Feeding polyp’s

[Joe Batt]

When you feed a colony, do the various polyps share the food internally within the colony or does just the head that gets the food get fed?

 

[NanoDJS]

I always looked at it as every polyp /head should get fed , I am sure they will share excess nutes but i feed them all ..

 

[Idoc]

When you feed a colony, do the various polyps share the food internally within the colony or does just the head that gets the food get fed?

I was reading about Gorgonians the other day and it mentioned that food received by one polyp is shared throughout the coral. I would assume this is the case for other corals as well that are so interconnected as one entity. But saying that, I still try to feed them all, lol.

 

[DSC reef]

Depending on what coral your referring too. SPS polyps I don't feed each one, lps like euphyllia, blastos, micromussa get fed individually but a chalice I would not. If your meaning zoas/palys I would dust the colony.