Feeding, how to know if you have a problem ;)

[zcatzmeow]

I have a problem. It's time I just get it out there and see what happens....I have a feeding problem. Mix up some garlicky mysis, hand me a small squirter and a pair of feeding tongs and it's on! :bigsmile:

I'm hand feeding a bunch of stuff in my tank and I don't know if this is a bad thing or not. So of course I hand feed BTA and Dendraphlia, and occasionally the fungiia. But now, many other creatures are opening wide at feeding time. So, I see a mouth, I feed it :blushing:

The Duncans love individual polyp feedings, when hungry, the kryptonite candy cane will reach out and open up, in goes some mysis. I though I saw my tort eat a small mysis tonight. My larger ricordia was reaching forward off the rock mouth open, so I fed her a shrimp too. Then at the end feeding I saw my little prism favia frag reaching out and saying "Ahhhh" :) To my surprise he finished a nice large mysis.

Is this normal and just not talked about very much. I thought many of these corals were filter feeders or maybe opportunistic feeders. I'm blown away that they know when feeding time arrives and they are reading to beg for food :what_smile:

So, am I becoming some crazy feeding lady? :blushing:

[ErikH]

Just keep an eye on your levels, and if you start seeing a problem with algae, then you should slow down. Corals need food to grow, and as long as you feed and keep your CA levels in check you should have a tank exploding with growth. Oh yeah, light is good too. :)

[DrMark]

Every two days i mix up some stuff (DTs phytoplankton, oyster eggs, frozen cyclops, coral frenzy, maybe some arcti-pods) I feed small amount to everything and, like Erik said, watch the levels.
mark

[tony]

i alternate mysis/brine one day and cycopleeze the next