How to feed zoas and palys without harming water quality?

[staylor1490]

I currently have a 3 gallon paly and zoa fishless pico reef tank that I'm starting and I'm planning on feed them to boost growth/color. I heard that palys especially love feeding. However, whenever I feed freeze dried cyclops to my zoas/palys (I mix the cyclops in water, rehydrate, and then use a pipette to spot feed), I notice the water quality goes down quickly. I don't feed that much and I have a lot of live rock in my tank. What kind of food source should I get for my zoas/palys that won't foul up the water as much? Would culturing live tiny copepods in the tank do the trick?

 

[hllb]

All of my corals love Brightwell coralaminos and they don’t affect water quality. I broadcast feed them daily.

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

They have coral foods like grolabs ect.
U mix with tank water like u r and spot feed.
They are high in concentrate and will bring down ur water quality yes. Specially in a 3g.
You could try fresher foods. Live foods.
Id try rods.coral foods. Small small amounts lol.
Feed the tank rather than spot feed.
Hths
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[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Zoas and palys are like mushroom coral and other soft coral and will absorb nutrients from the water u don't see.
They prefer a little "dirtier" water.
U can try and go with a coral.color upper as well if thats ur goal. I think red sea makes a coral color booster.
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[Reef and Dive]

3 gal is pretty easy to do a near complete WC after feeding.

 

[ReefSlice]

In a tank that small, I would just do a large feeding once a week followed by a large water change an hour or two later.

 

[Tamberav]

I would just feed only an hour or such before the weekly water change.