Can I feed ReefRoids to my GBTA everday?

RioReefr · 10/14/2020, 08:08 AM

I bought a small GBTA 2 weeks ago. I have it high up in the tank with a AI Prime HD+ maxed out with blue/royal blues at 100% directly over it.

I take a 1/8 teaspoon of RR and make a paste out of it, then use a pipette to shoot it around its tentacles very early in the morning (6am) before any lights come on.

It has been responding well and the tentacles and color seem to be getting "greener". Should I continue this regime or do less feeding?

BTW, I have a colony of Zoas on the same rock as the GBTA and they also seem to be benefitting from the daily feedings.

Timfish · 10/16/2020, 08:29 AM

I never feed any BTAs in my systems, they do fine just off fish poop. Be careful feeding corals. They have very species specific response and it's easy to overfeed and negatively affect an animal. See this paper by University of Hawai'i

Michael Hoaster · 10/17/2020, 12:05 PM

That's a very expensive anemone food. Shrimp and fish work well and are cheaper. The bigger the foods I fed mine, the bigger it got, so keep that in mind, if you don't want it to grow too big for your tank.

10/14/2020, 08:08 AM	#1
RioReefr Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Rio de Janeiro Posts: 394	Can I feed ReefRoids to my GBTA everday? I bought a small GBTA 2 weeks ago. I have it high up in the tank with a AI Prime HD+ maxed out with blue/royal blues at 100% directly over it. I take a 1/8 teaspoon of RR and make a paste out of it, then use a pipette to shoot it around its tentacles very early in the morning (6am) before any lights come on. It has been responding well and the tentacles and color seem to be getting "greener". Should I continue this regime or do less feeding? BTW, I have a colony of Zoas on the same rock as the GBTA and they also seem to be benefitting from the daily feedings.

10/16/2020, 08:29 AM	#2
Timfish Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 1,842	I never feed any BTAs in my systems, they do fine just off fish poop. Be careful feeding corals. They have very species specific response and it's easy to overfeed and negatively affect an animal. See this paper by University of Hawai'i __________________ "Our crystal clear aquaria come nowhere close to the nutrient loads that swirl around natural reefs" Charles Delbeek

10/17/2020, 12:05 PM	#3
Michael Hoaster Registered Seaweedist Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 5,361	That's a very expensive anemone food. Shrimp and fish work well and are cheaper. The bigger the foods I fed mine, the bigger it got, so keep that in mind, if you don't want it to grow too big for your tank. __________________ As many naturalists and environmentalists have suggested, we should set aside our arrogance, our desire to conquer and control everything, and walk hand in hand with Mother Nature. -Walter Adey Current Tank Info: 180g Seagrass Sandbar Lagoon, START DATE November 28, 2018