Should I be adding phytoplakton?

[tikireefer]

I just bought a bottle of Dt's Phytoplankton based on the suggestion of a LFS. I have not been adding any to my tank and I was wonder if this is something that I should be using. I have a 46 gal tank. 55lbs of LR. Lots of zoos, GSPs, Mushrooms, an anemone, Kenya tree, hammer coral, devils hand, and a few frags of acropora. Do you guys add it? If I do add it should I use it as often as the bottle suggests which is every other day? Thanks

 

[gotfish8]

Personally I would not use it unless you have clams. use cyclopeez to feed the stuff you have.

 

[tikireefer]

I am just wondering why I should not be adding it? Will it cause algae growth? What is cyclopleez?

 

[Pufferpunk]

I spot feed a mix of DT's, Cyclpoeeze & Rod's food every other day. Keep an eye on your nitrates.

 

[Naperville Reef]

I have a 20L with a 10 gallon sump and i dose 5ml on M, W, F and Sunday. I feed the tank a small piece (dime size) of Rod's Food every day and have zero issues with algae.

i'm not sure if my SPS or zoas consume the DT's but I believe the critters in the sand bed do.

 

[Sullyman]

Frozen Decapods, get the frozen, not the freeze dried. Small crustation, good food for lots of things.
I don't use dt's but a lot of people do, try it and see if you see any positive reactions. It is beneficial to your sandbed residents.

 

[Teremei]

and your live rock inhabitants (tiny pods)

 

[Rod Buehler]

DTs: great stuff. And if you really want to see the sand bed critters boom, you should try the new blend. Great stuff.

 

[Pufferpunk]

Rod, I'll get some, next time I'm out there. Dog racing starts in April, in Elburn, so I'll be out your way monthly during the warmer months! What's in the new blend?

 

[Rod Buehler]

its called "premium reef blend". The new species is Phaeodactylum tricornutum which is a diatom and like his oyster eggs, should hlep us feed some of the more difficult to keep creatures.

 

[Pufferpunk]

I'm for that!