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Old 11/08/2007, 07:20 AM
Embowe Embowe is offline
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Target feeding a frogspawn

I just picked up 4 heads of frogspawn and was wondering whats the best way to target feed them....
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Old 11/08/2007, 09:47 AM
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I think just put small piece of food on them near their mouth will do.
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Old 11/08/2007, 09:10 PM
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I usually just put a piece of krill or some meaty food near it's mouth and it will take it from there
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Old 11/08/2007, 10:19 PM
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feed small pieces after the lights have shut down and it has shrunk to its lights out size. make sure to turn the pumps off and leave the pumps off for an hour to give it a chance to grab on.
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Old 11/08/2007, 11:40 PM
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I give each head a little squirt from the turkey baster when I feed my fish. They usually snag a bit of mysis or blood worm or krill. Works at night or during the day.
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Old 11/11/2007, 02:07 PM
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My Euphillia's don't seem to eat meaty foods. I have tried Mysis, Krill, Silverside, Arctipods, cyclopese, and anythign else size approperate I can find and they don't seem to latch on to anything. Ever.
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Old 11/11/2007, 03:41 PM
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^+1 to just placing the food in the area the mouth is in...my frogspawns tentacles actually draw the food in to the mouth.
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Old 11/11/2007, 06:57 PM
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thurge:

you have to make sure the lights are out, they won't grab onto the food until the lights are out. you also have to make sure that the flow isn't too strong, i turn all my pumps off before feeding euphyllia. i usually have to actually hand feed these corals and sometimes hold food near the coral or push it into the coral's tentacles before it will grab on. they then very slowly grab the food and pull it into their mouth.
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Old 11/12/2007, 01:21 AM
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Why even bother feeding them? I've never target fed mine and it's been doing great. From what I've heard most people say it's not needed.
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Old 11/12/2007, 12:04 PM
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I will try that this weekend. I usually don't turn the pujmps off when I feed the corals but I do try and do it several hours after the lights have gone out for the night.
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Old 11/12/2007, 03:31 PM
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This is all interesting. I have a frag of frogspawn and it have not grown, at all in about a year. I do not target feed and have never seen tentacles out at night. I have also never seen a mouth...

What am I missing? Not meaning to hijack the thread here.

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Old 11/12/2007, 08:10 PM
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MY froggie tends to shrink at night, so lights on is the only way I can get him to feed. Also, he never grabs the food, so pumps need to be off, and then the weight of the food causes it to open its mouth and eat.
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Old 11/13/2007, 12:28 AM
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MY froggie tends to shrink at night, so lights on is the only way I can get him to feed. Also, he never grabs the food, so pumps need to be off, and then the weight of the food causes it to open its mouth and eat.

the reason is shrinks at night is so that it can feed. it doesn't matter if it is shrunk down at night, it definitely will eat, if you give it enough time to capture the food. if you still cannot get it to eat then i would offer it larger pieces of food. i give mine some pretty large chunks of shrimp and it opens wide to swallow it in.

all frogspawn shrink at night
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Old 11/13/2007, 12:33 AM
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Feeding them is a waste of time IMHO. I have one the size of a basketball hoop. I never feed any of them. There's about 150-200 heads or so.
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Old 11/13/2007, 12:45 AM
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Frogspawn on the right.

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Old 11/14/2007, 12:33 AM
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15 - 20 heads ? 150 to 200 is a lot
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Old 11/14/2007, 09:26 AM
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15 - 20 heads ? 150 to 200 is a lot
??? That's not even half the entire colony.
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Old 11/14/2007, 05:02 PM
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How do you guys deal with cleaner shrimp ? Mine are some nasty thieves. It takes me so much time to feed my lps and softies that i have dwindled down to almost no feeding now at all.

I have tried giving a piece of krill to each shrimp before i feed the corals,..but they (shrimp) eat too fast and go back and steal from the corals. Theyll pretty much pry open the mouth of say my bubble or cynarina and just pull the krill out of it,..even when the coral has fully ingested the food
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Old 11/15/2007, 12:52 PM
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I have tried to feed my frogspawn but it does not seem interested in any type of food.
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Old 11/15/2007, 03:53 PM
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turkey baster with some coral frenzy in it for me. i do it with the lights on. can't say wether it's made a difference or not.
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Old 11/15/2007, 09:52 PM
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You don't have to target feed them! Makes no difference on how fast they grow.
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Old 11/17/2007, 02:17 PM
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Ditto. Feeding them is a waste of time. But hey, if it makes you happy.
 


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