How should I feed my filter feeders?
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kiefers
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Originally Posted by tirtza http:///t/390839/how-should-i-feed-my-filter-feeders/20#post_3463304
ewwwww......I wonder if that's real sushi being served to people?! I can see the eyes and everything! I love sushi and I'll eat just about anything, but not if I can see its' face. Yuck!
LMAO
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Originally Posted by tirtza http:///t/390839/how-should-i-feed-my-filter-feeders/20#post_3463304
ewwwww......I wonder if that's real sushi being served to people?! I can see the eyes and everything! I love sushi and I'll eat just about anything, but not if I can see its' face. Yuck!
LMAO
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kiefers
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Originally Posted by tirtza http:///t/390839/how-should-i-feed-my-filter-feeders/20#post_3463309
Have you seen the commercial about saving money.... the dad is sitting at a table eating sushi w/chopsticks and the daughter comes in holding her fish bowl and asks if he's seen her missing gold fish....lol
oh yes, hahahaaaaa.
Goldfish, the snack that smiles back!
Originally Posted by tirtza http:///t/390839/how-should-i-feed-my-filter-feeders/20#post_3463309
Have you seen the commercial about saving money.... the dad is sitting at a table eating sushi w/chopsticks and the daughter comes in holding her fish bowl and asks if he's seen her missing gold fish....lol
oh yes, hahahaaaaa.
Goldfish, the snack that smiles back!
tirtza
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So the timer turned the lights off in the aquarium, and I just fed some cyclops to my Candy Cane coral (it's little tentacles were out)
-I sucked up a little tank water in a turkey baster
-defrosted 1/2 a cube of cyclops in the turkey baster/water
-turned off the skimmer
-squirted the Candy Cane
-squirted the Kenya Trees (I probably shouldn't have done this since you guys said they would get enough already... right?)
The Candy Canes closed right up after I squirted them. Is this normal? Is it because they actually got some food or is it because my greedy little Skunk Cleaner Shrimp rushed over and started climbing all over them?
-I sucked up a little tank water in a turkey baster
-defrosted 1/2 a cube of cyclops in the turkey baster/water
-turned off the skimmer
-squirted the Candy Cane
-squirted the Kenya Trees (I probably shouldn't have done this since you guys said they would get enough already... right?)
The Candy Canes closed right up after I squirted them. Is this normal? Is it because they actually got some food or is it because my greedy little Skunk Cleaner Shrimp rushed over and started climbing all over them?
kiefers
Active Member
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Originally Posted by tirtza http:///t/390839/how-should-i-feed-my-filter-feeders/20#post_3463320
So the timer turned the lights off in the aquarium, and I just fed some cyclops to my Candy Cane coral (it's little tentacles were out)
-I sucked up a little tank water in a turkey baster
-defrosted 1/2 a cube of cyclops in the turkey baster/water
-turned off the skimmer
-squirted the Candy Cane
-squirted the Kenya Trees (I probably shouldn't have done this since you guys said they would get enough already... right?)
The Candy Canes closed right up after I squirted them. Is this normal? Is it because they actually got some food or is it because my greedy little Skunk Cleaner Shrimp rushed over and started climbing all over them?
I could be wrong, but why are you feeding the tree?
You have to spot feed very slowly. If to fast the coral will close up. I typically give my bllod shrimp and skunk shrimp some of the goodies to keep them busy while the corals eat.
Originally Posted by tirtza http:///t/390839/how-should-i-feed-my-filter-feeders/20#post_3463320
So the timer turned the lights off in the aquarium, and I just fed some cyclops to my Candy Cane coral (it's little tentacles were out)
-I sucked up a little tank water in a turkey baster
-defrosted 1/2 a cube of cyclops in the turkey baster/water
-turned off the skimmer
-squirted the Candy Cane
-squirted the Kenya Trees (I probably shouldn't have done this since you guys said they would get enough already... right?)
The Candy Canes closed right up after I squirted them. Is this normal? Is it because they actually got some food or is it because my greedy little Skunk Cleaner Shrimp rushed over and started climbing all over them?
