What’s the longest you’ve let your coral feed?

[hexcolor reef]

I spent all day tending to my tank, after cleaning, changing filter socks, and checking chemistry. I felt like feeding my coral which I never do. It tempt me today when I seen my scoly stick its feeders out full blown and felt this was the perfect time to feed mysis shrimp with a little reef roids.

Today my tank was very happy. I took a 2” cube of frozen mysis shrimp and fed the acantho’s coral twice. After the first feeding the feeders were still sticking out so I thought what the heck must be very hungry. Another 2” cube of mysis shrimp into the mouth. It’s been working on it for about 3 hours now. Majority of it has been eaten.
What’s our thoughts on leaving food in coral mouths over the 20 minute feeding time frame????

My tank has no fish by the way

 

[Thumbster]

I feed a couple times a week. The only things that really look like they’re eating is my acans and favia. Acans get mysis and favia gets roids.

If I get around 1/2 an hour I turn on a powerhead for a few seconds. I feel like I’m suffocating the coral or something. I have no idea though and good to hear that I may be able to go longer.

 

[hexcolor reef]

If I get around 1/2 an hour I turn on a powerhead for a few seconds. I feel like I’m suffocating the coral or something. I have no idea though and good to hear that I may be able to go longer.

no worries there. Coral have a unique way of removing food and debris from the surface of its mouth by inflating, stretching out wide and releasing its mucus/slime coating allowing what ever to float away with it
Acantho just about done eating. Probably won’t feed it for another week. Just allow it to feed from the water column



And done!! Frog spawn has a little left in the mouth as well