Sps Pe At Night

[reef keeper]

i took a look in the tank tonight right before I did my coral snow feeding. The polyp extension on the corals was INSANE. do you find this?

 

[reeferkeeper420]

Yeah always. Corals feed mainly at night.

 

[Kevin Tran]

Good stuff

 

[jroovers]

Yes, definitely... What I find amazing is how quickly SPS and other corals anticipate the lights out... even after a change in lighting schedule, the corals would quickly adjust and just before lights out, they would start extending their polyps anticipating the darkness.

 

[Kyle1970]

Many a nights I get caught up staring at the tank with the moonlights on. Sometimes breaking out the flashlight too!
Always a good time to check out the PE and to look for Nudi or other pests.

 

[Mitchellb]

What are you feeding the corals?

 

[reef keeper]

Either coral snow or reef roids

 

[Mitchellb]

Cool thanks


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[Reef Hero]

If you are feeding sps, try Oyster Feast..... Best thing I've found yet for sps


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[theyangman]

I mix some cyclopeeze with reef roids.

I have now ordered a few new things I plan on trying over the next few weeks for my corals.

 

[reef keeper]

Where do you get oyster Feast?

 

[reef keeper]

Just looked at the tank. All the sps has full pe. Crazy

 

[Reef Hero]

You should be able to purchase oyster feast from a Reef Nutrition dealer.


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[reef keeper]

Closest I can find is tonawanda ny

 

[Reef Hero]

Not sure who would be local or closest to you but I know Incredible Aquarium stocks a lot of reef nutrition products. I've seen it at sealife central in london too.


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[davesolo29]

I would think coral reef shop would have it.


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[Kman]

I like to take a turkey baster and blow where the rocks and substrate meet a few times a week. The corals love the sediment that comes up and the mechanical filtration takes it out of the water. Detritus is super nutritious and is made up of bacteria, particulate matter (POM), dissolved organics (DOM), uneaten foods, feces to name a few and is excellent food for the coral and it is small enough for for most corals to be able to eat.

 

[jroovers]

Not sure who would be local or closest to you but I know Incredible Aquarium stocks a lot of reef nutrition products. I've seen it at sealife central in london too.
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I've got it from IA before too, but not in a while. I stopped using it after a while as adjusting fish feedings up a bit is just as useful, easier, and less costly. That oysterfeast stuff really smells too.

I like to take a turkey baster and blow where the rocks and substrate meet a few times a week. The corals love the sediment that comes up and the mechanical filtration takes it out of the water. Detritus is super nutritious and is made up of bacteria, particulate matter (POM), dissolved organics (DOM), uneaten foods, feces to name a few and is excellent food for the coral and it is small enough for for most corals to be able to eat.

I agree that some of this stuff is good for the coral, but also a lot of other things like it too (cyano, hair algae etc.), hence why it is good to get it in the water column and get it filtered out. In terms of PE, the most usual response I have seen from SPS in response to basting, water changes, etc. is a pissed off defensive polyp extension response, as if the coral is under attack, as opposed to a feeding response. But that is just my experience.

 

[theyangman]

I like cleaning off my rocks right before a water change. The way my system is set up, the water is removed right off my drain line so the cloudy water goes right into the sink so I can just remove it directly instead of having it settle elsewhere or having to be removed mechanically via socks or skimmer.

 

[Kman]

I do it for a few reasons. Get the detritus out of my tank by mechanical filtration, protein skimmer and as a bonus it attaches to my Caulerpa roots to be used as a food source. This in turn is harvested out of my tank weekly and is a good way of nutrient export. Also to feed the corals. I get a lot of growth in all my corals regardless if they are sps, lps or soft just from doing this a few times a week. All my corals go super fuzzy right after i baster the crushed coral day or night. I don't blow directly on the corals. Anything that settles is quickly eaten up by my yellow eye tang. I do add food like cyclopeeze, reef roids, coral snow once in a while for a varied diet. But people tend to get carried away with those types of food. After all you are adding food into your system and not reusing what is already in the tank. I myself have never had my corals react negatively, even my sps.