Feeding coral solid food

[FinalPhaze987]

How often should i be feeding my coral solid food? I have an Elegance, Bubble, Long tentacle plate, and a frogspawn...all seem to like pieces of silversides except for the frogspawn which i feed mysis...there all sitting under 10k 250w MH x2 and 96w PC actinics x2...the elegance is kept under an overhang...how much of their nutrition do they get from photosynthesis? any help is appreciated...thx

 

[cindre2000]

Corals can get a good bit of their nutrition from photosynthesis. However, there is a limit to how long they photosynthesize, thus, they do seem to be much healthier if they get food as well. Many corals are voracious and will continue to eat as long as you feed them; however, that does put a lot of waste in your system. Therefore, I would start out with every couple off days to every other day, and move up to every day if you want.

 

[cindre2000]

Oh yeah, it is really up to you. A decent number of people probably never feed their corals directly. It is a function of how convenient it is for you to do this. Though corals do like to be fed.

 

[Anonymous]

Most LPS will benefit from feeding meaty foods, and I fed mine once daily.

 

[FinalPhaze987]

yea, my LPS take food whenever its offered...i was just a little worried about me overfeeding...thanks for the info..

 

[cindre2000]

Your only overfeeding if your water quality goes down.