What do you feed your LPS?

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I LOVE LPS!! When I started in the hobby, my favorite corals were favias, chalices, and scolies. These are still some of my favs.

What do you guys feed your LPS? Do you target feed, or just broadcast (or do you feed at all)?

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Spot feed only.
Coral frenzy when I’m lazy.
Chopped shrimp or scallops when I have time.
My LPS looks happier with real food vs pellets, but they don’t have a vote.
 

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Reef roids & reef chilli twice a week. I squirt some in the flow of a power head to broadcast it in the tank just enough to ring the dinner bell,wait a few minutes then spot feed the rest of the food.
 

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Reef Roids twice a week currently -- once direct (baster+flow off) and once broadcast (mixed with food). They also tend to capture mysis.
 

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Target feed all my LPS and my recordias every day. 30 ml of Phytoplankton (Mercer of Montanna) and alternate every other day with 15 ml of Microvert or 20 ml Reef Roids (1 tsp per 1/2 cup of water). Skimmer is off for 6 hours during and after the feeding and the main pump is in a 10 minute feed mode during the actual feeding. I don't target my zoas or other softies and I don't have any SPS. Seems to be working for my tank. Good growth and color. Only lost one Orange Sun but that was due to putting it in a tank that was too new to support it and that was before i started this daily approach. What I did was take the weekly recommended amounts divide it into 7 days and that's what I started with. I have tons of filter feeders, happy corals and pods up the wazoo.
 

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I typically broadcast feed. Starting this weekend, im going to target feed each Sunday to assure my corals are getting food
 

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Broad cast Reef Frenzy daily ,once a week I target with reef roids and occasionally phytoplankton.
 

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Target feed mysis shrimp 2-3 times a week and reef chili to softies and any lps that gets some. Growing like weeds!
 

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I don't feed my corals but I do feed my fish clams which have clam juice that goes all over the tank so I assume they eat that. I know my sponges that are all over my tank filter it out.

 

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I mix a little reef chili or benereef in with my frozen mix (LRS, roe, Artemis, brine shrimp etc), my fish, mainly the tangs, crop dust the corals
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Fish poop and any detritus that the wave makers kick around. Feed your fish feed your corals.
 

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Target feed all my LPS and my recordias every day. 30 ml of Phytoplankton (Mercer of Montanna) and alternate every other day with 15 ml of Microvert or 20 ml Reef Roids (1 tsp per 1/2 cup of water). Skimmer is off for 6 hours during and after the feeding and the main pump is in a 10 minute feed mode during the actual feeding. I don't target my zoas or other softies and I don't have any SPS. Seems to be working for my tank. Good growth and color. Only lost one Orange Sun but that was due to putting it in a tank that was too new to support it and that was before i started this daily approach. What I did was take the weekly recommended amounts divide it into 7 days and that's what I started with. I have tons of filter feeders, happy corals and pods up the wazoo.
That sounds like an awesome method, I can see I need to stock up on some foods next time I can get to my fish store! Thanks!
 
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