just getting started corals

[Galvan]

I just purchased a brain coral, bubble coral and a clam. Appreciate if someone can tell me what I can feed the corals without hurting my water quality. also, have yellow tang, bule hippo, royal gramma, maroon clown.

at this time i have Kent marine Micro vert-invertebrate food for fine filter feeders and Kent marine phytomax-super concentrated phytoplankton suspension for filter feeding invertebrates.

How often should I feed and is there a better food I can put into the water, the other how do I feed.



Tank is a 75 gallon reef ready with 80lbs LR.

 

[Bojangles]

what kind and how much light do you have?

 

[mr_X]

what kind of clam? i have a T. Crocea, and i do nothing for him, except when i feed the corals i will release some phytoplankton into the water column. what kind of brain coral?
the bubble coral will eat misis, or fleshy foods. and yes, you'll need a considerable amount of light for all of these.

 

[Galvan]

I have the Wellsophyllia brain coral. Clam is Second Grade Crocea.

 

[mr_X]

the brain will eat too. i feed mine a mixture of misis and cyclop-eeze in some DT's (phytoplankton).

 

[bug0926]

I feed my tank mysis, dt oyster eggs, freeze dried phyto, frozen rotifiers, brine and flake.

Corals seem to be thriving as well as my three clams and feather duster

 

[saltank]

Not to sound like a jerk, it is friendly advice - research care requirements before acquiring the animals (food, lighting, flow, etc). Often an LFS will provide just enough info for you to purchase haphazardly

I usually verify care requirements that lfs provides with research of my own prior to making a decision, it can save you big time $$ and headache - this I have learned from experience

And in this hobby, atleast in my neck of the woods, corals are not fast-moving inventory items at the lfs; you usually have plenty of time to do some research after identifying a potential specimen at the store

FWIW I feed my bubble, torch and frogspawn plankton, mysis and occasionally cyclop-eaze all mixed together in a container with tank water; I target feed using a homemade device of 1/4" tubing connected to small water intake device from an old test kit - it works great and the corals love being fed.

 

[SnowManSnow]

The lighting is going to be your issue with the clam...