I could be wrong, but why are you feeding the tree?
You have to spot feed very slowly. If to fast the coral will close up. I typically give my bllod shrimp and skunk shrimp some of the goodies to keep them busy while the corals eat.
flower
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Originally Posted by tirtza http:///t/390839/how-should-i-feed-my-filter-feeders/20#post_3463320
So the timer turned the lights off in the aquarium, and I just fed some cyclops to my Candy Cane coral (it's little tentacles were out)
-I sucked up a little tank water in a turkey baster
-defrosted 1/2 a cube of cyclops in the turkey baster/water
-turned off the skimmer
-squirted the Candy Cane
-squirted the Kenya Trees (I probably shouldn't have done this since you guys said they would get enough already... right?)
The Candy Canes closed right up after I squirted them. Is this normal?
LOL...back when I first strated out I had Xenia, I squirted some coral food and they closed up, I thought they didn't like the sudden cold, since I kept it refrigerated. I mentioned it to my fish guru. He chuckled at me a little and explained that corals catch the food and close up around it. The flower is out to do just that, when we spot feed they close up around the food trapping it. HOWEVER...they also close up to defend themselves. If your shrimp went to eat the food, the coral would close before getting any, since they have to be bloomed to feed and grasp the food to begin with.
Kiefers is correct as usual...feed your shrimp something to occupy them....and feed very slow, all at once makes a cloud and the coral closes, they have no eyes to know what is there so close to them...release a very little to let it get a taste..then a little more about the same amount every few seconds...if it closes wait until it reopens. This only works if the coral is out and bloomed waiting on food to pass by. A closed coral can't feed.
A better feeding gadget is a gizmo called a seasquirt...it is a long version of a turkey baster with a smaller opening at the tip and you won't have to put your hands in the water because it telescopes out to become longer.
Originally Posted by tirtza http:///t/390839/how-should-i-feed-my-filter-feeders/20#post_3463320
So the timer turned the lights off in the aquarium, and I just fed some cyclops to my Candy Cane coral (it's little tentacles were out)
-I sucked up a little tank water in a turkey baster
-defrosted 1/2 a cube of cyclops in the turkey baster/water
-turned off the skimmer
-squirted the Candy Cane
-squirted the Kenya Trees (I probably shouldn't have done this since you guys said they would get enough already... right?)
The Candy Canes closed right up after I squirted them. Is this normal?
LOL...back when I first strated out I had Xenia, I squirted some coral food and they closed up, I thought they didn't like the sudden cold, since I kept it refrigerated. I mentioned it to my fish guru. He chuckled at me a little and explained that corals catch the food and close up around it. The flower is out to do just that, when we spot feed they close up around the food trapping it. HOWEVER...they also close up to defend themselves. If your shrimp went to eat the food, the coral would close before getting any, since they have to be bloomed to feed and grasp the food to begin with.
Kiefers is correct as usual...feed your shrimp something to occupy them....and feed very slow, all at once makes a cloud and the coral closes, they have no eyes to know what is there so close to them...release a very little to let it get a taste..then a little more about the same amount every few seconds...if it closes wait until it reopens. This only works if the coral is out and bloomed waiting on food to pass by. A closed coral can't feed.
A better feeding gadget is a gizmo called a seasquirt...it is a long version of a turkey baster with a smaller opening at the tip and you won't have to put your hands in the water because it telescopes out to become longer.
flower
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Originally Posted by Kiefers http:///t/390839/how-should-i-feed-my-filter-feeders/20#post_3463461
I HAVE to look in to those sea squirts!!
It is #1 on my must have gadgets. Made by Kents marine.
Originally Posted by Kiefers http:///t/390839/how-should-i-feed-my-filter-feeders/20#post_3463461
I HAVE to look in to those sea squirts!!
It is #1 on my must have gadgets. Made by Kents marine.
meowzer
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Originally Posted by Kiefers http:///t/390839/how-should-i-feed-my-filter-feeders/20#post_3463461
I HAVE to look in to those sea squirts!!
