Anyone feed their corals weird things?

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  1. cement_skis

    cement_skis Sea Dragon

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    I know it sounds dumb, but the other night I was taking out this bristlework from my tank. He was about 2 inches long and it slipped from my tweezers and landed into my acan. At first I wanted to leave it in there because the acan took to the worm really fast (I even had a hard time pulling the worm out), but wasn't sure if the acan would get hurt. Anyone feed their corals bristleworsm?

    So what other weird things has everyone else fed their corals? Accident or not?
     
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  3. ZachB

    ZachB Giant Squid

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    My corals like midnight snacks of cocoa puffs and lucky charms.
     
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    Aqualung Stylophora

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    Mine eat paint chips, just like me!
     
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    Screwtape Tonozukai Fairy Wrasse

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  6. cement_skis

    cement_skis Sea Dragon

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    Honestly, I ket the thought linger in my head for about 10 seconds before pulling the worm out of the Acan and he already had about 1/4" of the worm down the hatch! : )
     
  7. cement_skis

    cement_skis Sea Dragon

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    Not anymore for my corals. I got tired of my kids putting mcdonalds fries and chicken nuggets in there. So we have a strict "No Non-organic food" policy for our tank now. : )
     
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  9. oceanparadise1

    oceanparadise1 Fire Squid

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    When i go to red lobster, i always bring home the crab knuckles and feed that to all my fish and corals.
     
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    Gresham Great Blue Whale

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    Bad idea. Many shellfish are soaked in a type of phosphate to add weight.
     
  11. oceanparadise1

    oceanparadise1 Fire Squid

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    Ive been doing it for a while with no add verse affects yet, i take the meat out of the shell, but yea so far so good lol maybe i should rethink this thou huh