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FEEDING IN A MARINE AQUARIUM

Marine fish

  • A more varied and complex diet than that of freshwater fish
  • In the wild, reef fish eat throughout the day → multiple small meals are best

Seafood:

  • Mysis, Artemia, cyclops
  • Krill (for large fish)
  • Nori seaweed (for tangs/marine herbivores)
  • Marine pellets
  • Live copepods (for mandarin fish and certain hard-to-keep fish)

Corals

SPS and LPS corals feed on organic matter in the water and through photosynthesis.

Types of coral feeding:

  • Zooplankton: Rotifers, copepods, Artemia nauplii (for LPS with large polyps)
  • Phytoplankton: Microalgae for filter-feeding corals (gorgonians, sponges)
  • Liquid food: Reef Energy (Red Sea), Polyp Lab Reef-Roids, Coral Frenzy
  • Powdered/suspension food: BRS Reef Chili, Brightwell Coral Amino

How to Feed Corals:

  • Turn off the power for 5–10 minutes
  • Apply food directly to the polyps using a pipette or syringe
  • Restore circulation
  • Unconsumed food increases PO4/NO3 → do not overfeed