The benefits of coral food
A complex part of raising corals directly into saltwater aquariums is providing the right combination of foods to keep polyps alive and healthy. For many coral aquarists, feeding time means eating untidy frozen food and maintaining a feeding schedule from brin prawns and pHY to krill to keep corals happy. However, with the advent of Fauna Marine's pre-made coral food in North America, aquarium feeding has become much easier.
Why feed special food to corals?
There are two main reasons why coral colony owners use special foods in their aquariums: to keep the coral alive and healthy, and the gorgeous colors that are a part of the best coral colonies can so easily come out. If all goes well, the coral will even grow, further enhancing the overall aquarium setup.
The actual feeding of coral colonies is a two-stage matter. First, you need to draw the attention of the colony so that their polyps can open. Then you need to serve a portion of the food that keeps them interested for a long time to eat. Pre-made coral food, such as the German-based company Fauna Marine, provides the coral wall aquarium with everything it needs to keep most corals, including long-lived happy gorgonians and filter-fed corals.
How are these foods applied to corals?
Sometimes, you have to match the size of your coral food with the size of the burn. With the help of the Fauna Marine Ultra LPS series, feeding some stony corals with polyps can be as easy as scattering medium-sized pellets across the corals. Thus, individual polyps do not need to be fed targeted food, as all the polyps of the coral colony are connected together through the colon pathway and connective tissues and benefit from the feed.
In fact, the coral foods of the Fauna Marine are highly concentrated, so some colonies can get by with feeding twice a week. With greater concentration, the energy levels produced by Fauna Marine coral food are much higher than the same energy levels produced by normal fish food. Also, you no longer have to store your frozen coral food in your fridge or deal with the clutter of frozen food.
Fauna Marine Ultra LPS Grow & Color is a powdered food product, which can be mixed with food powder by mixing some water from the aquarium until it reaches a sticky consistency. There are warnings with Fauna Marine products that the powder cannot breathe, do not feed it to other pets or animals intended for human consumption, do not swallow their products and avoid contact of Fauna Marine food with skin or eyes.
What to look for in a good coral food
First, you want to apply a portion of your coral wall food that responds to your polyps and encourage polyps to feed good coral foods almost immediately, such as making tuna marinade. The size of the pellet is also important. Activity and Charles corals have very small mouths, so medium-sized foods are better for them than large-sized foods.
Another aspect of coral food that needs to be considered is tenderness. Coral polyps are soft-bodied animals and you want to buy food for them that can damage soft and sharp edgeless corals. When food reaches the water, Fauna Marine's food becomes sticky and soft, so empty polyps also enjoy the food.
It’s also important to give your corals a combination of food and minerals as close to its local environment as possible, and that’s what goes beyond the Fauna Marine. This company offers blends of mineral supplements, blends of organic biopolymers and blends that corals choose their best. Fauna marine coral foods also include carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, fats, antioxidants, omega-3 oils and marine proteins needed for a coral reef to maintain health and good color. Buyers of Fauna Marine coral food products have reported polyps that extend much further than their normal distance after a feeding session.
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