Feeding Open Brain

[tlo]

If no feeding tenticles are being sent out, a good way to get them feeding is to cut the top off a 2 litre pop bottle and place it over the coral and drop some food in, on lthe coral. (the pop bottle prevents stealing from shrimp/fish etc and also prevents the current from taking it away) Once the food has sat on the coral for a while( it can sometimes take a few hours) it should start sending out it's tenticles. You may need to do this several times b/f it starts to do it on its own. The best time to do it is at lights out.

[toxic111]

I keep mine Mysis every 2-3 days. For me I get the best results in the morning, since the 'tentacles' come out about 30minutes after the atinics go out, and I am already off to bed by then.

[Myka]

I feed all my "feedable" LPS and anemones in the evening. All the feeder tentacles come out about an hour before lights out. I feed them Piscine Mysis twice a week. Just recently I started feeding the smaller polyped LPS that can't take in a chunk of mysis (like Favia, and an odd type of brain coral) I turn the pumps off and mix 1/8 tsp Coral Frenzy in about 1/4 cup tank water, then use a turkey baster to suck that up, and target feed them. I only do the Coral Frenzy thing once a week. Also, my tank gets dosed with ZEOvit Pohl's Coral Vitalizer and Sponge Power daily.

[fkshiu]

Silversides are a bit too big for LPS. Stick to mysis and feed in low/no light and low/no flow (pumps off)

[TrailFish]

Thanks everyone. I'll try the pop bottle method to see if I can induce regular feeding response with Mysis. Hopefully this will wake up the feeding response.

Cheers.