elegance coral

[coolreefer]

Needing some input on feeding elegance coral, so far all mine is willing to eat is myistic shrimp, any suggestions??

[cath]

Welcome to TRT, coolreefer. I don't know about feeding elegance coral, but I'll go wake up some folks from their Sat afternoon naps

[crvz]

That's a typical diet. How's the coral look? Do you think it needs something more?

And welcome to TRT!!!

[JennM]

Welcome to TRT!

You could try a variety of things... zooplankton, cyclops (aka Cyclop-eeze), enriched brine shrimp...

They like a fairly high nutrient content in their water - so a bit 'dirty' is good for them (although maybe not good for your other inhabitants)...

Tell us a bit more about your tank

Jenn

[luvmylo]

if you haven't done tons of reading already, I would go ahead and start. There's a guy on here named elegance coral that's really smart on this stuff. Do a search for him and start reading. WELCOME TO TRT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Elegance Coral]

Thanks for the props, luvmylo.

Elegance corals feed on just about any marine meaty foods like fish or shrimp. Try to avoid the phosphate Laden foods from you grocery store. They don't feed on plankton, so small particles in the water normally don't cause a feeding response from these corals. This is a very poor video of me feeding some of my Indonesian Elegance corals. I need to make a new one. A little wiggle of the food in their tentacles will mimic a struggling prey animal and cause a stronger feeding response.

[Brocnizer]

Originally Posted by Elegance Coral

Try to avoid the phosphate Laden foods from you grocery store.

I feed my Anemone fresh shrimp from the grocery store. So its loaded with phosphates?

How is it different from the shrimp I would by frozen from the LFS?

[Geoff]

Welcome to TRT!!!



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[Loverotties]

Welcome to TRT! If it's new it mite take a couple days.What are your water perimeters?

[Elegance Coral]

Originally Posted by Brocnizer

I feed my Anemone fresh shrimp from the grocery store. So its loaded with phosphates?

How is it different from the shrimp I would by frozen from the LFS?

I was having problems with my Elegance corals discharging the shrimp I purchased from the grocery store prematurely. They would keep it down for a day or so, then discharge an ugly mass of half digested shrimp. I checked the little white sticker they put on the package of "fresh" shrimp. There was a warning stating that it may contain phosphates as a preservative. I then tested my aquarium water for phosphate and it was negative. I took the test solution and poured it over a small piece of shrimp in a bowl and the solution turned dark purple on contact. I stopped using food from the grocery store and my Elegance corals stopped discharging their food prematurely.

[ReefPlayground]

I feed a number of things. I make a mixture of aquarium water, marineplankton, cyclops, rotifeast, arctipods, baby brine, and mysis. I target feed this 3-5 times a week. Haven't lost a single elegance coral on this regiment yet.

[luvmylo]

Originally Posted by Elegance Coral

Thanks for the props, luvmylo.

YW

[Brocnizer]

Originally Posted by Elegance Coral

I was having problems with my Elegance corals discharging the shrimp I purchased from the grocery store prematurely. They would keep it down for a day or so, then discharge an ugly mass of half digested shrimp. I checked the little white sticker they put on the package of "fresh" shrimp. There was a warning stating that it may contain phosphates as a preservative. I then tested my aquarium water for phosphate and it was negative. I took the test solution and poured it over a small piece of shrimp in a bowl and the solution turned dark purple on contact. I stopped using food from the grocery store and my Elegance corals stopped discharging their food prematurely.

WOW!!!

[tony9758]

Wow a video response to your question.....
Awesome!