How do you feed a plate coral?

[jimrawr]

I just cut a mysis cube in half, mixed with salt water.. when his tenticles come up should I just spray him? Is that it? Also roughly how much mysis is needed? Is Half enough?

[dnorton]

I assume you have a long tentacle plate coral??

You can feed the plate pieces of shrimp or pieces of fish. I would use a small pea size piece. I would advise being careful with the long tentacle plates for they normally do not fair well in an aquarium. Not to say it cant be done, but just letting you know they normally do not stand the test of time.. Good luck.

[jimrawr]

Its not a long tenticle, just a normal plate coral who extends his tenticles(1/4th or an inch or less) at night time

[dnorton]

PHEW!! Glad to hear that. I am still pretty sure you can feed them a small meaty piece of food on occasion. Others will chime in soon.

[jimrawr]

I went ahead and fed him half a cube of mysis. He sucked it right up :)

[jag1979]

I put a small piece of krill on the coral it slowly brings it to its mouth and opens up and eats. Its really cool to watch