Opinions on best coral food

Rodeo_Roger · 04/10/2018, 09:10 AM

Looking into starting to target feed my corals now that they are really starting to take off. What does everyone feel is the best all around for coloration, growth, and polyp extension. SPS and LPS.

ramseynb · 04/11/2018, 03:24 PM

I feed diced up weenies and cheesewhiz. The great thing about the cheezewhiz is, I can put the tip right in a scoly or acan's mouth and squirt some in. I don't have to worry about it just turning into detritus and ending up in my skimmer!

carrots · 04/13/2018, 02:09 PM

Be careful trying to feed to increase growth on your SPS. If you are getting good results now without feeding, IMO stay the course. In the past I was also looking to get faster growth and ended up throwing off my water quality which ended up slowing down the growth rate and increasing the growth of algae. As the saying goes "Nothing good happens fast in reef keeping." But then again I never tried cheesewhiz

ramseynb · 04/13/2018, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by carrots

Be careful trying to feed to increase growth on your SPS. If you are getting good results now without feeding, IMO stay the course. In the past I was also looking to get faster growth and ended up throwing off my water quality which ended up slowing down the growth rate and increasing the growth of algae. As the saying goes "Nothing good happens fast in reef keeping." But then again I never tried cheesewhiz

Well, cheezewhiz is harder with SPS. I just take a toothpick and put a tiny dab of cheezewhiz on it and feed each polyp. It only takes a small amount, like the size of a grain of sand. Weenies are too big for SPS so I just stick with cheesewhiz and occasionally I'll mix in some juice from beef chili for an extra kick. IMPORTANT: DO NOT ADD BEANS TO THE CHILI! In Texas, the SPS do not like beans mixed in with the chili. Adding beans may result in RTN/STN or slow growth. I'm not sure if the SPS in other states have this problem though.

Googlymoogly · 04/16/2018, 04:35 PM

I prefer reef roids.

View Poll Results: Best all around coral food
Reef Roids	5	62.50%
Coral Frenzy	0	0%
Reef Chili	0	0%
Phyto Plex	1	12.50%
Other	2	25.00%
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04/10/2018, 09:10 AM	#1
Rodeo_Roger Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2016 Posts: 92	Opinions on best coral food Looking into starting to target feed my corals now that they are really starting to take off. What does everyone feel is the best all around for coloration, growth, and polyp extension. SPS and LPS. Last edited by Rodeo_Roger; 04/10/2018 at 09:12 AM. Reason: added info

04/11/2018, 03:24 PM	#2
ramseynb Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: New Braunfels, TX Posts: 630	I feed diced up weenies and cheesewhiz. The great thing about the cheezewhiz is, I can put the tip right in a scoly or acan's mouth and squirt some in. I don't have to worry about it just turning into detritus and ending up in my skimmer! __________________ How do you make an octopus laugh? Ten tickles! Last edited by ramseynb; 04/11/2018 at 03:32 PM.

04/13/2018, 02:09 PM	#3
carrots Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Mendham, NJ USA Posts: 395	Be careful trying to feed to increase growth on your SPS. If you are getting good results now without feeding, IMO stay the course. In the past I was also looking to get faster growth and ended up throwing off my water quality which ended up slowing down the growth rate and increasing the growth of algae. As the saying goes "Nothing good happens fast in reef keeping." But then again I never tried cheesewhiz

04/16/2018, 04:35 PM	#5
Googlymoogly Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2017 Posts: 69	I prefer reef roids.