Feeding corals

[xmjxflipx]

Hey i wanted to get anyones advice on feeding corals?
Since i am trying the carbon dosing for sure i am going to supplement amino acids. But do most of yall feed your corals like coral frenzy or something for both sps/lps?

-i ask some people that have expensive high end LE corals and most of them tell me they just feed the fish and let the fish feed the corals (i.e. meaning fish poop). I dont really have the time to turn of the skimmer and all the pumps nightly and then turn them back on 15 min later. Is feeding coral frenzy or something similar while powerheads, return and skimmer on just polluting the tank? or are the corals actually able to snatch up some of whats in the water while theirs some high flow in the tank.

Would like any opinion.

 

[Bayou]

Very broad question with 100 different answers.
If you have SPS and LPS I'd feed rotifers or cyclopeze or oyster eggs. But it is easy to overfeed any food and if you are not sure what to feed you will have a hard time not overfeeding. If you do overfeed you will stimulate algae blooms. And those are never fun.
Your corals should be able to survive under lights along w/o food. Start there and slowly start feeding in limited quantities.
Good luck.

 

[cruzer]

There is a way of feeding. I did it with great success and very good growth. Its called the Blue Coral Method. It entales a little effort and making the food yourself. It has a carbon source and AA's in the food. The carbon source is sugar, and the AA's is L Glutamine. Fed no more than once a week for about 6-8 wks at which time you can up the dose of you choose. Use live mussels, live oysters, live clams and fresh shrimp. Say about 5 ea. One heaping tblspn of sugar (table sugar) and one 500mg capsule of L Glutamine and 2 cups of RO/DI water. Blend the heck out of it, then blend it some more. About 12-15 minutes. Let the blender cool or use ice cubes to help keep cool, cubes should be RO/DI also. Start out very slowly, this food is very high in nutrients. That is what the sugar is for, working as the carbon source which will bond to the nutrients. Keep your levels on the high side and watch the growth. No magic bullet but believe me it works. And much,much,much cheaper then the so called commercial store bought coral foods on the market. Oh yeah forgot to mention. Add a few drops of AA's to the tank say about an hour before lights out. Then feed the food just at lights out or just before. The kicker is you need to turn your skimmer down, not off, just down to keep your O2 levels up. Do this for the entire night. Then readjust skimmer to normal production the next morning.