Feeding corals and anemones

gomrjoe

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I just recently purchased this Cyclops Eeze product, because I read so many great reviews about it on this site from many users. I have started using it to dose my anemone (Haitain purple tip) and my corals:
1. Bubble Coral (currently sick) that is another post
2. Pulsing xenia
3. Yellow colony polyp
4. Star polyp

My question is, how much and how often should I dose with Cyclops Eeze to the Bubble Coral, Yellow polyps, and my anemone? Since it is such a fine powder it is tough to judge just how much to dose or how often.

Another question I have is, can this be the sole method for feeding my anemone? I have some frozen shrimp that I feed it, but I am running low, and not sure if I need to get more.

By the way, everyone in the tank loves this stuff, fish included, they go nuts!
 
ohh, you got the freeze dried powder stuff? i have the frozen, so it woudl be hard for me to tell you how much to feed..... but your anenome can survive if you ar ejust feeding this assuming you have good lighting. if you want to give it more, then any meaty foods would be great ranging from frozen to pellets.
as far as your other corals, all will love the stuff, except maybe the pulsing xenia. to my knowledge, no one knows why it pulses, some believe it is feeding, as the tenticles do appear to be fine filters, but i dont htink it is entirely known. IMO/Guess, i would think it eats very fine particles and organics like phytoplankton jsutdging by the size of the "filter" lookign tenticles, as well as its high survival rate in high nutrient systems while it often fails in very established, heavily skimmed sps tanks. but that spreads quickly enough without having to be fed. lol
your yellow polyps will grow like CRAZY with often feedings. i feed every week or two. some peopel will feed corals more, some less, some dont feed at all.
 
The xenia are believed to pulse in water with minimal current, trying to create their own. i have also read they do this because they absorb iodine etc. And adding iodine to my tank has increase the growth of my xenia. They will not eat food though.
 
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