What are U feeding your SPS's?

StirCrazy · #1 03-04-2006, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Snappy

If sps only need to feed on light, why do they ( acro's for example) extend their polyps when the lights are out? I just assumed they were feeding. Why do some of the other sps (mycedium (spelling?) for example) send out sweepers? Is it only to attack other corals? I thought they are trying to feed as well.
I have experimented with feeding and not feeding and it seems my coral's get brighter, look healthier and grow faster when I feed. Is it my imagination? Please tell me if I am wrong. If I am wrong I'll not bother feeding them and start saving some loot.

Mine extend theres during the day and retract them at night so who knows.. maybe your not giving them enuf light

anyways they will also eat bacteria and such they can get from the water column so maybe thats why they are out.

Steve

Psyire · #2 03-04-2006, 11:44 PM

They can and will survive on light alone. (if it's bright enough)

However in the wild they actually recieve more energy from 'eating' than from light.

andestang · #3 03-05-2006, 01:32 AM

I am surprised from the overall consensus.

I was was like Greg (Snappy) and was feeding mine or so I thought. So money wasted by the sounds of it.

McNasty · #4 03-05-2006, 02:59 AM

I started feeding reef-roids and have noticed a huge difference from not feeding, my corals were healthy and bright before in two weeks since i started reef-roids the colors are brighter and the corals in general seem even healther .

I have used cyclopeze to feed my smaller fish, clown ect love it but never noticed any feeding reponse from corals like i do with roids.

albert_dao · #5 03-05-2006, 03:39 AM

Correct me if I'm wrong, but haven't there been controlled experiments AND research to back up the importance of feeding corals? I'm pretty sure there have been.

StirCrazy · #6 03-05-2006, 04:20 AM

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Originally Posted by albert_dao

Correct me if I'm wrong, but haven't there been controlled experiments AND research to back up the importance of feeding corals? I'm pretty sure there have been.

Only ones by coral food manufacturers

Most seam to use selective species for the test to inorder to get the results they want.

Steve

Snappy · #7 03-05-2006, 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by StirCrazy

Only ones by coral food manufacturers

Most seam to use selective species for the test to inorder to get the results they want.

Steve

I find this discussion quite interesting so I was hoping to see something on the link attached to your signature but when I click it a window pops up that doesn't open. I would love to see some pictures of your sps and if you have any that show the growth rates it would be a nice touch.

StirCrazy · #8 03-05-2006, 04:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Psyire

They can and will survive on light alone. (if it's bright enough)

However in the wild they actually recieve more energy from 'eating' than from light.

thats a pretty blanket statment.. I think something like depending on the depth and there location they may get more from eating than from light.

there are actualy several tests done in different areas and a few have showen that some SPS domanant areas actualy have very low nutreant levels in the water. So I would say thoes ones are getting more from the light.

Steve