Torch Feeding

[OrangeCountyReefer]

Does anyone else’s torches deflate after eating? My Indos usually don’t but some of my aussies do. Seeing if anyone has noticed the same thing.

 

[Macbalacano]

Does anyone else’s torches deflate after eating? My Indos usually don’t but some of my aussies do. Seeing if anyone has noticed the same thing.

Yes, its part of the reason i don't really specifically spot feed my torches now haha

 

[OrangeCountyReefer]

Yes, its part of the reason i don't really specifically spot feed my torches now haha

Lol so it’s not just mine. But yea you spot feed and they look like crap the rest of the night but it does bring out the colors in them so it’s a trade off

 

[living_tribunal]

Most of my euphyllia really don’t like food, including the several torches I have. The only one that will eat a little and not get ticked is the frogspawn. The hammers absolutely despise food.

 

[OrangeCountyReefer]

Most of my euphyllia really don’t like food, including the several torches I have. The only one that will eat a little and not get ticked is the frogspawn. The hammers absolutely despise food.

Yea I never feed my hammers but my torches always like to eat but my aussies seem to deflate afterwards. Not sure if that is just a natural response to them eating a large meal. Just seeing if other people’s do the same

 

[kartrsu]

Wow, this thread was ultra convenient. I just fed my torches like half an hour ago and always get the same sort of response, shrinking up, sliming, and deflating. I have found that they tend to eat more when the lights are lower intensity. I've been upping my lights to improve coloration, but the feeding response is no longer the same.

I think I may just axe the feeding thing with my euphyllia. I have to play goalie and block the incoming shrimps and fish and they don't wolf it down, so I'm not sure it's worth the trouble, unless it really does improve coloration.

 

[reefz]

Torches wont take food by spot feeding. Same with hammers and frogspawn

 

[OrangeCountyReefer]

Wow, this thread was ultra convenient. I just fed my torches like half an hour ago and always get the same sort of response, shrinking up, sliming, and deflating. I have found that they tend to eat more when the lights are lower intensity. I've been upping my lights to improve coloration, but the feeding response is no longer the same.

I think I may just axe the feeding thing with my euphyllia. I have to play goalie and block the incoming shrimps and fish and they don't wolf it down, so I'm not sure it's worth the trouble, unless it really does improve coloration.

I do believe they benefit from the food but it’s just strange that they are the only ones that deflate after eating.

 

[OrangeCountyReefer]

Torches wont take food by spot feeding. Same with hammers and frogspawn

Sorry but you are completely wrong. Literally fed my sun goddess an hour ago, watch her pull the food into her open mouth in the pictures. I feed all my euphyilla all the time.

 

[King Turkey]

I have 5 torches 3 hammers 1 frog they all eat some deflate some don't. Some took a little to get use to eating some new what was up.

 

[living_tribunal]

I do believe they benefit from the food but it’s just strange that they are the only ones that deflate after eating.

They benefit if they consume it. In my experience, they don’t and you just tick them off.

An additional note, I used to think many of my corals were consuming what I fed them. Call it ignorance (which it was) but I translated the shrinking action many corals perform when you blast them as accepting the food.

Out of curiosity, I started feeding corals like you would a goni. Spot feeding but more at a distance where it falls onto the coral. To my surprise, a couple did not take the food, most every euphyllia included. I now feed my corals like this. It’s both easier on them and helpful to understanding which ones will and will not accept food.

 

[living_tribunal]

Sorry but you are completely wrong. Literally fed my sun goddess an hour ago, watch her pull the food into her open mouth in the pictures. I feed all my euphyilla all the time.

Keep watching it. Many will “accept” it but just push it out later unconsumed. I’m not saying torches won’t accept food but the ones that do are a minority.

 

[OrangeCountyReefer]

They benefit if they consume it. In my experience, they don’t and you just tick them off.

An additional note, I used to think many of my corals were consuming what I fed them. Call it ignorance (which it was) but I translated the shrinking action many corals perform when you blast them as accepting the food.

Out of curiosity, I started feeding corals like you would a goni. Spot feeding but more at a distance where it falls onto the coral. To my surprise, a couple did not take the food, most every euphyllia included. I now feed my corals like this. It’s both easier on them and helpful to understanding which ones will and will not accept food.

Yea I understand what your saying. I lightly baste the hammers and frogspawns as their feeding response isn’t very good but all of my torches have a strong feeding response and open their mouths and you can watch them drag eat the food in. I have just was seeing if anyone notices that the Aussie torches sometimes seem to deflate after eating, my indos dont, they look the same before and after eating.

 

[OrangeCountyReefer]

Keep watching it. Many will “accept” it but just push it out later unconsumed. I’m not saying torches won’t accept food but the ones that do are a minority.

Most of my torches hold it down and I have tremendously brightened up the colors on most of them since I’ve had them. But yea I get what your saying, some of them accept and just spit it up later.

 

[kartrsu]

Yea I understand what your saying. I lightly baste the hammers and frogspawns as their feeding response isn’t very good but all of my torches have a strong feeding response and open their mouths and you can watch them drag eat the food in. I have just was seeing if anyone notices that the Aussie torches sometimes seem to deflate after eating, my indos dont, they look the same before and after eating.

My indo and aussies are the reverse of yours. Strange. I feed AB+ and roids. I wonder if using refrigerated AB+ is not right. Like the warm water and cold food might be stressful. Will have to try water temp roids only tomorrow.

 

[kartrsu]

Most of my torches hold it down and I have tremendously brightened up the colors on most of them since I’ve had them. But yea I get what your saying, some of them accept and just spit it up later.

If it brightens them up, I’m all in. What do you feed?

 

[OrangeCountyReefer]

My indo and aussies are the reverse of yours. Strange. I feed AB+ and roids. I wonder if using refrigerated AB+ is not right. Like the warm water and cold food might be stressful. Will have to try water temp roids only tomorrow.

Well I use the AB+ as well and that goes into the water Column so I don’t think it’s a temp thing. Unless you are mixing it with the reef roids and spot feeding it?

 

[kartrsu]

Well I use the AB+ as well and that goes into the water Column so I don’t think it’s a temp thing. Unless you are mixing it with the reef roids and spot feeding it?

Correct. I mix with roids and spot feed. I also dose the water column with AB+.

 

[OrangeCountyReefer]

If it brightens them up, I’m all in. What do you feed?

I go light on the roids though. And the only reason I started spot feeding is because the vendors I pick my euphyllia up from told me to do so and it has benefited me.

 

[OrangeCountyReefer]

Correct. I mix with roids and spot feed. I also dose the water column with AB+.

Interesting I never thought to do that. Yes maybe the cold isn’t good for them, but you have to refrigerate AB after opening so really can’t leave it out. Unless you mix it and then let it get to room temp