coral feeding tip

[ZoWhat]

my trick to feeding coral is to liquify all my chosen ingredients using a blender. I'm talking running the blender for 10mins straight to liquidy everything into the smallest particle

turn off sump/skimmer but leave in tank PHs on.

i feed about 4-6ozs into my 180 where tank is cloudy.

have 1 PH churning the surface to oxygenate the water so the fishies dont suffocate.

let cloudy water go on for 4hrs.

at the end of 4hrs turn skimmer/sump back on and skim the heck out of the cloudy water.

it's all about presenting a lot of liquified food for 4hrs to the corals and then quickly removing it by skimming.

quick in and even quicker out of nutrients

lots of coral growth

 

[Justfebreezeit]

Picture of said coral growth?

 

[cedwards04]

This sounds like it would be an excess nutrient nightmare.

 

[ZoWhat]

This sounds like it would be an excess nutrient nightmare.

that's the point! excess nutrients thrown at corals for 4hrs

on the 5th hour all those excess nutrients get EXPORTED thru the skimmer

by the 8th hour water quality back to hour0

been feeding corals like this for a year. great growth.

on UtterChaos zoa I went from 2 polyps to 17 in 3mos



.

 

[PDR]

Any before and after pictures of the utter chaos?

 

[Kmsutows]

Do you keep acros? What are your PO4 numbers?

 

[Scrubber_steve]

my trick to feeding coral is to liquify all my chosen ingredients using a blender. I'm talking running the blender for 10mins straight to liquidy everything into the smallest particle

turn off sump/skimmer but leave in tank PHs on.

i feed about 4-6ozs into my 180 where tank is cloudy.

have 1 PH churning the surface to oxygenate the water so the fishies dont suffocate.

let cloudy water go on for 4hrs.

at the end of 4hrs turn skimmer/sump back on and skim the heck out of the cloudy water.

it's all about presenting a lot of liquified food for 4hrs to the corals and then quickly removing it by skimming.

quick in and even quicker out of nutrients

lots of coral growth

do you feed this after lights out?
Thats the recommended time to feed coral

 

[Gregg @ ADP]

IMO, it’s far easier to add the nutrition the corals require by feeding and clean the mess up later than it is to starve them, stunt growth and lose color, and then go back and add a PO4 and NO3 and still have corals that are missing out on lipids, AAs, and vitamins

 

[DSC reef]

that's the point! excess nutrients thrown at corals for 4hrs

on the 5th hour all those excess nutrients get EXPORTED thru the skimmer

by the 8th hour water quality back to hour0

been feeding corals like this for a year. great growth.

on UtterChaos zoa I went from 2 polyps to 17 in 3mos



.

Would really love to see pictures of your tank. Did you ever start a build thread? Do you still have those utter chaos? 4 hours seems like overkill, any negative effects to this way of feeding, algae growth, etc?

 

[cedwards04]

that's the point! excess nutrients thrown at corals for 4hrs

on the 5th hour all those excess nutrients get EXPORTED thru the skimmer

by the 8th hour water quality back to hour0

been feeding corals like this for a year. great growth.

on UtterChaos zoa I went from 2 polyps to 17 in 3mos



.

I guess my point was it seems like it would be nearly impossible to skim all of that back out so quickly. Other than a skimmer, what do you use for nutrient export? I would imagine there is all sorts of food falling into the holes and crevices of the rock work.

 

[Gregg @ ADP]

I guess my point was it seems like it would be nearly impossible to skim all of that back out so quickly. Other than a skimmer, what do you use for nutrient export? I would imagine there is all sorts of food falling into the holes and crevices of the rock work.

It doesn’t have to skim out quickly. The excess nutrients just have to come out at some point.

Filtration being a 24/7 process, and feeding being very intermittent, there is plenty of time to extract nutrients. As long as there is a good in/out balance, things are fine.

If one isn’t on top of waste/nutrient removal (ie bad habits) and stuff is allowed to accumulate, then OK...there will be problems.

 

[Justfebreezeit]

I feed lasanga until my tank is red. Great for coral growth. I don't have pictures though.

 

[Nick C]

I feed lasanga until my tank is red. Great for coral growth. I don't have pictures though.

I prefer to go the Taco route, i quite enjoy the smell over lasagna. ;)

 

[vetteguy53081]

sounds like a lot of mess and pleasant odor but if it works- more power to you.

I have noticed many retailers such as walmart selling mini blenders from $4.50 - $7. A good investment to free up use of your good blender for home use

 

[Bruce Burnett]

Well I don't use skimmer anymore and prefer small frequent feedings for the fish and leftovers feed the corals

 

[Superdad4]

my trick to feeding coral is to liquify all my chosen ingredients using a blender. I'm talking running the blender for 10mins straight to liquidy everything into the smallest particle

turn off sump/skimmer but leave in tank PHs on.

i feed about 4-6ozs into my 180 where tank is cloudy.

have 1 PH churning the surface to oxygenate the water so the fishies dont suffocate.

let cloudy water go on for 4hrs.

at the end of 4hrs turn skimmer/sump back on and skim the heck out of the cloudy water.

it's all about presenting a lot of liquified food for 4hrs to the corals and then quickly removing it by skimming.

quick in and even quicker out of nutrients

lots of coral growth

How did you come up with the numbers you use I.e. 4-6 ounces, 4 hours?

 

[Nick C]

How did you come up with the numbers you use I.e. 4-6 ounces, 4 hours?

Where are the pictures though

 

[hockeyhead019]

Really interested to follow this thread. I'm curious to hear anybody chime in who doesn't run a skimmer. I don't run one in my tank so I would be nervous about the high nutrient import with no easy export.

 

[Scrubber_steve]

Really interested to follow this thread. I'm curious to hear anybody chime in who doesn't run a skimmer. I don't run one in my tank so I would be nervous about the high nutrient import with no easy export.

I haven't used a skimmer in years. Just algae scrubber, GAC, live rock. Feed pretty heavy including minced seafood as well as a selection of coral foods.
PO4 rock steady @ 0.03
NO3 usually between 2 to 4ppm, zero if I chose to.

 

[Ouest81]

Lol. Now thats a new way of doing things. Thanks but no thanks.