noobtothereef
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Maybe Mucho reef can chime in because i have seen some of his posts and he is very knowledgeable.
Ive read many different posts about feeding znp's. Some say target feed this and some say feed that, some say dont feed, some say have dirty water etc...... some say they thrive in pristine sps tanks etc....
I have been keeping a few zoa's for about 1 month now and also have a shell with some mint green paly's on it. The zoa's were hitchhikers on a small rock and have not propagated yet but are always open and very colorfull. The mint green paly's on the other hand grow like eeds, i started with maybe 10 polyps and probably have 30 now. I think im going to remove them because they are not going to fit my overall goal of my z and p garden and will overun it. Im not sure what my zoa's are called as i cannot find anything on the net/zoaid etc that look like it, one colony is orange skirt with a speckly blue face and orange mouth, the skirts are nice and tight and not real frilly , the other colony is yellow skirts with a red face and yellow mouths.
From my understanding in a natural enviroment the nitrates/phosphates are basically at 0 in the ocean as its all being used up, but some say they get better growth with higher nitrate/phosphate levels, i agree with this as z and p's use photosynthesis and eat like any other plant, but on the other hand some say they eat plankton.......... im confused
Im not looking for another debate on the tons of different ways to increase z and p growth, im just looking for ideas of what i should do to get them to propagate.
tank parameters
120 gallon tank, 90 gallon sump with 30 gallon fuge(sump total-about 70gl)
150lbs marco dry rock
1.026 salinity
8.0-8.1 ph
9 kh currently
450ppm calcium
1400ppm mag
0ppm ammonia
0ppm nitrite
10ppm nitrate
.25ppm phosphates
my nitrates raised some after a vacation and the filter sock ran without getting cleaned daily and also phosphates raised also, i think my tank sitter fed heavier than i do, i just purchased a phosban reactor and adding phosban, my fuge has feather and grape caluerpa and cheatomorpha
also have 50 crabs and 50 snails currently
currently feeding nori and fozen select complete, fish are 2 black clowns
i was thinking of feeding reef chili to the tank, thoughts? what should i feed?
Ive read many different posts about feeding znp's. Some say target feed this and some say feed that, some say dont feed, some say have dirty water etc...... some say they thrive in pristine sps tanks etc....
I have been keeping a few zoa's for about 1 month now and also have a shell with some mint green paly's on it. The zoa's were hitchhikers on a small rock and have not propagated yet but are always open and very colorfull. The mint green paly's on the other hand grow like eeds, i started with maybe 10 polyps and probably have 30 now. I think im going to remove them because they are not going to fit my overall goal of my z and p garden and will overun it. Im not sure what my zoa's are called as i cannot find anything on the net/zoaid etc that look like it, one colony is orange skirt with a speckly blue face and orange mouth, the skirts are nice and tight and not real frilly , the other colony is yellow skirts with a red face and yellow mouths.
From my understanding in a natural enviroment the nitrates/phosphates are basically at 0 in the ocean as its all being used up, but some say they get better growth with higher nitrate/phosphate levels, i agree with this as z and p's use photosynthesis and eat like any other plant, but on the other hand some say they eat plankton.......... im confused
Im not looking for another debate on the tons of different ways to increase z and p growth, im just looking for ideas of what i should do to get them to propagate.
tank parameters
120 gallon tank, 90 gallon sump with 30 gallon fuge(sump total-about 70gl)
150lbs marco dry rock
1.026 salinity
8.0-8.1 ph
9 kh currently
450ppm calcium
1400ppm mag
0ppm ammonia
0ppm nitrite
10ppm nitrate
.25ppm phosphates
my nitrates raised some after a vacation and the filter sock ran without getting cleaned daily and also phosphates raised also, i think my tank sitter fed heavier than i do, i just purchased a phosban reactor and adding phosban, my fuge has feather and grape caluerpa and cheatomorpha
also have 50 crabs and 50 snails currently
currently feeding nori and fozen select complete, fish are 2 black clowns
i was thinking of feeding reef chili to the tank, thoughts? what should i feed?
