need some suggestions please

[ninjazx777]

i am setting up a 25 gal 18"x18"x18" cube tank for nps. i am planning on keeping dendros, sun corals, tube anemones, and maybe some gorgans.

i plan on having constant feeding. i have the return going through a mini fridge with a bubble magus tripple doser feeding the return. it is hooked up to a 1000+ gal system that i am still working on. here is the build thread http://www.greateriowareefsociety.org/Forums/tabid/78/aft/26318/Default.aspx

my questions are

can you please recomend me a good magnetic stirrer?
what foods do you recomend me feeding through the doser and how much?

thank you

 

[Reef Frog]

Not sure on the stirring. Interesting project.

Just wanted to point out that the dendros, sun corals & tube anenomes don't need constant feeding or planktonic sized foods. They're meat eaters & are happy with mysis, finely chopped raw shrimp, black worms etc. I own all of the above & they are easy to keep if fed well.

The NPS Gorgs would be a different story however.

If you're going to feed plankton sized dead foods like ouster eggs & zooplankton preparations, it's advisable to have good mechanical filtration and/or other export methods like WCs, a good PS etc. all figured out. Dead food decays quickly & low nutrients are essential to NPS Gorg survival as pest algaes & cyano will often grow on them like crazy, smothering their polyps, even in an otherwise spotless tank.

 

[noy]

I have a tank with quite a few sun corals (i have a thread in this forum) and i have 2 gorgonians - a purple (frag) and red.

Sun Corals won't thrive just on constant feeding - they need to be target fed and with meaty items per Reef Frog. I don't think their nematocysts react to small (planktonic) foods.

I don't keep anemones in my tank (110g) because i'm afraid they will wander and sting my sun corals. I had a euphyillia kill a few heads before i moved it.

Can't help you with the stirring.

I have to say i am more of a fan of target feeding even for the gorgonians. Like Reef Frog says, the gorgonians are a challenge especially if you have low water volume. You will need a big skimmer to keep your water pristine.

As for food i use a mixture of reef roids and freeze dried cyclopeez and DT (separately). I also rely on fish poo.

 

[ninjazx777]

Filtration isn't an issue the system has a huge skimmer and over a 1000 gal total water volume