Making a drip feeding system for corals

[Montaquelaveist]

Hello every one so i am always looking for new ways to maintain consistency in my tanks now I'm looking for a way to have food for my corals dripped into the tank all day everyday. And before everyone says not good your gonna raise this and that, My idea was to take the amount that i feed weekly and just have that amount drip into the tank, so instead of two or three larger feedings they will have food in the tank all the time. So my levels shouldn't be affected that much, just trying to see if anyone else has done something similar and what were the outcomes Good or Bad

 

[Smotz]

I like the idea but coral feed typically needs to be refrigerated.

 

[Montaquelaveist]

I like the idea but coral feed typically needs to be refrigerated.

the ones i use say that they dont need to be refrigerated and i even contacted the vendor themselves and they said it doesn't need to be chilled to keep freshness i did think about that

 

[Silkyslim]

Thinking out loud -Maybe you can run a doser w larger a tubing. Have the food in a sealed container. Food would have to be small pieces not clog the tubing.

 

[SantaMonica]

I am a big fan of continuous feeding, even for fish. That's how the reef operates. If the coral food is a liquid, you can dose it with a peristaltic dosing pump that is capable of 0.1 ml doses. That's a small amount; most pumps start at 1 ml which is a lot food at once if you dose every hour.

Once source for 0.1 ml pumps is used medical "enteral feeding pumps". They can be found online: http://www.ebay.com/bhp/enteral-feeding-pump

I've use the Zeevex one a lot; if you mod the plastic tube by removing the internal "strainer" then it rarely clogs.

 

[arnaldolex]

I have a medical grade pump with 3 different units on it to dose that can do that if you wanna trade it's just sitting in my closet

 

[reefiness]

im just going to drop this right here.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ0qNlJpymk

note this is not mine, i just happened to come across it the other day and thought it was awesome.

 

[imcrazyy0]

Yeah I built that same thing off that YouTube video but I made my own Venturi anyways it works great !!!

 

[brick-brothers]

Yeah I built that same thing off that YouTube video but I made my own Venturi anyways it works great !!!

do you have pix of yours?

 

[ravi197699]

it is great idea and every that is required for this project is easily available..

 

[sealtea116]

the ones i use say that they dont need to be refrigerated and i even contacted the vendor themselves and they said it doesn't need to be chilled to keep freshness i did think about that

What type do you use I would love something that doesn't go in the fridge

 

[jcs11236]

You can use a apex Dos as well.
Here's a video
http://youtu.be/kkmuvTREK6k

 

[Ekimabba23]

ive used marine snow but has to be refrigerated which one do you use that doesn't