Hungry hungry corals

A few photos of one of my reef tanks, the corals in here are all large polyped stonies that are non photosynthetic, so they need to be fed regularly and they don't need any light.

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INCREDIBLE! Thanks for sharing! I'm almost afraid to ask ;) but what do they eat?

Besides my paychecks up, pretty much anything small and meaty, usually mysis shrimp, bloodworms, chopped up silversides or squid. I feed the tank every other day or so, daily would make them happier but I'm just not that ambitious. These are easy NPS, no tiny filter feeders or anything that needs constant food.

Lovely Tubeastrea! And a serpent star -- those are way underrated.

What is the LPS to the right of the tube anemone?

That serpent star is amazing to watch, first time I've kept one but it was in need of a home and no one else from my reef club would take it lol! Think many fear them being predatory but alas mine has not shown any sign of wanting to eat that pesky clownfish.

I believe those are australopspammia, I bought them as balanophyllia but they aren't solitary. The "tube nem" is actually a rhizotrochus though, I did used to have a nice pink tube nem in this tank when I had it set up the first time round but I couldn't keep the two far enough apart to prevent war, they both have too much reach for a nano. I do have thoughts often of a deep sand bed tank dominated by them though, an amazing color rainbow and it'd be really low maintenance other than nutrient control.

The only serpent/brittle stars that I know to be reliably predatory are Ophiarachna incrassata (the green brittle) and the Tongan yellow Ophiocoma. I've had one of each and can confirm. The other smaller species and even Ophioderma squamosissimus (red serpent) can be trusted with fish and shrimp, as far as I've heard and experienced.