Button Corals

[itafx]

I just got a button corral frag at a fairly high quality SW only LFS in our area. The person helping me said they eat zooplankton. All I have right now is phyto plankton. Will they be ok on that?

 

[ccCapt]

Not sure what you call a button coral, could be a zoanthedea or palythoa. Regardless, what do you have that you need to feed phytoplankton and how much are you using?
This may be related to your other post on cyano.

 

[Sadielynn]

is this what you have button coral
it is a LPS it should take pieces of frozen mysis ,cyclopeeze

 

[itafx]

No. i think it's this: http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=670

 

[Sadielynn]

They just filter feed , they will eat bits of cyclopeeze and oyster eggs when I add them ...They do not need the phyto

 

[itafx]

Can I get away without feeding anything extra besides what they pick up on their own?

 

[Ziggy953]

Yes you can get by without feeding them anything extra. Most people don't feed their palythoas. I know I don't and they are growing like mad. You should be just fine. The phyto and zooplankton aren't really needed unless you have filter feeders that really need to be fed a lot.

 

[itafx]

I got the phyto for a fanworm - was told it needed it. I've been using one extremely small drop weekly.