Feeding Corals

[Billionzz]

I have a few questions on feeding corals.

The tank gets fish food and some mysis shrimp, plus I feed dt's.
I don't want to make my own coral food, is there anything else I should feed?

In other threads I read that some corals eat at night and some during the day. If this is correct do I alternate feedings between day and night?

How often should corals be fed?

Do I need to turn off the power heads or filters when feeding?

Is there a site that tells the corals needs such as light water flow etc..?

Thanks for all your help,
Bill

[rtecanoe]

what type of corals, and how long have you had your tank??

[Billionzz]

Hard and soft - 3months.

[Billionzz]

Is this the wrong forum to post this question in?

If so what forum would be suggested?

Bill

[TippyToeX]

It's the right forum. :)

That is just a very difficult question to answer. Each coral has different needs/requirements when it come to feedings. If you could be more specific about which corals you are interested in knowing about that would help. "Hard" could be all manner of SPS and LPS. "Soft" can be taken for any leathers polyps to even anemones.

FWIW, a great book to have that addresses these kinds of questions would be:

[ericsbook]

[racrumrine]

Suggest reading this thread in the Coral Forum

http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=176530

Best of luck,

Roy

[Billionzz]

Thanks for the help I will get the book and read the coral forum.

I just don't know what books are good I found a lot of them to have incorrect information but I will pick this one up.

Bill

[Steven Pro]

The above Aquarium Corals book is excellent! And, here is an article series on coral foods:

Borneman, Eric. 2003. "The Food of Reefs, Part 7: Dissolved Nutrients" Reefkeeping Online Magazine, April 2003.
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-04/eb/index.htm

Borneman, Eric. 2003. "The Food of Reefs, Part 6: Particulate Organic Matter" ReefKeeping Online Magazine, March 2003.
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-03/eb/index.htm

Borneman, Eric. 2003. "The Food of Reefs, Part 5: Bacteria" Reefkeeping Online Magazine, January 2003.
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-01/eb/index.htm

Borneman, Eric. 2002. "The Food of Reefs, Part 4: Zooplankton" Reefkeeping Online Magazine, December, 2002.
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-12/eb/index.htm

Borneman, Eric. 2002. "The Food of Reefs, Part 3: Phytoplankton" Reefkeeping Online Magazine, October 2002.
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-10/eb/index.htm

Borneman, Eric. 2002. "From the Food of Reefs to the Food of Corals." Reefkeeping Online Magazine, August 2002.
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-08/eb/index.htm

Borneman, Eric. 2002. "Reef Food." Reefkeeping Online Magazine, July 2002.
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-07/eb/index.htm

[sihaya]

Uh... you a little bit of a Borneman fan Steven? lol ;-) Btw, what day in Feb. is he coming to Pittsburg and do you know where it's going to be? Is it at the same hotel?