Poll: Spot Feeding

[tupes]

As of now I use the Kent Marine spot feeder. It works ok, just wanting to see what you use. Also if you do spot feed please let us know what you use..

 

[Crabs McJones]

I've never spot fed my corals. They get broadcast fed by whatever the fish are eating :)

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I used a "disposable" polyethylene pipette that i used hundreds of times before the seams would typically split. The ones I used were about 10" long.

Something like these:
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/100pcs-...r-Pipettes-Plastic-Lab-Supplies-/251537689205

 

[DSC reef]

Squeezable plastic bottle for oyster feast and reef roids. Turkey baster for larger particle foods.

 

[cracker]

I use a big 60 mls syringe & a turkey baster that I cut the end off to make a littler bigger. I don't use either very often .

 

[Sipec]

I’d like to start spot feeding once i get more corals, so far i only have a few zoas

 

[October Sky]

Skimz Coral Feeder

Works perfect. It's "acrylic" but it might just be plastic, definitely flexible (likely unintended).

I like it, I also have a 10ml glass dropper from Amazon and the above mentioned pipettes. But to get to the bottom of the tank, this thing is key.

 

[Sea MunnKey]

The only spot feeding (tweezers) I do is on the Rhyzos. And the rest (Reef Roid & Aquaforest Phyto Mix) is pushed out and broadcast all around the tank via powerheads.

 

[C-Reefer]

I use both. I use a little 5 ml syring which I pour a bit of Roids in to make a paste, which I then put on my LPS like acans and duncan, then I'll use the same syringe with a bit of Roids to make a watery mix for my SPS and zoas, and then when I feed my LPS large food like mysis I use a turkey baster.

 

[tupes]

I use both. I use a little 5 ml syring which I pour a bit of Roids in to make a paste, which I then put on my LPS like acans and duncan, then I'll use the same syringe with a bit of Roids to make a watery mix for my SPS and zoas, and then when I feed my LPS large food like mysis I use a turkey baster.

How long have you been doing this for your acans? Have you seen much of a response? This is what I plan on doing.

 

[sfin52]

I use a child medicine measuring syringe like thingy.

 

[Claus84]

I used a "disposable" polyethylene pipette that i used hundreds of times before the seams would typically split. The ones I used were about 10" long.

Something like these:
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/100pcs-...r-Pipettes-Plastic-Lab-Supplies-/251537689205

I use these attached to a 12" length of rigid acrylic tubing so I can squirt food right in front of my mandarin, he swims right up to it and it eats from the end

 

[C-Reefer]

How long have you been doing this for your acans? Have you seen much of a response? This is what I plan on doing.

I started about a month ago. They LOVE it. I turn pumps off and drop the paste on them and they look like little monsters they close up so fast. Better feeding response even then mysis which they like a lot. Regular roids watery mixture just makes them stick out feeders.

 

[tupes]

I ordered polyp booster also. I' going to dose that let it go for about a minute or so then target feed.

 

[K. Steven]

Plastic pipettes and Skimz coral feeder

 

[Legal Reefer]

I spot feed fish and corals

 

[wcharon]

Is this a DIY or what brand it is?

 

[gcarroll]

I use a mini turkey baster that I got from V2O foods. However seeing this poll, I just remembered that I have one of Julian Sprungs Things that I have never even opened. Might have to give that a try.

 

[van7271]

I use a curved eye dropper from Kroger.

 

[Porpoise Hork]

For feeding the fish I use a basic 10ml rubber plunger dosing syringe with about 3-4" of airline host attached to the tip. It works perfectly for feeding the blend of Mysis and Rod's food to them. For target feeding my LPS corals I use a Monoject 412 curved tip dental syringe that I snipped about a 1/4" off the tip and sanded then fill with a thick slurry of either Reef-Roids or Coral Frenzy. With these I can closely measure how much they are all being fed to help with nutrient levels.