The Cyclops feeding was done yesterday evening (lights on). I crushed and dumped about 1.5-2ml into the tank after soaking it for awhile. It took about 2 minutes for the polyp to pull the cyclops piece into the body.
The salt grain ingestion happened during daylight hours shortly after a water change. I'm still not positive that it was undissolved salt but that's what it looked like. The acro polyp really gobbled it up fast. Within 30 seconds of hitting the polyp, the particle was drawn in, and the polyp came back out ready for more.
I usually feed everything (GPs, various fish food, nori..etc) during the day since I'm trying to encourage more daytime polyp extension. I'm going to try to borrow a friend's fancy camera and get some macro shots of the actual ingestion next time I see it happen.
*edit*..forgot about Brad's question.
I feed about 2.5ml Golden Pearls every other day. 5-50/50-100 micron sizes. I also feed around 5ml daily of a "sh*t mix" of Formula1, Hikari Marine, nori, oysters, and clams...blended and frozen. I'm trying Cyclops Eeze right now (thanks again Sam!) and mysis also.
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Originally Posted by reef_raf
Mason, interesting observations. What time at night are you feeding, and how much?
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