How often to feed Millepora

[nystang]

I decided to feed it with Brightwell Zooplanktos-S so my questions is, how often. Is it OK to feed it every other day? The polyp extensions is very good now but I would like to see more grow so I assume feeding will help.

 

[Allmost]

how is the color ?

what is the po4 and no3 ?

you can feed the system if you feel like they are starving, but feeding extra would just increase po4, and as result lower calcification. have to find that fine balance.

 

[nystang]

Both are 0. The color is very slowly coming back as this millie was very stressed due to low temperature during shipment. So I'm trying to help it as much as I can.

 

[Allmost]

keep parameters stable, and let it recover before wanting to jack up its growth.

 

[nystang]

Thanks. I've heard color recovery due to low temp may take even 5-6 months. Do you have any experience with this?

 

[Allmost]

depends how far gone it is. but much much faster, given PERFECT conditions.

I had an acro, it was beaten and eaten by red bugs, all its polyp were gone, skeleton was really thin and it was brown ... came back within 2 months.
just aim for stability and perfect water conditions. it will recover fast.

 

[nystang]

Thank you. Really appreciate your input.