Meat corals and growth

[FrugalReeferJon]

In your opinion and/or experience, do you think direct feeding is necessary for meat corals (acans, donuts, lobos, trachys, etc) to reach their full growth potential in terms of size and puffiness? Or is broadcast feeding or even just feeding your fish alone, along with good lighting, flow and parameters, sufficient enough?

 

[arafas]

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[exnisstech]

None of mine get directly fed and do well.

 

[lopez052308]

I target feed because it helps growth but mostly because I enjoy watching the feeding responses.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Following this along as well!!

 

[exnisstech]

I target feed because it helps growth but mostly because I enjoy watching the feeding responses.

I used to a few years ago but it caused more harm than good as the cleaner shrimp and tangs would target the food that I gave to the corral. When I only had one I would cover it with a 2 liter pop bottle with the bottom cut off and put food in the top opening. Now that I have more than one I stopped. The corals don't seem to mind. I'm sure mine get food when I feed fish the frozen seafood mash I make but mine are usually in feed mode when lights are out so I assume there getting something from the water column then.