What to feed sps?

[mikejones]

I have three SPS frags and XMAS tree coral. How and what should i feed them? Right now i mix Rotifers with the fish food and squirt some across the top of the tank during the day and i just started feeding the Rotifers at night. Is this ok or is there a better way and food to feed them?

[gasman059]

fish poop

[bassettmd]

I am with gasman059. That is all i feed my clams, lps, softies, and sps!

[Jester]

I recently started adding Coral Frenzy... can't really comment on it too much, but thats what a few friends around here are using also...

[ReefWreak]

I occasionally throw some cyclopeeze into the tank at night, but for the most part rely on fish poop as well. Stirring up detritus also seems to get a feeding response, so I stir up my sump floor now and then.

[Joachim.B]

These products are also very good for SPS:

*Amino acids
*Pohl`s coral vitalizer
*Pohl`s K-balance
*Potassium fluoride
*Phytoplankton

[aastretch64]

I do roti-feast and phyto-feast twice per week. I get more polyp extension on my SPS now.

Alex

[Jester]

I also add live phyto for my clam... which is also feeding my SPS too...

[JackKerouac]

Originally posted by Joachim.B
These products are also very good for SPS:


*Pohl`s K-balance
*Potassium fluoride

these two products aren't coral food

I feed them with pappone,cyclop eeze,Coral V power and in few week also Golden pearls

[reefkoi]

I feed Reef Nutrition Arcti-pods and Roti-feast but I am probably wasting my money it sounds like.........I have lots of fish poop so I'll try that, thanks gasman. Oh and do you have a picture of you sps so I can see how its working for you if you don't mind?
Chris

[IPT]

I didn't think SPS ate Phyto? Are they not Zooplaktoners?

[reefkoi]

The phyto feeds the copepods that the SPS eat It's all part of the food chain.

[IPT]

Ahh, I see. Makes sense

[acrylic_300]

Originally posted by reefkoi
The phyto feeds the copepods that the SPS eat It's all part of the food chain.

The SPS also eat the bacteria that feed on the phyto. I think the zooplankton also mostly feed on the bacteria that eats the phyto.

[GreshamH]

Originally posted by acrylic_300
I think the zooplankton also mostly feed on the bacteria that eats the phyto.

Species dependant . With over 10K copepods alone, it makes sense there would be divirsity in the zooplankton class in regards to target feeds

[Radiography14]

cyclopeeze

[mikejones]

Here are some pics.

First SPS i got
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Go these last week
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And these i got yesterday
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[todrick]

i thought acros like really clean water thats why u would over skim a sps tank and by fish poop are u talking about skim mate

[bluetmax]

I may be imagining it, and it may be something else (although nothing has changed), but since I started feeding oyster eggs, I swear I have been able to see a very noticeable difference in the color of all of my SPS corals. I also periodically add Chromamax and Zoomax, although on a very irregular basis.

[acrohead500ppm]

my fish eat pods, thats all, after i stopped feeding my sps tank 2 1/2 yrs ago i noticed alot better coloration on all my sps since then, and corals i get from tanks that get fed actively turn crazy colors. i think if a tank is established enough and has the correct stocking of specific fish it doesnt need feeding.

[hyperfocal]

My corals show most of their PE at night. I'm not keen on the idea of turning off my skimmer at night, so no feeding in my tank -- corals will have to settle for 'pods and snailspawn.

[trueblackpercula]

The best thing to feed them is nutrients
Michael