--- Can you INHIBIT Coral growth by Feeding? ---

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TCUguy

I've never thought about it this way... but lets say your feeding your acan's/duncan's/whatever daily.

Do you think that it would slow growth? My theory is the energy they use to reproduce would be used to instead break down the food... ?

Also, if that's not the case... could you feed LPS (lets say) 3 times a day?!
 
light is like sugar to your corals, they need real food to grow the best they can. feeding them will only help, not hurt. also, how much of what you feed they can use is based on a lot of other factors like flow and water quality.
 
LPS corals that are from lagoonal habitats are accustomed to a higher organic load and require a certain amount of waterborn particulates from which they derive food from as well as supplemental food from light energy.

Cheers,
 
The only way you will inhibit their growth is if you're feeding polutes the water. Routine water changes with chemistry monitoring is essential for heathy colorful specimens. Spot feeding them will allow you to see how those polyps really work!
 
I really like this question. Yes it does take energy for the corals to eat, breakdown and use the food but the energy is very little in comparison to the energy the coral gains from the food. So if the corals are fed the correct amount you should see much faster growth. You must be careful though because just like with everything you can overdo it and then have bad effects like your nitrates increasing.
 
i cant remember which lps expert said this but
never feed more than 3xs a week
i dont remember what his logic was
be he went on and on and on about it
and after painfully fighting through all those words it did make sense
 
If you just think anatomically it makes sense that they would need a rest between feedings. There is only one opening that acts as both mouth and anus. Food goes in and wastes come out the same hole so they need some time to digest properly and then expell wastes.
 
One thing that can happen from what I read on rc is some acans grow dependent on feedings and do not try to catch food on their own and whither and die without feeding. So they suggest target feeding once in awhile not on a routinely basis
 
@TCUguy wrote:
I've never thought about it this way... but lets say your feeding your acan's/duncan's/whatever daily. Do you think that it would slow growth? My theory is the energy they use to reproduce would be used to instead break down the food... ? Also said:
What are you feeding them, or is that for another thread?

David
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@DFW wrote:
[I]@TCUguy wrote:[/I][quote="I've never thought about it this way... but lets say your feeding your acan's/duncan's/whatever daily. Do you think that it would slow growth? My theory is the energy they use to reproduce would be used to instead break down the food... ? Also said:
What are you feeding them, or is that for another thread?

David"]

I usually feed them fish pellets (small or medium fish pellets). They take a while to get used to them but now they eat them really well.
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@TCUguy wrote:
[I]@DFW wrote:[/I][quote="[I]@TCUguy wrote:[/I][quote="I've never thought about it this way... but lets say your feeding your acan's/duncan's/whatever daily. Do you think that it would slow growth? My theory is the energy they use to reproduce would be used to instead break down the food... ? Also said:
What are you feeding them, or is that for another thread?

David"]

I usually feed them fish pellets (small or medium fish pellets). They take a while to get used to them but now they eat them really well."]


Especially don't feed then routinely with those as that is what made the lps go lazy. They were feeding pellet lps food.
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