Feeding meaty foods

[Zack]

I have some corals like a hammer, anemone, cup coral, and a open brain. I have been told to feed meaty foods but only the open brain seems to hold on to it. I am feeding sliver slidesabout 1"-2" long. What should I do?

[Pineapple House]

Feed other foods.

Not everything will take to silver sides. It likely doesn't stimulate the anemones stinging cells, which means it won't take to the food. Try to feed what they would eat in the wild; Zooplankton, krill, silver sides, lance fish, squid, and shrimp.

What anemone is this?

PH =)

[HoopsGuru]

For the hammer coral, a 1-2" silverside is far too big. You need pieces no larger than 1/4" at the most, preferably smaller.

Here is a good LPS recipe:
LPS Recipes: very finely minced meats of marine origin will be accepted by many LPS corals. Note: Although some species will sting and draw whole prey or large pieces of meat (chunks of shrimp, whole small fishes like silversides, etc.) it is not necessarily useful or even safe to do. We must remember that corals are sightless stinging animals that may not be able to initially assess the suitability of prey size. Keep in mind that unnaturally large chunks of food like those occasionally offered by aquarists would never make their way through the water column on a wild reef with so many sighted creatures in wait. Often times, prey that is too large appears to be grabbed and ingested but is later (at night) regurgitated in a mucous ball of waste. An aquarist with the habit of feeding prey that is too large may be led to believe that they are adequately feeding their charge but must ultimately watch the animal starve to death! Again, with all corals, the particle size of prey is a critical matter. For guidance, offer no zooplankton substitutes larger than 6mm. Smaller is most always better as a plankton substitute. Nutritious staples include thawed fresh-frozen gammurus, mysids, pacifica plankton, minced shell-on shrimp (much protein to be had in the chitonous shell), and minced krill. Live natural plankton from a refugium is an excellent supplement as well. Course media in fishless refugia for the cultivation of amphipods and like fauna is highly recommended. Refugiums plumbed upstream will overflow nutritious creatures nightly into reef aquarium displays.

[SPSphreak]

Hey Zack,
This is a great fish and coral food recipe....
Go to your seafood market. Buy one piece of fish, a few shrimp, and a couple of other meaty treats. Then buy a small bag of baby spinach and some Zoe made by Kent Marine. Put the seafood along with a few pieces of baby spinach and 3 or 4 squirts of zoe in a food processor. (you can also add garlic to help fish with ICH) Blend everything until it is a little more runny than oatmeal. Put the mix in a large freezer bag and lay it flat on a tray. Make sure it is in a thin layer (this makes it easier to pinch off a small piece.) Place the tray in the freezer and let it freeze. Remove the tray and you have GREAT fish and Coral food!! This is not only cheaper than buying food, but your inhabitants will love it.

As far as feeding just put a little piece in saltwater and let is break up then feed.

To feed your anemone, you can suck up a piece into a turkey baster and gently squirt it onto the anemones tentacle. Be sure to keep the turkey baster squeezed until you remove it so that you will not suck up the tentacle.

Do you have a clownfish? When I had a clown, I only gad to feed the anemone a few times and then the clown started feeding it. I had a bubble tip anemone and a maroon clown.
Hope this helps
Scott