roti/oyster feast
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Newly hatched brine shrimp nauplii are way better than any dead food IMO. $30-40 for a can of cysts that will last you years, even if you feed twice a week. If you decapsulate them and store them in brine in the fridge, you can hatch them in your tank water in 24 hours and it's a very simple process. Been very impressed with the results lately, you can watch your acro polyps eat them at night.
SPSEMPIRE
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has always seemed like a waste of money to me. You can always just use the oils from thawed PE mysis if you want some fatty oils to feed certain specsees. The oil will float to the top after the shrimp has thawed out in a cup of water. Take a turkey baster and manually skim it off the top.
cwazy clown
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I use oyster feed and in my 8g sps only tank.... I put 2 drops with every 4/5 days.
dzhuo
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SPSEMPIRE
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Is this still considered impossible?
very interesting
dzhuo
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Mine wasn't 8g but if you factor in rocks and equipment, it might be close. I also would not consider my SPS nano to be super successful but I wouldn't consider it a failure either. The funny thing is I was actually having more success (so far) than my current 150g. The tank was took down after a wedding.
Apologize for the OT sowellj.
therman,
What are the general set up required for hatching baby brine shrimp nauplii?
I also would not consider my SPS nano to be super successful but I wouldn't consider it a failure either. The funny thing is I was actually having more success (so far) than my current 150g. The tank was took down after a wedding.
Apologize for the OT sowellj.
therman,
What are the general set up required for hatching baby brine shrimp nauplii?
SPSEMPIRE
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seems like we are getting off topic but still interesting.
How long was your tank running for? Those look like really big acros for a nano tank. I'm guessing that they were grown out in another system for a bit, including the red mille on a maricultured plug.
Not saying that they cannot be kept alive in a nano tank but can they really grow well?
How long was your tank running for? Those look like really big acros for a nano tank. I'm guessing that they were grown out in another system for a bit, including the red mille on a maricultured plug.
Not saying that they cannot be kept alive in a nano tank but can they really grow well?
MammothReefer
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I use oysterfeast I bought a small bottle 5-6 months ago. Probably about 2/3rds left. I feed 2-3 times a week and squeeze a couple drops in front of each of my 3 powerheads at nite before I go to bed. I'm pretty irregular with it though If I miss a week, or feed a couple days in a row I don't think much about it. Although If I notice my nutrients are on the rise I stop using it until things settle back to where I like them.
dixiedog
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Well the instructions say "1-2 teaspoons per 100 gallons" per day, which covers a lot of ground.
Until recently, I was dosing about 1/2 teaspon per day in my 30 gallon SPS system. So I was about in the middle, or trying to be. Even with very minimal fish load, tons of flow, and an oversized skimmer, I've had cyano constantly. Not real bad, but constant. So I'll be cutting the dose to about 1/4 tsp per day, which is just under the minimum, per the instructions.
I'd like to raise my nitrates from zero up to 1 or 2, but it seems oyster feast alone may not be the way to do it.
BTW: initially I saw some improvement in the SPS but no more for the last 75% of the bottle.
Until recently, I was dosing about 1/2 teaspon per day in my 30 gallon SPS system. So I was about in the middle, or trying to be. Even with very minimal fish load, tons of flow, and an oversized skimmer, I've had cyano constantly. Not real bad, but constant. So I'll be cutting the dose to about 1/4 tsp per day, which is just under the minimum, per the instructions.
I'd like to raise my nitrates from zero up to 1 or 2, but it seems oyster feast alone may not be the way to do it.
BTW: initially I saw some improvement in the SPS but no more for the last 75% of the bottle.
That's his big tank. He also runs a 5X5X5" pico with an LED light rig.
I feed Oyster Feast and Phyto Feast in my tank. I mix up a soup of Oyster Feast, Phyto Feast, Coral Frenzy, Cyclopeeze, Formula 1 and 2, brine and silversides and feed the tank with that. The fish go nuts, my starfish go nuts, and my scoly and lobos open up like someone put a firecracker in them. At that point they get a silverside piece in their mouth. Seems to be working for me; corals look better than they ever have. It's pricey to buy the two bottled foods but since I'm mixing it with other stuff I use less than I would if I were using it alone so I simply ignore the cost. That also seems to work well in this crazy expensive hobby of ours.
Mike
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