Got a mushroom hitchiker and decided to pick up a brian coral as well. I have trop marin coral foods already. Have reef activ, reef snow, and zooton and phyton. How often would you guys recommend using reef snow and other than dosing both zooton and phyton twice daily do you guys recommend any extra stuff?
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aggie13reef
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How old is your tank and what lighting and size? Personally I don't feed my corals anything and they do just fine. I feel sometimes people over-do the coral food when feeding which could cause nutrient overload in your tank.
Reef Frog
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Twice per day sounds like way too much and may drive algae blooms at some point. A light dusting of zooplankton with a turkey baster once a week or so is fine when you see the tentacles out on the brain. It can be beneficial & promotes growth. Depending on species & polyp size, meaty foods like mysis are ideal.
Most stony corals don't utilize fee floating phytoplankton, although it may be a food source for feather dusters, some pods, etc.
If you choose to feed lots of planktonic sized foods regularly, be sure you vacuum detritus and consider a filtration method that can remove the old uneaten portions that find their way to the live rock and sand.
Most stony corals don't utilize fee floating phytoplankton, although it may be a food source for feather dusters, some pods, etc.
If you choose to feed lots of planktonic sized foods regularly, be sure you vacuum detritus and consider a filtration method that can remove the old uneaten portions that find their way to the live rock and sand.
Dkuhlmann
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It's called Nassarius snails both the small ones and the big ones. But you have to buy both, they are two different species. Don't forget the worms that live in the rock.
