Thread: Feeding corals
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Old 06/01/2007, 04:29 PM
Ladipyg Ladipyg is offline
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You do not add the "juice water" randomly to the tank. I use a Kent Sea Squirt to gently swish the water unto the corals...after their tentacles are out you go ahead and feed mysis, oyster eggs, etc. I have even made a thicker paste by adding a little Knox gelatin after it is dissolved in hot water and adding the mysis, oyster eggs, etc. to that. Grind up the items to be used in this mixture. Finer particles will not tempt fish as much and makes it easir for the corals to eat. Do not use so much gelatin that it thinkens as jello would. You want it more the the consistency of egg whites at room temperature. This will not happen until the gelatin cools. You cannot judge thickness while it is hot. Store in fridge but do not feed ice cold. Take out a bit and let it warm to room temperature. Using a pipette or a sea squirt you should be able to gently pipe it unto the coral. Works great for me. If I can find where I put my digital camera, I will take pictures.
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