Torch feeding

[Wilky]

As i fed the tank earlier i noticed the torch catch a full PE mysis shrimp. I know that it will catch bits of food, but this was the first time i have ever seen a coral catch a large peice of food and i spent a good half hour watching it manouver it into one of its mouths and devour it.





It now looks more inflated than i've ever seen it, i'm really happy with how this coral is doing it was a decent sized frag when i got it from Fishmans but was a single head starting to take shape into 3, its now got three full heads.

After watching this its made me think that i should be target feeding the LPS and rics for the best health, how often should i do this? once a week maybe or less?

[The Heathen]

ive never spot fed any lps Ian ..just let them do what yours has done, feed naturally....

[LTD]

Feed the flow - look after the water.

[Midland-marine]

I only target the goniapora i have simply because i want it to grow nice and big, it likes lobster eggs best

Regards

[AJLittle]

Brilliant

[Homer]

ive never spot fed any lps Ian ..just let them do what yours has done, feed naturally....

what al's said

[Miggsy]

If your daily or weekly frozen batch of particulate food is made up of a little of something for everything then there is no need to feed a coral.

I know it's been said before .. but can you even imagine that a dead shrimp ( or similar ) would ever land on a coral and stay on it long enough to be devoured. Every moving critter on the reef would get it first.

Calanus / red plankton / oyster eggs / lobster eggs / phyto etc are small enough for the corals to take and eat straight away. Anything is false husbandry.