Various Unorganized LPS of Different Species

[RockBox13]

These corals were recorded in front of a live studio audience.

 

[coralboi56]

Is that a dendrophyllia?

 

[RockBox13]

Is that a dendrophyllia?

Yes it is. I’ve got some Tubastrea around as well.

 

[coralboi56]

Yes it is. I’ve got some Tubastrea around as well.

Sweet how often do you feed them?

 

[RockBox13]

Sweet how often do you feed them?

4-6 days a week and usually multiple “bites”. I will dim the lights a little and broadcast some to get them ready to eat, then hit the open polyps I can with a small baster. I don’t want to just dump food on them. After the first round, other polyps will be open or ready for more and slower responders like Lobophyllia or Favites will be ready. I like to feed Cyclopeeze, Hikari and PE Mysis, chopped squid, krill, all rinsed clean. Fat content is important to me and marine fish or crustacean eggs will get everyone’s polyps excited and some picky fish too. Oyster eggs can really dirty up your water if that’s what you’re looking for. If you want to feed your Euphyllia pretty reliably, use a good LPS pellet that will sink down near the mouth and it will get them to respond faster after a few feedings. Pellets are how you can deliver much more complete nutrition too. I still like Aqua Vitro Fuel as a pellet food supplement. You’re getting algae, carbohydrates, amino acids and more directly into the coral as fast as possible.

 

[coralboi56]

4-6 days a week and usually multiple “bites”. I will dim the lights a little and broadcast some to get them ready to eat, then hit the open polyps I can with a small baster. I don’t want to just dump food on them. After the first round, other polyps will be open or ready for more and slower responders like Lobophyllia or Favites will be ready. I like to feed Cyclopeeze, Hikari and PE Mysis, chopped squid, krill, all rinsed clean. Fat content is important to me and marine fish or crustacean eggs will get everyone’s polyps excited and some picky fish too. Oyster eggs can really dirty up your water if that’s what you’re looking for. If you want to feed your Euphyllia pretty reliably, use a good LPS pellet that will sink down near the mouth and it will get them to respond faster after a few feedings. Pellets are how you can deliver much more complete nutrition too. I still like Aqua Vitro Fuel as a pellet food supplement. You’re getting algae, carbohydrates, amino acids and more directly into the coral as fast as possible.

Funny you say that. I just got Fuel (my LFS is a Seachem store) and not that many people use it so I wasn't sure about getting it but i needed coral food. Good to know you're liking it.

 

[JoJosReef]

I love all of them. Well done with the dendros!

 

[RockBox13]

Funny you say that. I just got Fuel (my LFS is a Seachem store) and not that many people use it so I wasn't sure about getting it but i needed coral food. Good to know you're liking it.

Start off half dosing the Fuel though! After a dose or two you’ll be able to read the effects by how fast you see algae film build on the glass. The recommended dose is too heavy to start with if you haven’t been using something similar like the Red Sea Reef Energy + or the Seachem Reef Plus which is a less concentrated and different formulation kinda like Fuel. I get skeptical sometimes of people who say that they feed so much, but can never get their Nitrates or Phosphates up. Stop dosing Methanol or carbon to build an oversized bacterial population. Dose the bacteria itself with Microbacter which is very economical when you want to lower N & P and they won’t get run all the way down to zero by an oversized microbe population because your controlling the nutrient export when you want to. There’s not some mass of bacteria that needs to constantly be fed carbon or it could crash, plus you’re now dosing even more bottles to raise N&P that’s necessary because you’re literally overfeeding the bacteria that make it necessary in the first place.

 

[coralboi56]

Start off half dosing the Fuel though! After a dose or two you’ll be able to read the effects by how fast you see algae film build on the glass. The recommended dose is too heavy to start with if you haven’t been using something similar like the Red Sea Reef Energy + or the Seachem Reef Plus which is a less concentrated and different formulation kinda like Fuel. I get skeptical sometimes of people who say that they feed so much, but can never get their Nitrates or Phosphates up. Stop dosing Methanol or carbon to build an oversized bacterial population. Dose the bacteria itself with Microbacter which is very economical when you want to lower N & P and they won’t get run all the way down to zero by an oversized microbe population because your controlling the nutrient export when you want to. There’s not some mass of bacteria that needs to constantly be fed carbon or it could crash, plus you’re now dosing even more bottles to raise N&P that’s necessary because you’re literally overfeeding the bacteria that make it necessary in the first place.

Yeah as soon as I read the dosing instructions on the bottle I was like "Nah we're half dosing" lol. It's just weird going from Reef AB+ which is fed daily, to fuel which is fed 2x a week. But I'll add a few drops of fuel in my coral food whenever I feed the corals.

 

[Gregg @ ADP]

Start off half dosing the Fuel though! After a dose or two you’ll be able to read the effects by how fast you see algae film build on the glass. The recommended dose is too heavy to start with if you haven’t been using something similar like the Red Sea Reef Energy + or the Seachem Reef Plus which is a less concentrated and different formulation kinda like Fuel. I get skeptical sometimes of people who say that they feed so much, but can never get their Nitrates or Phosphates up. Stop dosing Methanol or carbon to build an oversized bacterial population. Dose the bacteria itself with Microbacter which is very economical when you want to lower N & P and they won’t get run all the way down to zero by an oversized microbe population because your controlling the nutrient export when you want to. There’s not some mass of bacteria that needs to constantly be fed carbon or it could crash, plus you’re now dosing even more bottles to raise N&P that’s necessary because you’re literally overfeeding the bacteria that make it necessary in the first place.

People like to feed their bacteria like they’re dogs, or babies.

 

[RockBox13]

I love all of them. Well done with the dendros!

Thank you very much. They love to eat and coral foods and nutritional supplements are so much better now. Everything I can feed the Fauna marin LPS pellets soaked in the vitamin, carbohydrate, amino acid and chlorella in Fuel along with the fat content of PE Mysis and Lobster or marine fish eggs and fresh water content of squid and you’ve made a significant improvement in nutrition that will pay off in the long term. Another food I always have on hand for fish, but coral love it too is Dainichi pellets. If you have a Tang or really any fish that you want to get fat and thick, there’s nothing better. The montmorillonite clay, protease and beta glucan in Dainichi improve digestion and boost the immune system. Fish who normally won’t eat pellets like some Wrasse and Anthias sometimes will eat every pellet they can get to right away.

 

[RockBox13]

People like to feed their bacteria like they’re dogs, or babies.

I couldn’t agree more. You know what? That’s a great analogy because I think once your dog or your baby is looking balloonish, you would cut back on the unlimited treats and ice cream.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Those are some great looking lps!