How do you feed your Euphyllia?

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How do you feed your euphyllia?

Poll closed Apr 30, 2013.
  1. Target feed with mysis, brine shrimp, or other meaty foods.

    3 vote(s)
    25.0%
  2. Target feed with Cyclop-eeze, Reef Chili, or other zooplankton.

    2 vote(s)
    16.7%
  3. Broadcast feed with Cyclop-eeze, Reef Chili, or other zooplankton.

    3 vote(s)
    25.0%
  4. Nothing. I feed the fish and they get what they can scavenge.

    7 vote(s)
    58.3%
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  1. HeiHei29er

    HeiHei29er Gigas Clam

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    Just curious what everyone does to feed their torches, frogspawns, and hammers. I have some that are starting to show reduced tentacle size. I want to make sure they're getting enough nutrition.
     
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  3. Chance

    Chance Bubble Tip Anemone

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    Euphyllia are photosynthetic, I have never fed mine and they are always growing and branching.

    Right after the lights turned on.

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  4. FatBastad

    FatBastad Zoanthid

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    I target feed PE Mysis once a week or so.
    I also use Reef Chili every now and then.
     
  5. LoJack

    LoJack Sea Dragon

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    I don't target them ... I just let them scavenge what they can when the cyclopeeze hits the tank. I also used to use Reef Chili from BRS ... but due to some new stupid law, BRS can't ship food across the border anymore. I guess its just Cyclopeeze and mysis now. Stupid borders lol
     
  6. PghSteeler

    PghSteeler Tassled File Fish

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    Im wiuth fat*******. I do reef chili a few t iems a week broadcast feeding, and also target with mysis or other meaty food once or twice a week when I feed my elegance coral.
     
  7. sailorguy

    sailorguy Torch Coral

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    I tried feeding my frogspawn some mysis last night.It seemed to capture it so I waited about ten minutes for it to feed but as soon as I turned the pumps back on most if not all of the food seemed to be swept away.
     
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  9. Marshall O

    Marshall O Giant Squid

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    I feed mine weekly; they seem to like small pieces of Mysis best. The only problem is I have to stand guard as they are slow eaters and my PITA cleaner shrimp is relentless...
     
  10. HeiHei29er

    HeiHei29er Gigas Clam

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    +1 on this. I gave up and now feed mine right from the tube until they've had their fill before moving on to the corals.
     
  11. FatBastad

    FatBastad Zoanthid

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    give him much longer than 10 mins then. I leave my pumps off for an hour or more after I target feed to make sure they're getting it into their mouths. My shrimp need to be fed too because they'll take it right out of my corals mouths like little pig punks.