I HATE MY SEASQUIRT....Yes....they are long, BUT have no power.....I usually use a regular baster and just reach!!!!!
Originally Posted by Kiefers http:///t/390839/how-should-i-feed-my-filter-feeders/20#post_3463461
I HAVE to look in to those sea squirts!!
I HATE MY SEASQUIRT....Yes....they are long, BUT have no power.....I usually use a regular baster and just reach!!!!!
flower
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Originally Posted by meowzer http:///t/390839/how-should-i-feed-my-filter-feeders/20#post_3463561
I HATE MY SEASQUIRT....Yes....they are long, BUT have no power.....I usually use a regular baster and just reach!!!!!
Seriously??? I love that gadget and use it every single day to feed my horses. I removed the tip so the mysis wouldn't clog it up because it was meant for liquid. It's lots easier than soaking the mysis, and pouring it into a 1 inch tube...just draw the food into the seasquirt and the horses come right to it, and will eat right from the tip of the tube. Then I hold the tip just above their head and let it flow down like rain above them as snick up their meal.
It even has measures on it. I blast my rocks clean with it as well...the trick is to squeeze the bulb and then release it to pick up the liquid and draw the food into the tube....still holding the bulb, place it in possition and slowly squeeze to release.
How much "power" do you need to feed a critter?
Originally Posted by meowzer http:///t/390839/how-should-i-feed-my-filter-feeders/20#post_3463561
I HATE MY SEASQUIRT....Yes....they are long, BUT have no power.....I usually use a regular baster and just reach!!!!!
Seriously??? I love that gadget and use it every single day to feed my horses. I removed the tip so the mysis wouldn't clog it up because it was meant for liquid. It's lots easier than soaking the mysis, and pouring it into a 1 inch tube...just draw the food into the seasquirt and the horses come right to it, and will eat right from the tip of the tube. Then I hold the tip just above their head and let it flow down like rain above them as snick up their meal.
It even has measures on it. I blast my rocks clean with it as well...the trick is to squeeze the bulb and then release it to pick up the liquid and draw the food into the tube....still holding the bulb, place it in possition and slowly squeeze to release.
How much "power" do you need to feed a critter?
meowzer
Moderator
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Originally Posted by Flower http:///t/390839/how-should-i-feed-my-filter-feeders/20#post_3463567
How much "power" do you need to feed a critter?
LOL......You can never have enough POWER......
I also use it for blowing debris off rocks, and it just can't cut it......maybe I just have a bad one....LOL....Wouldn't be the first time
Originally Posted by Flower http:///t/390839/how-should-i-feed-my-filter-feeders/20#post_3463567
How much "power" do you need to feed a critter?
LOL......You can never have enough POWER......
I also use it for blowing debris off rocks, and it just can't cut it......maybe I just have a bad one....LOL....Wouldn't be the first time
flower
Well-Known Member
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Originally Posted by meowzer http:///t/390839/how-should-i-feed-my-filter-feeders/20#post_3463572
LOL......You can never have enough POWER......
I also use it for blowing debris off rocks, and it just can't cut it......maybe I just have a bad one....LOL....Wouldn't be the first time
LOL...I blast my rocks all the time...but remember I removed the tip...so it's kind of modified. I don't have any corals to spot feed. I use mine to feed seahorses and blast the rocks. It worked great for spot feeding corals when the tip was on it, and it has that little spear to hold a chunk of shrimp in place for the anemone to eat.
Originally Posted by meowzer http:///t/390839/how-should-i-feed-my-filter-feeders/20#post_3463572
LOL......You can never have enough POWER......
I also use it for blowing debris off rocks, and it just can't cut it......maybe I just have a bad one....LOL....Wouldn't be the first time
LOL...I blast my rocks all the time...but remember I removed the tip...so it's kind of modified. I don't have any corals to spot feed. I use mine to feed seahorses and blast the rocks. It worked great for spot feeding corals when the tip was on it, and it has that little spear to hold a chunk of shrimp in place for the anemone to eat.