Target Feeding question - Aquarium Advice

Betsy · 04-21-2008, 06:59 PM

Hi I am a newbie and am quickly becoming addicted to finding info about my new pets. I have a sun coraL and I am wondering what is the best (easiest! or is that even possible?) way to target feed. I have him in a cave like setting that I was told they like. My sun coral was a nonresearched addition to my tank and I have learned not to do that now, as they are for experienced people and not newbies -- oops

Thanks
Betsy

pat8you · 04-21-2008, 07:41 PM

Betsy - here is a link to another thread about sun corals. He talks about how he uses a 2 L pop bottle to target feed his sun coral. I've heard of others just using a turkey baster (new and cleaned) and others who remove the coral from the main display for a short period and put it in a bowl with the main tank water and target feed it there.

Jimbo7 · 04-22-2008, 10:53 AM

If you do it right and have the time devoted to be able to feed them regularly they are not a hard coral to keep persay. When i first got mine for the first week i would take it out into a small tupperware container filled with tank water and made sure every polyp got fed. After about a week or so the coral learned to open all my itself whenever there was food in the tank. The above method that pat posted is a pretty common one with the 2 liter. Many people use that method in conjunction with phyto-feast and mysis with great results. how about some pics?

Betsy · 04-24-2008, 12:53 PM

Thanks everyone all of this is very helpful!

Do you feed every day?

Betsy

**melosu58** · 04-24-2008, 01:12 PM

I only feed mine a few times a week. Every two or three days. I just feed mine with a syringe minus the needle.

kay-bee19 · 05-03-2008, 09:54 AM

It takes time, but I target feed the polyps of my sun coral mysis shrimp one by one with a tweezer.

Betsy · 05-03-2008, 02:00 PM

Hello everyone,

This is all so helpful!

When you say you feed it with tweezers do you mean a special kind of tweezers. I have the long big ones that I got at the pet store. They are rather clunky and hard to coordinate. Do you take it out of the tank and put it in a container to feed it?

Thanks
Betsy

kay-bee19 · 05-03-2008, 02:53 PM

Regular tweezers from the cosmetic or make up section at the store and feed invidual polyps like a bird feeding its chicks.

It's fed in the tank, though when I first got it I removed it from the tank and fed it in a bowl.

Betsy · 05-03-2008, 04:33 PM

One more question.

What do you feed them?

Thanks
Betsy

Innovator · 05-03-2008, 04:56 PM

Mysis, krill, roe, minute shrimp or fish chunks, etc.

04-21-2008, 06:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
Betsy Aquarium Advice Apprentice Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 33	Target Feeding question Hi I am a newbie and am quickly becoming addicted to finding info about my new pets. I have a sun coraL and I am wondering what is the best (easiest! or is that even possible?) way to target feed. I have him in a cave like setting that I was told they like. My sun coral was a nonresearched addition to my tank and I have learned not to do that now, as they are for experienced people and not newbies -- oops Thanks Betsy

04-21-2008, 07:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
pat8you Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Daytona Beach, FL Posts: 397 Images: 5	Betsy - here is a link to another thread about sun corals. He talks about how he uses a 2 L pop bottle to target feed his sun coral. I've heard of others just using a turkey baster (new and cleaned) and others who remove the coral from the main display for a short period and put it in a bowl with the main tank water and target feed it there. __________________ 12gal saltwater w/ 17 lbs live rock 48 watts PC 50/50 bulbs (10k/Actinic) ocellaris clown, green clown goby assorted corals

04-22-2008, 10:53 AM	#3 (permalink)
Jimbo7 Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Chicago, Il Posts: 77	If you do it right and have the time devoted to be able to feed them regularly they are not a hard coral to keep persay. When i first got mine for the first week i would take it out into a small tupperware container filled with tank water and made sure every polyp got fed. After about a week or so the coral learned to open all my itself whenever there was food in the tank. The above method that pat posted is a pretty common one with the 2 liter. Many people use that method in conjunction with phyto-feast and mysis with great results. how about some pics? __________________ 90 Gallon Reef Tank 55 Gallon Seahorse Tank Frag_Tank

04-24-2008, 01:12 PM	#5 (permalink)
melosu58 SW 10 yrs and over Community Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Richmond Va Posts: 11,260 Images: 73	I only feed mine a few times a week. Every two or three days. I just feed mine with a syringe minus the needle. __________________ View My Tanks Click here to Visit FantasyReef

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04-24-2008, 12:53 PM	#4 (permalink)
Betsy Aquarium Advice Apprentice Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 33	Thanks everyone all of this is very helpful! Do you feed every day? Betsy

05-03-2008, 09:54 AM	#6 (permalink)
kay-bee19 Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 109 Images: 4	It takes time, but I target feed the polyps of my sun coral mysis shrimp one by one with a tweezer.

05-03-2008, 02:00 PM	#7 (permalink)
Betsy Aquarium Advice Apprentice Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 33	Hello everyone, This is all so helpful! When you say you feed it with tweezers do you mean a special kind of tweezers. I have the long big ones that I got at the pet store. They are rather clunky and hard to coordinate. Do you take it out of the tank and put it in a container to feed it? Thanks Betsy

05-03-2008, 02:53 PM	#8 (permalink)
kay-bee19 Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 109 Images: 4	Regular tweezers from the cosmetic or make up section at the store and feed invidual polyps like a bird feeding its chicks. It's fed in the tank, though when I first got it I removed it from the tank and fed it in a bowl.

05-03-2008, 04:33 PM	#9 (permalink)
Betsy Aquarium Advice Apprentice Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 33	One more question. What do you feed them? Thanks Betsy

05-03-2008, 04:56 PM	#10 (permalink)
Innovator Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 947	Mysis, krill, roe, minute shrimp or fish chunks, etc.