questions regarding feeding of softies and LPS

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Originally Posted by Magickiwi

I use a combination of foods for my LPS corals. I use live phytoplankton, pods, reef roids, and a dried plankton mix from Two Little Fishes. I seem to get the best reaction from my LPS and anemones when I use the reef roids and live phyto.

My torch and hammer coral are growing massive but I haven't seen any increased numbers in my zoanthids at all. Reefwars gave me a frag of some zoanthids that are supposed to spread like weeds but all they've done is get bigger.

What is your method of feeding? As I said I am new to reef and I wonder specifically about the skimmer. Do you run yours all the time? I am considering not running it 24/7. I guess if I am going to turn it off it should be for parts of the day as this is when the corals or feeding yes?