What do you feed your corals?

[JoJosReef]

Pac Pods! That's my new favorite thing to broadcast in the tank. Fish go nuts, and the corals do too, even the SPS that have previously been one of the more difficult corals for me to make happy. A bit of phyto and Reef Nutrition Pac Pods (the dead stuff) and the tank is cruisin'. How about you? Any good polyp extension photos?

 

[Reefer Matt]

Thanks for sharing! I feed reef roids, and reef chili every once in a while.

 

[JoJosReef]

Thanks for sharing! I feed reef roids, and reef chili every once in a while.

Looks happy!

 

[Miami Reef]

Light and fish food/fish waste.

 

[CrimsonTide]

Phyto, Reef Roids and LRS frenzy for the meaty corals and fish. My NPS gorgonians love reef roids. The nems love anything meaty. The fish prefer pellets bc I guess they're custom to them. So I use pellets for them on non meaty days for the LPS and nems.

 

[JTP424]

I go overkill because I inherited a bunch of leftover "add-ons" so every other week or so I broadcast a mix of... reef-roids, reef chili, copepod powder, rotifer, paracoccus powder, spirulina, Mix it into a slurry and let it ride!

 

[Troylee]

I feed gut loaded bacteria mixed with diy coral snow.. you can see the feeding response if you zoom in on my photos..

 

[Noodles_Jefferson]

Thanks for sharing! I feed reef roids, and reef chili every once in a while.

I have a small pouch of reef roids. The guy at the LFS said you don't need much (I have a 29 gallon tank) so it has lasted about a year. How long does it stay good?

 

[Roatan Reef]

I do the Red Sea Energy AB+ like twice a month.

 

[JAS927]

Red Sea AB+ every second day

 

[tommycuil18]

Red Sea AB+ every second day

Not a daily dose?

 

[JAS927]

Not a daily dose?

I don’t have much in my tank right now aside from a bunch of small frags

 

[Roatan Reef]

I don’t have much in my tank right now aside from a bunch of small frags

Not a daily dose?

For me, in a 40GB, I do have a decent amount of corals, but the AB+ causes my tank glass to get instant algea film overnight, so I'm just dosing twice a month.

 

[JAS927]

For me, in a 40GB, I do have a decent amount of corals, but the AB+ causes my tank glass to get instant algea film overnight, so I'm just dosing twice a month.

That could actually be the cause of my cloudy glass problem maybe! I noticed this also and thought it was algae, which I have due to some higher phosphates right now was my guess but maybe it’s too much AB+ causing it. I use it over Reef Roids because my reading suggested it wouldn’t raise nutrient levels like the RR but now I’m just not sure!

 

[JGT]

Nothing but love and positive reinforcement.

 

[NeedAReef]

when adding your phyto and reff roids etc do you all kill the flow if so for how long?

 

[Roatan Reef]

when adding your phyto and reff roids etc do you all kill the flow if so for how long?

I used to kill the flow for AB+ , as it was cool to watch the nuclear green slow drip into tank, and I would occasionally spot feed some corals, but I do not anymore, I just let it all mix in the flow, because eventually you have same results. Tank water turns neon green, and even with flow, I feel it mixes better and hits entire tank evenly.

Never had much success with Reef Roids TBH..