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I spot feed my coral brine shrimp once a week and the day after I broadcast reef roids and phytoplankton. I was just wondering if it's possible to over feed your coral. Thinks in advance.
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Seems like my coral wants to eat all the time. But I manly feed twice a weekCorals only eat when they want to. Some types do eat more than others and they may try to take in food but won’t if they don’t want to eat. But keep in mind, you’re feeding other unwanted things in the tank as well. Also, spiking nutrients.
Non photosynthetic corals usually need daily if not multi feedings per day. But others can photosynthesize enough energy and don’t need to be fed much. What corals are you feeding btw?I just wasn't sure if I was feeding to much if possible or if I wasn't feeding enough
Once a week wouldn’t be considered overfeeding. I was assuming you were feeding 3x a day or something like thatI feed my yuma, acan, torch, rock nem, blasto and candy cane brine shrimp. I broadcast reef roids and phytoplankton for the zoas the day after. I only do this once a week.
You’ll first realize you’re overfeeding when algae and nitrates take over and kill your tank. If everything looks normal and heathy, nothing to worry about. I feed my NPS corals daily and rarely feed the others. I use reef roids twice a month maybe. I’m sure most corals get enough food when I feed frozen to the fish. So I don’t even sweat feeding them really.No I was just courius about the consequences of it and if I was feeding to much or could I feed more stuff like that.
Thats why I only feed once a week. I have a 13g all in one with no skimmer. And I do a 1g water change every sundayYou can't hurt your corals by feeding them too much. They only eat what they need. On the other hand, you could hurt your tank by adding too much organics through overfeeding. So, your overfeeding will be to the tank not the corals, that is if you dont have adequate nutrient export to keep up with your feeding. If your changing your filter floss/socks regularly and your skimmer can keep up with your demands. Or your fuge is adequate, your algae reactor is large enough... You get the idea. Import lots of food - export lots of waste.