Feeding coral

[cameron79]

Does anyone find it really stressfull trying to feed reef roids to coral with fish chasing you around with the pipet, crabs and shrimp allover the corals stealing food, twice a week i have to go through this ordeal leaving me stressed ive tried bottles over the corals on the floor, the crabs just lift the bottles and tip them over to get to the coral, fish and shrimp follow me around with the pippet pecking at the pippet and anything i try to feed , im like go away youve been fed its not for you.

 

[sfin52]

Does anyone find it really stressfull trying to feed reef roids to coral with fish chasing you around with the pipet, crabs and shrimp allover the corals stealing food, twice a week i have to go through this ordeal leaving me stressed ive tried bottles over the corals on the floor, the crabs just lift the bottles and tip them over to get to the coral, fish and shrimp follow me around with the pippet pecking at the pippet and anything i try to feed , im like go away youve been fed its not for you.

Skip a week or two. Everything made the connection to food. Be more random with your feeding coral.

 

[Mikedawg]

Do you have to target feed them? Broadcast feeding may be a good option depending on species.

 

[cameron79]

I will try skipping a week or two, they have clearly gotten used to the routine coral feeding, i thought maybe some nori would distract the fish, while i feed the coral but the crabs will still be relentless, can reef roids be broadcast fed or is that silly question, i put phyto in every morning, and also have frozen rotifers and plankton mixed into the fish food so when i feed the fish the smaller coral food gets blown around the tank at the same time for the coral. The only coral that really concerns me for feeding is the two gonioporas, it tends to be the bubble coral and the gonis that get mauled the most oh and the mushrooms but im not too woried about the mushrooms getting plenty of food, the hammer doesnt get mauled and niether does the duncan, besides that its just zoas and mushrooms, the fish take the food from the zoas . Thanks for the reply.

 

[leighton.bingham]

I feed my fish first then the coral because of turning off the flow to the coral. But then again I only feed coral once a week.

 

[Bob Weigant]

I feed my fish first then the coral because of turning off the flow to the coral. But then again I only feed coral once a week.

I do the same

 

[cameron79]

I feed my fish first then the coral because of turning off the flow to the coral. But then again I only feed coral once a week.

I do the same

I also do this when i feed reef roids, feed the fish then stop all pumps and spot feed the coral, well, try to but the fish are never full enough to leave me to feed the coral the crabs and shrimp are the worst, and i worry about overfeeding the tank as i have high phos as it is, i admit im not very experienced at this but im trying my best to balance everything... It gets frustrating at times.

 

[Mikedawg]

I will try skipping a week or two, they have clearly gotten used to the routine coral feeding, i thought maybe some nori would distract the fish, while i feed the coral but the crabs will still be relentless, can reef roids be broadcast fed or is that silly question, i put phyto in every morning, and also have frozen rotifers and plankton mixed into the fish food so when i feed the fish the smaller coral food gets blown around the tank at the same time for the coral. The only coral that really concerns me for feeding is the two gonioporas, it tends to be the bubble coral and the gonis that get mauled the most oh and the mushrooms but im not too woried about the mushrooms getting plenty of food, the hammer doesnt get mauled and niether does the duncan, besides that its just zoas and mushrooms, the fish take the food from the zoas . Thanks for the reply.

Many of us broadcast feed RR - I do for gonis in particular

 

[Bob Weigant]

I also do this when i feed reef roids, feed the fish then stop all pumps and spot feed the coral, well, try to but the fish are never full enough to leave me to feed the coral the crabs and shrimp are the worst, and i worry about overfeeding the tank as i have high phos as it is, i admit im not very experienced at this but im trying my best to balance everything... It gets frustrating at times.

I usually feed oyster feast after I feed them mysis. I spot feed so the fish usually dont go nuts

 

[KrisReef]

Does anyone find it really stressfull trying to feed reef roids to coral with fish chasing you around with the pipet, crabs and shrimp allover the corals stealing food, twice a week i have to go through this ordeal leaving me stressed ive tried bottles over the corals on the floor, the crabs just lift the bottles and tip them over to get to the coral, fish and shrimp follow me around with the pippet pecking at the pippet and anything i try to feed , im like go away youve been fed its not for you.

You obviously have not tried a pipette of reefroids. It’s delicious and worth fighting over.

 

[cameron79]

Many of us broadcast feed RR - I do for gonis in particular

What is the right way to broadcast feed? With pumps on or off

 

[cameron79]

What is the right way to broadcast feed? With pumps on or off

Common sense tells me to leave pumps on for broadcast feeding

 

[StatelineReefer]

You obviously have not tried a pipette of reefroids. It’s delicious and worth fighting over.

It's good on ramen... don't ask questions.

 

[cameron79]

I usually feed oyster feast after I feed them mysis. I spot feed so the fish usually dont go nuts

My fish crabs and shrimp seem to go nuts whatever i do