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salty420
08-20-2007, 4:23 PM
i have a candy cane coral that i'm not sure how to feed. i've seen it's tenticles come out after lights out but i don't know how to go about feeding it. do i need to get a turkey baster and shoot brine shrimp at it? i put in some marine cuisine last night but i doubt it was able to get any of it... here's a pic...
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s254/keboehm/candycane.jpg
the pic doesn't do it justice, it's neon green, i really like it and want it to grow big and strong :)
When I feed my pearl bubble I wait for the tentacles to come out and then carefully place some meaty food near it's mouth. I do use a baster but I'm careful to do it so I don't blast the coral with water. I need to get some stainless tong/tweezers instead but for now this works for me.
salty420
08-20-2007, 4:57 PM
i can't really place anything near it tentacles cause the flow in the tank is so strong it would just blow away, im thinking the baster may be the best route for me...
Thats where the long tweezer/tongs would come in handy. Gives it a chance to latch on before it is blown away.
salty420
08-20-2007, 9:46 PM
ah i see, hopefully at night the fish and or shrimp wouldn't steal it..
Grins
08-20-2007, 10:23 PM
I feed 2 meals a day and on the days I feed the bubble I just feed it last so it has a chance of not having the food stolen.
rayjay
08-21-2007, 11:04 AM
I have LPS dominated tanks with softies as well.
I haven't fed the corals in the 13 yrs I've been in the hobby. At least, not directly.
I feed the fish plenty, and the rest of the tanks inhabitants get fed from that or from the plankton that gets produced from those that do eat the food.
Grins
08-21-2007, 11:06 AM
Ray, I feed my pearl bubble only. It is only a small polyp that I'm encouraging to grow.
BeelzeBob
08-21-2007, 11:32 AM
take out 1 cup of tank water.
put mysis, BW, enriched brine, etc in the water and let it melt.
turkey baste half of the water out, carful to not suck up too much of the food, just the stinky water.
with the flow ON, shoot that water in the tank, this should excite the lil buggers to open.
turn OFF your flow. suck up all the rest of the water with the food, turkey baste each polyp, leave enough excess foos so that your fish/inverts leave the coral alone.
give them 30mins to an hour to grab hold, and turn the flow back on.
salty420
08-21-2007, 1:01 PM
thats a good idea brackishguy thanks!
ricsreef
08-21-2007, 2:01 PM
yeah,I haft to turn off the flow for a while when I feed mine too.
BeelzeBob
08-21-2007, 2:05 PM
a lot of people dont feed, but i like kinda enjoy it.
(coral doesnt seem to mind getting fed either)
plus the animaks grow a lot faster.
my frag looked exactly like yours when i got it in, march.
check out my link in my sig, to see what they looks like now
salty420
08-21-2007, 9:04 PM
love those pics, not too shabby for a camera phone... i did feed the candy cane tonight - ripped up a bit o' silverside and gave each head a bit - they grabbed it right away and are working on them now :)
BeelzeBob
08-22-2007, 9:26 AM
YEA, FEEDING IS FUN!!!
the coolest things i have to feed are acan lords. they have a pretty complex lil mouth and digestive system in comparrison to my other LPS. the can like extand their stomachs out and around food. its prety funny to watch.