oyster eggs? rotifers? What do you feed?

[shelburn61]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7043840#post7043840 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by MACH5
Shelborn61... remember that our tanks are infinitely smaller than the oceans therefore the nutrient content is always a lot higher. I believe that the water in our tanks (no matter how well skimmed and scrubbed) resembles more toxic soup than Fiji waters.

You're definitely right here. I should have been more clear with that statement. I was by no means comparing tank water to the ocean, but there is an enormous amount of food on the reef so corals have no problem getting the nutrition they need. Every tank is different but as some BB tanks show, tanks with aggressive skimming, carbon, ozone, etc. can become depleted in some "nutrients". It's all about replacing the good ones and removing the bad ones (i.e. Zeovit).

 

[DMK]

i see my sps capturing and consuming cyclopeeze 3 times a week w/ frozen rotifers. tank also gets DT's twice a week, and Pohl's coral vitalizer daily.

 

[PITSTOP]

"but there is an enormous amount of food on the reef so corals have no problem getting the nutrition they need."

Really? Then why is the water so clear? It was my understanding that tropical waters are relatively devoid of life compared to temperate/sub arctic waters.

 

[jman77]

There's an enormous amount of like in the tropical oceans. You can take a water sample and put it under an microscope and see all kinds of life .

 

[jwalters103]

the water is so clear because of the fact that reefs are excellant recyclers. one animals waste is anothers food. i should restate that---nutrient levels are so low becasue reefs are such excellant recyclers. clarity involves many other factors than presence of life or lack thereof

 

[Serioussnaps]

Cyclopeeze is good stuff for SPS. All of the frags ive ever grown reacted vigorously to it as well as consumed it. I like enriching it with Zoe and Selcon too. Also, no blender you can find can mince up mysis, mush etc.... to correspond with the MICRON argument. Every once in a while i feed some Dt's oyster eggs and phyto, but avoid it most due to it being a nutrient sink although it does work as a food source. Also, to produce the best food you can give your SPS-------FISHLESS REFUGIUM---PODS AMPHI, COPE, MYSIDS, LARVAE PLANKTON.... YOU NAME IT--- a refugium i wont be without on any reef tank

---and cyclopeeze does work

 

[MiddletonMark]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7053813#post7053813 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Serioussnaps
Also, no blender you can find can mince up mysis, mush etc.... to correspond with the MICRON argument.

I disagree.
Cyclops-eeze starts at 800-1200 microns in size [from what I've heard].

If my blender chops them into 5-10 pieces, that leaves them ranging from 80 -> 250 microns in size ... just slightly larger than the `ideal'.

I have zero doubt my blender makes them much smaller. Given they start at a range measured in microns ...

 

[shelburn61]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7053813#post7053813 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Serioussnaps
Cyclopeeze is good stuff for SPS. All of the frags ive ever grown reacted vigorously to it as well as consumed it. I like enriching it with Zoe and Selcon too. Also, no blender you can find can mince up mysis, mush etc.... to correspond with the MICRON argument. Every once in a while i feed some Dt's oyster eggs and phyto, but avoid it most due to it being a nutrient sink although it does work as a food source. Also, to produce the best food you can give your SPS-------FISHLESS REFUGIUM---PODS AMPHI, COPE, MYSIDS, LARVAE PLANKTON.... YOU NAME IT--- a refugium i wont be without on any reef tank

---and cyclopeeze does work

Maybe you were just feeding your fuge with the cyclopeeze and your corals were reacting to the ZOE and selcon instead?

Can someone point me to these ideal micron size studies?

 

[PITSTOP]

no feed the sps....clean water, feed the fish only. save money to buy more salt and RO membranes for regular water changes

 

[shelburn61]

you need a better skimmer pittstop

 

[Sk8r]

another vote for fish poop and light. So far so good. Everything's growing and in good color...but I've never believed in a squeaky clean tank, and I've got a big load of micro-stuffs in a lot of very live corallined rock.

 

[fishypets]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7055849#post7055849 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Sk8r
another vote for fish poop and light. So far so good. Everything's growing and in good color...but I've never believed in a squeaky clean tank, and I've got a big load of micro-stuffs in a lot of very live corallined rock.

This was my thinking also for about 4 months. Then one day a few people pointed out that my sps were lacking color. I figured my nutrients were high so I tested and found they were SUPER low. I started feeding somewhat heavy and now my color is great. I also skim very wet.