Should I feed my lps at night?

[Jl330]

My scans, blasts, and candy canes all open at night, should I be feeding these guys at night or will there be enough inn the water column throughout the day?

Broadcast feeding reef roids.

 

[cody2cannon]

Following I was wondering the same!

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

I feed late anyway so there's a lot in there in the evening.
I do also fromtime to time as the lights go blue at night , turkey Baste the rocks and fill the tank with funk.

Not every day but. This is for my lps and nps.

 

[vpoiu1263]

I'll always feed my LPS at night one time for a week.
But I still can keep my water parameters at good condition.
Especially PO4 below 0.3
And NO3 below 0.5 with salifert test.

 

[Mrx7899]

What's everyone feeding their LPS I feed reef roids a couple times a week just wondering if there is something better

 

[S-t-r-e-t-c-h]

Night is the more typical (natural) feeding time for all corals. Also helps keep the fish from stealing their dinner, though that's already less likely with smaller foods like reef roids.

 

[Jl330]

What's everyone feeding their LPS I feed reef roids a couple times a week just wondering if there is something better

I'm using reef roids. Thinking about mixing up a cocktail of reef roids and mysis shrimp.

 

[andrewkw]

I feed mine in the morning, but that is mostly due to the fact I go to bed before my lights are out for a long time.

Also my fish are up so I can feed them first as well. I feed reef roids, pellets, mysis, lrs anything really. Obviously a rhyzo will have different feeding requirements then a chalice for instance.

 

[Jl330]

I feed mine in the morning, but that is mostly due to the fact I go to bed before my lights are out for a long time.

Also my fish are up so I can feed them first as well. I feed reef roids, pellets, mysis, lrs anything really. Obviously a rhyzo will have different feeding requirements then a chalice for instance.

I dump everything in my tank. Not too worried about phosphates now that I'm running gfo, it stays very low. I can barely detect nitrates so that hasn't been an issue but lps to my understanding like dirty water anyway.

It's all an experiment at this point.

 

[Mrx7899]

I also just started dosing Korallen-Zucht lps amino acid concentrate daily I'll give it a month see if it does anything

 

[andrewkw]

I dump everything in my tank. Not too worried about phosphates now that I'm running gfo, it stays very low. I can barely detect nitrates so that hasn't been an issue but lps to my understanding like dirty water anyway.

It's all an experiment at this point.

The differences in food are not because of nutrients but rather mouth sizes. Some can eat massive food where as some need tiny.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Various Fish food. Mysis. Squid, lrs fish eggs , occasional phyto blends usually reef nutrition , spirulina brine , nutrimar ova , pe mysis pelletes(y'all gotta try that makes the lps drool. No joke. )

 

[john.m.cole3]

I read an article recently that discussed calcification rates at night and during the day. The conclusion was that feeding at night used all of the coral's energy for digestion and not calcification. When corals were fed during daylight hours, calcification continued at a normal rate. while the coral was using energy to digest the foods, the light provided photosynthesis so growth was not stopped. Where can I find that one @ClintL ?

 

[ClintL]

@john.m.cole3 http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2012/12/corals2

I think it was this one.

 

[DSC reef]

Mixture of reef nutrition oyster feast and reef roids gets me a great feeding response with the lights on. Once the feeders start coming out then LRS reef frenzy, Dr. G's reef cavier or reef nutrition roe fit the bill nicely.

 

[Dsnakes]

I read an article recently that discussed calcification rates at night and during the day. The conclusion was that feeding at night used all of the coral's energy for digestion and not calcification. When corals were fed during daylight hours, calcification continued at a normal rate. while the coral was using energy to digest the foods, the light provided photosynthesis so growth was not stopped. Where can I find that one @ClintL ?

I would be interested in reading that.

 

[DSC reef]

Various Fish food. Mysis. Squid, lrs fish eggs , occasional phyto blends usually reef nutrition , spirulina brine , nutrimar ova , pe mysis pelletes(y'all gotta try that makes the lps drool. No joke. )

The PE pellets are no joke, tank loves them!

 

[john.m.cole3]

I would be interested in reading that.

the article is linked 2 posts above yours

 

[Dsnakes]

the article is linked 2 posts above yours

Thanks! I saw it posted almost immediately after I posted mine.

 

[Jl330]

So based on that, it's better to feed in the day? Even though most of my lps don't broadcast tentacles til night?

I feed the fish various things during the day and have been doing reef roids after lights out twice a week. Seems to be working.