Target feeding candy coral

[coil1002]

Been reading on candy cane coral was wondering what you use to target feed them ?

 

[jake65]

I usually wait til the lights go off then I turm my flow off and turkey baste them with a little mysis so there sweepers can grab it more easily. Just have to keep my shrimp off them for a few minutes...lol

 

[CarlaW]

Looks like Jake has got you covered here, I myself have never really made a point of target feeding mine, but I do know that they will readily accept frozen brine also.

 

[Scooterman]

I never fed mine either.

 

[jake65]

I usually wait til the lights go off then I turm my flow off and turkey baste them with a little mysis so there sweepers can grab it more easily. Just have to keep my shrimp off them for a few minutes...lol

Granted..I only do this once a week...

 

[Brenden]

I use plankton about once a month the way jake described. Not needed. Only do it when I am bored.

 

[morgan]

i target feed all differnt corals on the vary rare occasion
i feed trachys, euphillya, goniopras

 

[brianblack]

I target the trumpets and welsi after the lights go off and they are extended. I do it when I think of it prolly once a week.

 

[dnjan]

I usually wait til the lights go off then I turm my flow off and turkey baste them with a little mysis so there sweepers can grab it more easily. Just have to keep my shrimp off them for a few minutes...lol

If you put something out for the shrimp first, they will be less likely to steal from the corals you are feeding. (at least that worked for mine)

 

[tike]

I target fed my trumpet for the first year I had it I used mysis shrimp that I fed to each head with tweezers. It had 5 heads then...3 years later it has over 50!

 

[coil1002]

Thanks for all the replies. I will get some mysis and see if I can get that to work. Mine extends its feeders about an hour before the light shuts off so I will try then

 

[dnjan]

If you feed while the lights are still on, you may need to fight the fish off as well.

 

[coil1002]

Well I fed it this eve and dang never thought those polyps could get so big. Luckily I have no fish in the tank so it was not to traumatic keeping the hermits off. I just fed them some and they left it alone. I was worried at first that mysis would be too big but the coral made short work of them.

 

[brianblack]

Glad to hear it. Keep us posted how it grows!