Best way to target feed acans? Best food?

[marillion]

Tried hand-feeding mysis...pain in the ***.

Tried turkey-basting mysis & brine...wayyy too much waste.

What's the best/easiest method? What's the best food?

I've heard of the Fauna Marin stuff...how big are those pellets?

Any anecdotes or helpful hints would be appreciated. Thanks!

Peace,

Chip

 

[salmonshutters]

I feed mine brine with an eye dropper with all the pumps turned off. It works pretty well you just have to get your hands wet, which I enjoy. lol

 

[marillion]

I can't find a dropper/pipette with a mouth wide enough for easy feeding. That's also been a pain.

Peace,

Chip

 

[salmonshutters]

I cut the tip off of mine maybe that will help?

 

[Singlefin]

I use the fauna Marin lps pellets. They really like them. I feed them every other day or so. I have about 12 frags. I use a small squirt bottle. Put a bunch of pellets and fill with water. Just drop a few in each head. Got some really good growth.

 

[marillion]

The only eyedroppers I've been able to find are glass...tried filing down the tip and it just shattered. Blah.

Peace,

Chip

 

[salmonshutters]

Diamond cut off bit for a dremel might work for cutting glass ones.

 

[marillion]

I use the fauna Marin lps pellets. They really like them. I feed them every other day or so. I have about 12 frags. I use a small squirt bottle. Put a bunch of pellets and fill with water. Just drop a few in each head. Got some really good growth.

How big are the pellets? Do you have to hydrate them before feeding?

Peace,

Chip

 

[Singlefin]

They aren't they aren't that big and don't need to be soaked. I noticed if I left them in the bottle for a while the water will cloud up a little but they will hold shape. This is next to a grain of white rice.

 

[Djannel]

Fauna Marin LPS for sure !!


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[mike007]

Cool i will try this.

 

[marillion]

They aren't they aren't that big and don't need to be soaked. I noticed if I left them in the bottle for a while the water will cloud up a little but they will hold shape. This is next to a grain of white rice.

Those pellets look small. Do they sink? I'm just curious about the ease of use. Maybe I should go back to Piscene Energetics Mysis...those were huge and easier to handle.

Peace,

Chip

 

[buddythelion]

I just turn off the water flow and suck up bits of mysis on a turkey baster and gently feed them when I feed my fish. It's not that bad. I use the Fauna Marine pellets when I'm lazy or I just see them puffy begging for food.

Here's Cherry Corals feeding one of their acans with Fauna pellets
[video=youtube;Lyw6C1CWfrg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lyw6C1CWfrg[/video]

 

[marillion]

Thanks for the video. It looks like those might work in the eyedroppers that I have. I know the price is steep, but it'd be worth taking a flier on.

I appreciate the info.

Peace,

Chip

 

[Singlefin]

Those pellets look small. Do they sink? I'm just curious about the ease of use. Maybe I should go back to Piscene Energetics Mysis...those were huge and easier to handle.

Peace,

Chip

They do sink, which is good. I turn off my return pump and put my mp10's In feed mode. They will sink and stay in the Acans mouth to give it time to eat. I don't broadcast feed these. Too expensive. I place a few in each mouth depending on the size of the head.

 

[46gReef]

I use tweezers & feed mine PE brand mysis soaked in liquid vitamins, IME it's the easiest & best way to feed LPS.

 

[marillion]

I fed with tweezers today and it wasn't as bad. I've gotta get either those pellets for the eyedropper or bigger food for the tweezers.

Peace,

Chip

 

[Singlefin]

I think I use the squeeze bottle that came with my reef chili.

 

[NanaReefer]

I use a 16"L piece of 1/2" tubing, thaw frozen in a small plastic dosing cup, then pour into tubing and hold over my LPS.
By putting my thumb over the top of the tubing it stops the foods decent til I get to the next one

 

[Nicks0912]

I've only been into these reef tanks for about 4 months since I started my 24gal.
For the acans I've been using mysis with an eye dropper. I take a measuring cup from a Red Sea chemical bottle and fill it halfway with tank water. I put the frozen mysis in and it thaws right out. Makes it super easy to maximize the amt of food being sucked into the dropper. Shut the pump off n ur ready to rock n roll.