DT's Q? is that all I need.

[Mylilocean]

DT's coral food( Green liquid) is that all I need to feed my coral to make them grow fast and be heathy. Anything else. So far I have a bubble coral, leather, some other stuff, forgot the name.

 

[Anonymous]

Actually most corals do not feed on Phytoplankton ( algae ) but on Zooplankton ( tiny animals ); the Zooplankton feeds on the Phytoplankton. Again different types of corals feed on specific food sizes so for some Zooplankton may be too small and you'll have to feed with rotifers, brine shrimps, small pieces of shrimp, squid, mussels, etc.

Regards,
David Mohr

 

[Mylilocean]

I've tired to feed one of my corals brine shrimp and it didn't take it. What am I doing wrong, I put it in its mouth and it didn't take it. What gives?

 

[Anonymous]

I've tired to feed one of my corals brine shrimp and it didn't take it. What am I doing wrong, I put it in its mouth and it didn't take it. What gives?

Could be many things, It may not be hungry, it may not have adjusted to its environment , it may not be it's preferred foods or it may be the wrong size food. What type of coral are you trying to feed ?

Regards,
David Mohr

 

[hdtran]

Moderator,

Please move this thread to either GRD or NRD so it gets more coverage.

To answer (sideways) the feeding question: If you stick the brine shrimp into the mouth, the critter (whether coral or anemone, both cnidarians?) won't eat, period. You need to stick the food on the tentacle to evoke a feeding reflex.

That said, wrong size food is very frequently a problem; if the food is bigger than the oral disk, the critter certainly can't eat it...

DT's are supposedly great for filter-feeding inverts such as feather dusters, clams, etc. But for feeding corals, as the eminent David Mohr writes, you need either zooplankton-in-a-bottle (the only thing I've seen is Kent Microvert, but I'm not sure I believe it), or make-your-own-coral-food (see Eric Borneman's book, or ask nicely and I'll post a similar recipe adapted from his book when I'm less busy).

The turkey baster approach is recommended by various authors for feeding corals; suck up some of your feeding mix in a turkey baster, and blow some near your coral. Let natural flow convect the food to the coral, and hope some food sticks to the coral polyp tentacles. ("Polyp tentacles" may be a redundant statement).

Best regards,

Hy

 

[hdtran]

Oh, and Mylilocean, in case you haven't received it yet,

 

[Mylilocean]

THank you Mr hdtran. Thats what I needed to hear. So could you post up your little recipe for me and who ever maybe reading this. Thanks again.
This SW tank is a bigger deal than I thought, but the end look is GREAT.

 

[hdtran]

Essentially, Eric Borneman writes to mix up a combination of fresh seafood (whole shrimp, mussels, oysters, clams), frozen aquarium foods (frozen urchins, roe, & decapsulated artemia), dried seaweed, dried flake food, and some liquid vitamin (such as Selcon). Be sure to shell the raw shrimp. Then, powder the dried stuff, add Selcon, soak dried seaweed (Nori, Dulse) in pure water, & put seafood in a blender. Liquefy the seafood, & mix all the ingredients well. Put into either mini-ice-cube trays, or in ziploc bags, and freeze. Serve about 4 tsp/300 gallon once/day.