Aminos Vs. Food

[platax88]

Hey guys! My 180 BB has been running undetectable NO3 an PH4 for a bit now and I am starting to see that my corals are hungry and would like to see if i can push color a bit more. I used to float betweeen 1-5ppm of NO3 for quite a while.

I have what i consider a small bio load for my size tank, husbandry and skimmer size. The fish-load is 3" PBT, 3" Regal tang, 4" Foxface, 1 perc, 2 chromis, and they are already well-fed so the answer is not to feed them more for me.

SO the question is should i do the AA route or sps specific meals? The reason i am considering AA is because foods such as Roti-Feast and Oyster eggs is dead and why pollute the water with food that can decay if gone uneaten. I have a bottle of Elos Omega AA that i have yet to use... should i give it a try by starting with 1/3 dose?

Thanks!

 

[MikeandNicole]

I have had good success with aminos along with Zeo vit coral vitalizer and Zeo pohl extra. Got very good polyp extension and growth dosing all three.

 

[platax88]

Thanks! I just dont want to start dosing a bunch of stuff. Are AA not enough alone to do as they advertise?

My dosing today consist of: 2 Part, MG, 1 drop of Loguls/day

 

[RickMartin]

you could soak the fish food in the AA

 

[platax88]

I already soak my food in Zoe a few times a week... Zoe's lable says that it contains vitamins and aminos, are these the same aminos as we add for corals? I guess an amino acid is an amino acid, right?

 

[MikeandNicole]

I know Brightwell has aminos for fish and for corals, two different products. The fish amino works great for target feeding LPS. I believe that the coral aminos are more for SPS, but I could be wrong. Dose with the amino and see how your corals react and go from there.

 

[platax88]

Thanks Mike... I'm just a bit concerned about the long-term use. Haven't been able to find any info from my research. Has anyone here used them long-term... maybe +5 years?

 

[ROR]

Would you be healthier eating AAs or a nice juicy steak? Coral polyps are structured for eating and digesting solid food. SPS can survive on fish poop alone, but I find they are healthier with a little meat in their diet. I feed Coral Frenzy every 2 or 3 days... mostly because I'm too lazy to make my own.

 

[platax88]

yeah, i'd opt for the perfectly marbled 16oz ribeye! Good way of looking at it.

Another thing that worries me is the long-term use of AA in the system. I think i will give Oyster eggs and roti-feast a shot.

 

[MikeandNicole]

We use oyster eggs as well a few days a week, we get really good polyp extension when we feed.

 

[luther1200]

I like Oyster Feast, everything seems to really like it when I feed it.

 

[oneradtek202]

i feed my tank pe mysis and it works fine. i think i did see a little bit more color when i dosed brightwell AA. i dosed for only 3 months

 

[CleveYank]

I like Oyster Feast, everything seems to really like it when I feed it.

Given you do not want to really get into a dosing scheme (you posted that somewhere in the middle).

This suggestion Oyster feast may actually be one of the better things to try.

In the nutural reefs I do not believe there is amino dosing.

But given the captive nature of our reefs an ocassional shot of aminos might be helpful in conjuntion with a small size food item like the Oyster feast.

This way, things will stay in the nice low nutrient sweet spot you're at.