How often do you feed your hard corals?

[jkhudson]

I just added a small acro and a medium sized monti to my softs and small aro frags. I have been feeding them 2 caps of DT's and 2 caps of marine snow. Should increase the amount or frequency or leave it alone?

 

[Russ Braaten]

I think most people don't feed their corals, just the fish and let the corals feed on that.

 

[VCoo71]

all i have found with the DT's is that i would have to clean my glass more often...i have never tried the marine snow.... i just rely on strong lights...feed the fish....and have been using prodibio....but thats a whole diffrent can of worms

charlie

i am thinking about trying out the tropic marine essential elemets both K and A......always something new to try i guess

 

[mskohl]

hey charlie,
I read a little about that on Iwan's thread. What do you think about the prodibio? Have you had the same results?

stephanie

 

[captbunzo]

I am a big fan of DTs. Now, I have NO idea if dumping it in my tank is actually accomplishing anything. I would think, however, that the marine snow is useless, or worse then useless as it is just dead stuff that is going to degrade in your tank.

I may be wrong, though...

 

[VCoo71]

stephanie

i started after reading about Iwan results...i was trying everything i could to get the acros colored up like they use to be before i went to the barebottm....they have started to color back up but i have also added sand back in so its hard to say which one has helped the most.....i will keep using it until my supply runs out..around another 3 months then make my final prodibio judgement.....i can say one thing for sure that after i add the reefbooster the polyps go nuts....the other additives are just bacteria and bacteria food so it cant hurt

charlie

 

[jkhudson]

What's "prodibio"?

 

[VCoo71]

it is kinda like zeovit but without the reactor.....you add bacteria's to bring the nitrate,nitrite,and phospate levels down to zero and then add a food back..ammino acids,fatty acids,vitamins,carotenoids that the stony corals need/want
it is kinda new in the US but not quite as conterversial as zeovit

charlie

 

[eddybabyhd]

i am a huge fan of all the tropic marine products, as charlie mentioned. They have an awesome Pro Mineral, and thier elements. Dont know the science behind it. But everytime I read an awesome tank success story. that name is dropped at least once.

 

[jkhudson]

Is there a place to buy the stuff locally?

 

[eddybabyhd]

i always get mine from thatfishplace. I am about to try the pro coral type a and type k. I just spent like 2 hours reading a thread about this product

i think charlie was tossing this idea as well

 

[VCoo71]

that fish place said they have discontinued the A they still have the K but i had to find the A elsewhere......you might try AquariumGuys.com i found its pretty hard to find these addatives here in the US

charlie