Hair Algae eating Coral in My Rock Tank

[Aqua Pro Builder]

Just wanna share some of the sightings


1)Tug of War for Food
2)Note the center brown color, it's more brown after It eat hair algae a day ago
3)Eating freshly picked(picked by me not the coral) hair alglae
4)Trying to swallow the whole thing a minute later (and algae blenny is puzzling when do they start to compete for algae-ADDED FISHY THOUGHTS.)

 

[Deanos]

How are these inverts 'picking' hair algae in clumps with tentacles oriented for capture of food via the water column? Are you spot feeding them? Also, I thought most corals were carnivorous in nature :scratch: Yours seem like vegetarians.

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

How are these inverts 'picking' hair algae in clumps with tentacles oriented for capture of food via the water column? Are you spot feeding them? Also, I thought most corals were carnivorous in nature :scratch: Yours seem like vegetarians.

I guessed most but not all.

They were eating meat all time until yesterday I try to freshly hand pick some hair algae and see if these seemingly aggressive coral will like veggie as well. So I feed them and they instantly eat them. But if the chunk is not big enough, they would not be as eager. I feed them again by just letting the hair algae flow by it. they grab it right the way.

 

[aaron23]

hahahahaha very cool

 

[heuerfan]

Momma always told you to eat your spinach.......

 

[Jared2]

what kind of corals are they?

 

[scarf_ace1981]

pretty cool wing. i was watching one of my aptasia last night and a clump of algae that i had removed from the return nozzle fell on the aptasia, unlike yours it did not eat it.

are you sure they are digesting the algae or are they spitting it back out when you are not watching? just like kids do w/ their veggies. LOL

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

pretty cool wing. i was watching one of my aptasia last night and a clump of algae that i had removed from the return nozzle fell on the aptasia, unlike yours it did not eat it.

are you sure they are digesting the algae or are they spitting it back out when you are not watching? just like kids do w/ their veggies. LOL

Good that they are not kids, they do digest it and pretty fast too. You forgot I watch my stuff somewhat 4 hours a day. Strangely though, despite they do eat a lot of meat in the past they do not grow fast. I have to dig out my old pics to compare. Can't tell if they have grown bigger or not. Isn't it funny when a guy like me who like to keep photo journal but don't know jack about taking photos(proven! everytime when I try to take pics of good looking ladies) and extremely messy with where I put them.
Not sure if they are slow growing or they are meant to eat veggie - just JOKING.

Despite slow growing, I do have 3 babies so far.

 

[ezee]

Wingo,

I believe algae surface area is probably a breeding ground for a lot of tiny animals.

E

 

[noodleman]

:lol2: past one of thsoe over here, i got plenty of algae to shove into its mouth:tongue1:

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

:lol2: past one of thsoe over here, i got plenty of algae to shove into its mouth:tongue1:

Recently, there's no need to spot feed them, some how, my rock tank have free flowing hair algae everyday. My turbos, damsels, and whaetever else in the tank are tearing the algae forest into pieces and I see the corals eating them all the time now. Everytime, I try to feed them after the other tanks, I found them having their mouth full of algae, so I have stop feeding them as much. They still look very healthy and may even bigger than when I started this thread.

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

what kind of corals are they?

Dendro I believed.

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

Wingo,

I believe algae surface area is probably a breeding ground for a lot of tiny animals.

E

Agreed

 

[Deanos]

Dendro I believed.

More likely Cup Corals. Were they hitchhikers?