FrozenSurfer
Here Fishy Fishy
BUMP!!! This is a sweet thread
Lets see the Growth!!!
- Thread starter tekknoschtev
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reefkeeper59
In Memoriam
Culturing phyto is big on my list to do. I can put a $30 bag of phyto-cure in for one feeding. I surely can't afford that everyday.
I have about 200 zoo colonies,150 zoo frags, 18 sps colonies,179 sps frags. i'd go broke feeding everyday.
I have about 200 zoo colonies,150 zoo frags, 18 sps colonies,179 sps frags. i'd go broke feeding everyday.
sterling18
WMAS and HVReef Member
Just a bit of DT Phyto, once a week. I've seen some nice growth, maybe one to two a week for zoo polyp and same for my neon green clove.
BrianPlankis
Premium Member
My best zoo growth
My best zoo growth
My Tank:
started the tank on 01/28/2005
75 gallon, 15 gallon sump
Salinity: 1.025
Ca: 400-420
Alk: 8-10
2 175W MH 10,000K (5 hours)
2 110W VHO super actinics (8 hours)
Frag is on my sandbed.
Flow is moderate at 1600gph.
Here is the frag when I received it:
3 big polyps, 2 very small baby polyps
02/27/2005
Here is the frag on 5/10/2005
10 large polyps, 2 baby polyps
This is also the day I stopped feeding the tank DTs, haven't fed it since then and the growth on the zoos has slowed.
Here is the frag on 7/15/2005
13 large polyps, 3 baby polyps
I'm going to resume phyto feeding soon and add baby brine shrimp, we'll see if that helps any.
B.
My best zoo growth
My Tank:
started the tank on 01/28/2005
75 gallon, 15 gallon sump
Salinity: 1.025
Ca: 400-420
Alk: 8-10
2 175W MH 10,000K (5 hours)
2 110W VHO super actinics (8 hours)
Frag is on my sandbed.
Flow is moderate at 1600gph.
Here is the frag when I received it:
3 big polyps, 2 very small baby polyps
02/27/2005
Here is the frag on 5/10/2005
10 large polyps, 2 baby polyps
This is also the day I stopped feeding the tank DTs, haven't fed it since then and the growth on the zoos has slowed.
Here is the frag on 7/15/2005
13 large polyps, 3 baby polyps
I'm going to resume phyto feeding soon and add baby brine shrimp, we'll see if that helps any.
B.
celebrityovernight
Member
i have some of those green skirts w/ the orange mouths and they are a bit slow.... too bad they aren't as fast as those darn browns...
David4039
New member
I have DT's Phytoplankton, that I usually dose twice a week. I recently just got DT's Natural Reef Diet (Oyster eggs) and Phyto-Feast Live. As little as I have dosed... Most of my zoanthids have grown to 2 1/2 times what they where 3 months ago. I have the before pictures in my gallery, and I will try to get some after shots and post them both on here soon.
tekknoschtev
New member
Phenix 05 said:
The single biggest thing I've noticed for increased growth is stability and security. By that I mean stable tank conditions and the coral "knowing" that its not going to be fooled around with. When we moved things to the 150 we moved them around for about a week getting things just so (heck, who am I kidding, I still move things around) but the things that we dont move grow like crazy. Once things have been established for a few weeks, they seem to take off. After that, its happy fragging :-D
bkztrini465
New member
These came in on a rock with some yellow polyps, only had about 5 polyps of them to start with in very bad condition.
4-04
4-27
6-05
8-19 aka today
Turned out to be pretty nice, from what I thought were just some silly old browns. :-D
4-04
4-27
6-05
8-19 aka today
Turned out to be pretty nice, from what I thought were just some silly old browns. :-D
bkztrini465
New member
Hmmm...the directions say to shut your skimmer off?? I've never target feed anything in the tank. =X
