. hope by getting the seasquirt I can eliminate my hands on the tank all the time...

Steve

SeaSquirt works great for liquids. The feeding prong is kinda lame.

Bob

 

[harryk]

I don't know if direct feeding unless it is required by the coral is necessary i.e suncorals and such. I think most corals get all their nutients thru the water column inadvertantly when you feed your fish and also thru lighting. Don't get me wrong feeding corals isn't a bad thing i think its all personal preference.

harry

 

[blange3]

I do all of the above: SeaSquirt, turkey Baster, large syringe with some rigid tubing, and feed the whole tank and let them get what's floating.

In a real reef there is enough food in the water column drifting and swimming by to let the coral feed themselves, but not so in a closed system.

LPS in particular show a dramatic difference in growth if you target feed.

 

[JerseyWendy]

The only animals I spot feed are my dendros - nothing else, and everything's thriving.

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Wendy

 

[mott768]

same as wendy no spot feeding for me either

 

[jonathan.]

I crush up some New Life Spectrum pellets quite often and let them soak for a while in water to break them down even further. My LPS love getting squirted with that little concoction.