Feeding Coral's Question

[Mikenroe]

Hi there, i have a mixed reef, but it is slowly becoming more SPS dominant. I know the importance of keeping good water quality and parameters. However, I have been experimenting with red sea's coral color additives, and yes i did buy the test kit. I haven't seen much difference in the colors of my corals, however i only add in really small doses twice a week of 1.5 mL of each part A-D. I wish my corals popped more. I have 3 AI Hydra Lights, I run 2 bags of Chem Pure Elite in my sump, and use a sock as well. I had read from someone that he started to supplement his tank daily with plankton and all of his SPS corals and others as well just came to life with better growth and better color. Is there any truth to this? Also what product would be good to use. like frozen reef plankton, or something in a bottle? All my parameters at last checked, two days ago were great, 0 NO3, 0 PO4, Ca 430, Alk 8.0 (little low for me), Mag 1365. Any thoughts on wether or not i should start adding plankton? and if so, what product would you all recommend?

 

[Mikenroe]

I appreciate all the views, however does anyone have any advice or would any of you like to chime in on this?

 

[Tweaked]

It's just that there are thousands of these post and many get tired of answering. While I'm familiar with the colors program, I never used it. How many fish you have in that big tank? I see your nutrient levels are low, do you dose the red sea energy? I would feed fish more and get some aminos and vitamins going.

Have any pics of the tank?

 

[Mikenroe]

Tweaked! Thanks for the reply! I am sure a lot of people in here are sick of answering that question. I probably should have done some more research. However to answer you question I have a fair amount of fish. Probably 15 to 20 off the top of my head. My levels are low however I just started to feed more, as if this week. Once in the morning and once at night. I do not use the reef energy by Red Sea, however one of the guys at a LFS suggested that I use the bright well product Koral Colors, coral Aminos, and also use the phyto green and zooplankton all by bright well. I'm familiar with bright well as I use their alk, ca, and mag. I like their products a lot. Any other suggestions would be great. Thanks in advance and I'll also start looking at some of the other post that others have written on this subject.