Spoon feed your fish and corals: What utensils do you use?

[Peace River]

Feeding trough: Do you use any tools to help with feeding?

Whether it is an acrylic container, a clip, a turkey baster, or more, there are many tools that have been used to feed fish and corals. This can help with target feeding and limit the need to put our hands into the tank. Additionally, automated feeders can even help with feeding when we are not present to care for our fish and corals. Some aquarium keepers have even figured out ways to dose food into the tank. It may be a technical solution or a basic mechanical tool, do you use any tools to help with feeding the inhabitants in your tank? Please share your experiences and tips in the related discussion.

Pro Tip: Care for your tools! Whether it is rinsing out the dosing lines to prevent clogging, regularly cleaning any build-up in the automated feeder, or sterilizing other tools like the turkey baster used for feeding, maintaining the tools used for feeding is important to the health of your fish and corals.

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[vetteguy53081]

You said it exactly- I spoon feed. I keep the plastic solo cups that condiments come in for take-out food and place frozen foods in there to melt with a little ro water and spoon feed portions afterall, its easier to add food than to remove it.
I have the IM guormet grazer for seaweed and I use the bulb type feeder for direct coral feeding

 

[revhtree]

Clip and turkey baster for me!

 

[shakacuz]

i use;

two little fishes mesh clip for nori
plastic cup from @AlgaeBarn to thaw my LRS reef frenzy
and a turkey baster to spot feed specific corals/inverts, otherwise i usually broadcast feed

 

[CoralB]

Pitch fork and shovel lol !! Kidding !!
I use a feeding ring, pipettes, and veggie clip

 

[kevgib67]

Spot feeding my corals and my RFAs I use the eye dropper like thing from an empty Selcon bottle.

 

[vabben]

Two great products for feeding that are absolutely worth the money. Julians Thing and the Nori Nibbler

 

[FishDaddy1992]

I use either a cup to melt frozen food in to broadcast to the fish or a pipet to target my coral.

 

[JoJosReef]

Bulb and pipette. Oh, and this setup:

Even with the auto-liquid feeder and auto-pellet feeder, I still end up making a slurry of Mysis feast and NLS/TDO pellets every day to hand-feed the fish and corals, haha! They've got me under their fins!

 

[ClownSchool]

I was kind of surprised measuring spoon wasn’t a choice.

 

[zoomonster]

I use a couple of $1 plastic condiment squirt bottles. Mine have a little longer tip.

 

[Seansea]

Bulb and pipette. Oh, and this setup:

Umm obsess much? Haha this is elaborate. Mind for a breakdown what is happening here?

 

[Nano_Man]

Tweezers/ Tongs/ Turkey baster

 

[Propane]

Julian’s thing and syringes with metal tips that are typically used for the application of glue.

 

[sfin52]

I use my fingers.

 

[MnFish1]

Have never fed corals - except what they get from food in the tank

 

[Lowsingle]

Turkey baster hands down if if the best all around tools for a reef tank (not just for feeding)

Darren

 

[Rusty_L_Shackleford]

My favorite lfs sends frags home (and sells for 50 cents) plastic specimen containers with lids. So I thaw and store frozen food in those. But for feeding, nothing beats a good old fashioned turkey battery. $1.25 at the dollar tree.

 

[JGT]

Literally, a utensil. To retrieve frags that have fallen into the rocks and to rake my sand.

 

[KrisReef]

Circulation pumps, thaw cup, chemical/measuring spoon, squeeze bottle and my tongue. I always taste their food to make sure it's fresh.