best coral food

[zaireguy]

Hi
I just placed a order for jeffs 9 for 99.Now what is the best food to feed them? I have some of kents invert food.But is there something better? I got some mushrooms.leathers,a bubble and such

Working my way to acros(color color)

thanks
Ron

[Doug1]

Ron the shrooms and leathers will prolly get food directly from the water(dissolved organics) I would use the invert food sparingly, too much can lead to water quality issues
The LPS corals will appreciate a chunck of shrimp or silversides

[R1Bill]

Ron,

Like Doug says, feed sparingly and test your water for nitrates often to see how much your feeding your tank can handle. I like clams better than shrimp or fish for nutritional value. But variety is better. I use mostly blender mush:

white fish meat
clams
oysters
shrimp
selcon
nori

throw in blender and shred finely. Throw it in a ziplock bag, flatten it out and freeze it. Then break of al little piece to feed. I feed about 10 minutes before lights out. That way the fish get some and the corals get the rest.

The most excited I've seen my corals get is with coral heaven from: http://www.ipsf.com/

when my hands have grease/oil/dirt on them from working on cars, etc, and I don't want to get my hands in the tanks, I use DT Phytoplankton or bioplankton from liquidlife.

see:

Dr. Ron Shimek:

http://www.aquarium.net/0197/0197_4.shtml

http://www.aquarium.net/0297/0297_6.shtml

Having said all of that, shrooms and leathers should be able to get enough from the water and your fish feeding. When you get more corals, then you should look into feeding. Also, if I was going to do it again, I wouldn't mix leathers and SPS in the same tank. Too much chemical warfare and therefore water changes.

Good Luck!

Bill