How often are you feeding corals?

[Seaspirit]

I like this method. I’ve cut down considerably on feeding the corals because of bubble algae and slight cyano. I have tried a refugium 3 times in my Trigger sump and I just can’t get it to grow. What is the secrets?

I've only just started adding this but Brightwell makes "Chaeto Gro" liquid supplement which is supposed to have the nutrients needed to keep chaeto happy. My guess is that plus good refugium light should help.

 

[Rickybobby]

How often do you guys feed duncans? i've got one with 30 or so heads and i feed it pellets once a week. it's been growing like mad and survived all of my rookie mistakes so i must be doing right by it but curious what other peoples feeding regimen is

I feed my Duncan once or twice a week. Reef roids. Sometimes it grabs a passing mysis shrimp. Doing amazing and growing new heads like crazy

 

[glennf]

I never feed my corals because they get whatever the fish don't eat. That's just fine
Keep nutrients available and that's it.
The coral density in my tank is very high , but still no problem at all.

 

[rusgum]

I feed 1/2 times a week after turning off the lights just because of these beauties. If I only had SPS, I wouldn't feed at all

 

[thought]

Great thread, the poll is insightful and I enjoyed reading perspectives from other with different scenarios around feeding corals

 

[phatduckk]

I do AB+ daily but about once a week I’ll do reef roids instead.

 

[Doglips56]

Every day for me. I made my own food that has aminos, reef roids, etc. in it so when fish get fed, corals get fed. I've never target fed any corals. Everything is doing amazing so far.

I also do not target feed. Bits of seafood from our home prepared mix fall onto the corals and they close up around it and eat. I’m definitely seeing good new growth on all my corals and I have at least one of each category.

 

[Doglips56]

I feed 1/2 times a week after turning off the lights just because of these beauties. If I only had SPS, I wouldn't feed at all

I’m in With these!! What is the one in the first picture?

 

[RC Corals]

My acros get daily AB+, bi-weekly Acropower, and maybe... maybe weekly reefroids broadcast.
My LPS gets reefroids slurry spot feeding weekly or more if I feel generous, and 2-3 times a week AB+.
Other tanks may get every couple weeks AB+ and possible reefroids broadcast if I remember.

 

[rusgum]

I’m in With these!! What is the one in the first picture?

WELLSOPHYLLIA RAINBOW

 

[reefinnewb]

Pellets in the morning before work for the fish. Then after dinner I feed a frozen cube of either PE Mysis or Reef Cuisine. Then I broadcast AB+ every night. No algae issues other than some bubble here and there. Have a skimmer, cheato, and weekly water changes. ~70 gallons of water.

 

[Crashnt24]

Daily: I dose AB+ 10 minutes before I feed the tank. I alternate each day between reef chili, frozen oyster eggs, frozen pods and frozen rotifiers. I add these to my frozen fish food blend and broadcast feed the tank.

Once a week on Saturdays: I spot feed each LPS head LPS pellets and reef roids. I also spot feed my sps a more diluted syringe of reef roids.

I definently notice faster growth on my LPS when I started hand feeding each week. Hard to tell on my acros as I have a few small frags. I did notice my green slimer pick up speed in growth though.

 

[Cell]

I target feed Benereef, Reef Roids, or Nano Reef Frenzy every 3-4 days and broadcast AB+ on the days in between.

 

[living_tribunal]

Target pellet/mysis/roids (for smaller corals) every 5 days. After a year long experimentation period, that was the sweet spot in terms of frequency where they consume all food without getting annoyed.

Of course, they are getting their aminos, oysters feast, and phyto all the time.

 

[stanlalee]

I feed coral food (and fish food) ever day. Not a day goes by that a small amount of either reef roids, reef chili, coral frenzy or me coral food or a combo of all don't go in. That's on top of daily amino acid dosing and daily fish feeding (either frozen or NLS 0.5-0.75mm pellets). It's a 30g with 10g sump and far from stuffed with coral either (requires 5ml daily of polyplab one to maintain 8.5-8.7 dKH).
Why so often, because the hanna phosphate meter (regular not ultra low) indicates it's NECESSARY. I test phosphates daily (for now. tired of buying regents) and lack of feeding bottoms out my phosphate within 12 hour. As in 0.00 on the meter. I test twice if I get 0.00 to make sure. I feed whatever it takes to get a reading the morning after my late evening feedings. Even my skimmerless 4 month old biocube 14 can bottom out with the 50% weekly water changes. I also have two coral indicators (one green monti cap and one green acro) which brown when underfed and green back up within two weeks of heavier feeding

 

[afboundguy]

I used to spot feed my LPS but now because I overfeed my tank by a lot they get fed daily. 25 cube with 3 gallon HOB fuge and tank gets 1 froze cube, freshly hatched BBS 1-2 times a day, 10-20 ml phyto and pods every few weeks...

 

[Kevin Finocchiaro]

Should I be using Ocean Magik every day for feeding coral growth ?

 

[AlgaeBarn]

Should I be using Ocean Magik every day for feeding coral growth ?

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[Paul B]

I really don't feed them directly.