What food for filter feeders?

What species of Mushroom?  Most don't need to be fed.  I wpuldn't bother trying to target feed the Kenya either.

For the Candy Cane the Mysis and Cyclops will work just fine.  Wait until you see the feeding tentacles.  That will usually happen just after lights out or after you have fed the rest of the tank.  It will get by without feeding but it will grow a LOT faster if you target feed it.

some folks, me included, sometimes spot feed their corals and these shrooms as well. You can feed them mysis, brine, or pellets. Some don't feed at all.

When spot fed, these mushrooms will fold up and slowly trap their food in and swallow it down. I have 3 different varieties of shrooms including blue and purple. I do spot feed when I feed my sun coral.

So, entirely up to you.

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Originally Posted by Bang Guy 

What species of Mushroom?  Most don't need to be fed.  I wpuldn't bother trying to target feed the Kenya either.

 

For the Candy Cane the Mysis and Cyclops will work just fine.  Wait until you see the feeding tentacles.  That will usually happen just after lights out or after you have fed the rest of the tank.  It will get by without feeding but it will grow a LOT faster if you target feed it.

I concur

most of then mushrooms get enough food from your tank that spot feeding is redundant and actually does little more than add more pollution to your tank.

The Mushroom is a Discosoma sp.

The feeding tantacles will typically come out after the main lights are turned off or a few minutes after you feed the rest of the tank.  They're not usually very long for Candy Cane Coral but the length can vary quite a bit.  Are you feeding the tank Cyclop-Eeze?  Squirt a few at the Candy Cane to see if you can prompt it to extend feeding tentacles.

Here's a picture I took of a Candy Cane that is ready to feed:

I agree with bang and used to feed cyclopeeze to my corals.  I used frozen, cut a small part off, put in in a turkey baster and squirted each coral.

I also used go culture micro algae on rotifers for the true filter feeders as well.

my .02

Yes, brownish things.  The mouth is in the very center and the feeding tentacles form a loop on the head.

Tentacles retracted:

It will help a lot to have the waterflow off.  And you can feed any minced raw seafood.  Scallops, shrimp, whitefish, squid, etc.  You might find those to be more affordable than store bought fish food.  Mysis and Cyclops are very good though, just not very cheap.

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Originally Posted by tirtza 

 

 

I still haven't seen any feeding tentacles....at least I don't think I have. What do they look like? How long are they? How should I feed it? I really hope it's not starving to death while I figure this out.

 

 

Here is my candy cane looking for a good meal:

The only time I see them like this is hours after lights out, and they usually come out twice the length shown here.

Sometimes they will come out a little during light hours if I have just fed the tank heavily.