Feeding Corals?

[falynharris]

Ok, when we bought our tank, it had already been set up and the owner had passed away so no one really told us what to do. We have been dong great with it, and between talk to several people we have most of it figured out. Except what to feed the corals. It came with 2 bottle of Two Little Fishes priducts one called phytoplan and the other called zoplex. What are the products, do I need them both, and what are they for? And What's the difference???
HELP????

 

[thud]

Phytoplan is a spray-dried blend of several strains of phytoplankton. The intact cells aren`t living, but when rehydrated, they are a microencapsulated source of color-enhancing beta-carotene and astaxanthin pigments, vitamins, amino acids and essential fatty acids. A concentrated food, much more economical to use than live phytoplankton. High in DHA. Ideal for filter feeding invertebrates like soft and stony corals, anemones, feather duster worms, clams, sponges, and turnicates. PhytoPlan simulates food webs in closed aquariuium ecosystems and, with daily addition, promotes the development of zooplankton. Soak dried foods in PhytoPlan to boost nutrition value. 1 oz. continer. Recommend dosage: 1/4 teaspoon (spoon provided) per 20 gallons daily.
After searching google, ZOPLEX seems to be calcium for the corals.

 

[falynharris]

So how often do they need the ZoPlex?

 

[stanlalee]

to answer your question we need to know what kind of corals. Coral feeding range from nothing (ex: xenia) to large chunks of meaty seafood (ex: candycane) and everything in between. what size is the tank and what do you have for lighting? My corals dont get supplementary feeding. they have to catch food whenever I feed the fish (which is twice a day anyway) or whatever nutrients are desolved in the water itself.

 

[falynharris]

We have an anemone, and lots of mushroom polyps, and something that looks like little spikey flower centers and there is like 50 of them on a rock (we don't know what they are, they came with tank) and two tree looking things but they are kinda of light brown. (same deal). It's a 200 gallon tank. And we have a REALLY awesome lighting system that have 3 metal halides 2 HVO's and little lunar lights that are pretty cool.

 

[stanlalee]

Originally Posted by FalynHarris
We have an anemone, and lots of mushroom polyps, and something that looks like little spikey flower centers and there is like 50 of them on a rock (we don't know what they are, they came with tank) and two tree looking things but they are kinda of light brown. (same deal). It's a 200 gallon tank. And we have a REALLY awesome lighting system that have 3 metal halides 2 HVO's and little lunar lights that are pretty cool.

We have an anemone: any meaty food (skip the plankton food). silversides, krill, squid ect.
lots of mushroom polyps: feed nothing. If you have large ones like elephant ear you can for kicks.
spikey flower centers: could be pipe organ or GSP

no need to feed either directly
tree looking things: no need to directly feed most leathers/tree's. with that lighting they should grow quickly.
so basically all you need to feed is the anenome (or get a clownfish to host it and it will feed it).