Feeding Corals
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Maybe once or twice a month.
I would research care for each species you have and find out their feeding requirments from searches. Just read five different opinions and if they all match go by that, if they don't, split the difference and watch your inverts and go off of the inverts reactions and growth patterns.
This also depends on what you are feeding them, how much, their sizes, and your lighting. Also, do you have fish and how many? Because you might not need to feed at all.
I would recomend you get some of Julian Sprungs, Delbeeks, Fenners and a few others books and read how they have mastered some of these inverts and what conclusions their trials and errors have brought them to so as you can avoid the learning mistakes.
I hope this has helped you?
I would research care for each species you have and find out their feeding requirments from searches. Just read five different opinions and if they all match go by that, if they don't, split the difference and watch your inverts and go off of the inverts reactions and growth patterns.
This also depends on what you are feeding them, how much, their sizes, and your lighting. Also, do you have fish and how many? Because you might not need to feed at all.
I would recomend you get some of Julian Sprungs, Delbeeks, Fenners and a few others books and read how they have mastered some of these inverts and what conclusions their trials and errors have brought them to so as you can avoid the learning mistakes.
I hope this has helped you?
Surprised you didn't mention Eric Borneman's "Aquarium Corals." It's a bit more up to date than Sprung and Delbeek's two-volume set. And a lot cheaper. Either would look great under a Christmas tree 
I have generally not target fed my corals, although I make sure that food gets around at feeding time. LPS, like the candy cane and trumpet, like small, meaty foods.
I have generally not target fed my corals, although I make sure that food gets around at feeding time. LPS, like the candy cane and trumpet, like small, meaty foods.
Borneman's book kicks ***, but I always have to giggle when I see his name and transplant the "r" a little further back.
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I feed my octobubble and open brain every other day. The octobubble is a big and loves meaty food like brine/mysis/blood worms but I also throw in cyclopseeze and daphnia. The brain eats the same stuff, but it has to be finely chopped or it spits it back out later on. I give my candy cane, hammer and frogspawn the finer stuff once a week. I'm going to start target feeding DT's phytoplankton as well to my zoas and everyone else soon.
[OK, mind out of gutter]
I feed my octobubble and open brain every other day. The octobubble is a big and loves meaty food like brine/mysis/blood worms but I also throw in cyclopseeze and daphnia. The brain eats the same stuff, but it has to be finely chopped or it spits it back out later on. I give my candy cane, hammer and frogspawn the finer stuff once a week. I'm going to start target feeding DT's phytoplankton as well to my zoas and everyone else soon.
Does twice a week sound like too much?
I have a frogspawn, zoos, trumpet, candy cane, button polyps, star polyps, and a pagoda cup. They are very happy to be fed, especially the trumpet
I have a frogspawn, zoos, trumpet, candy cane, button polyps, star polyps, and a pagoda cup. They are very happy to be fed, especially the trumpet
