SPS food?

I followed conventional forum wisdom and tried to rely on fish poo to feed my SPS, ended up starving half my frags. I only had two fish of course. ;)

If you have a low mass of non-coral inhabitants, I think its important to add some sort of extra food source. I've been having good luck mixing oyster eggs (Coral Frenzy I believe) with amino acid supplements.
 
fish poo or if no fish zooplankton small like rotifiers and oyster eggs. NOT phytoplankton unless you are using it to grow out the rotifiers and zooplankton that eat the phytoplankton.
 
Coral Frenzy is what the local LFS carries. 17.99 for a very small container of it.

I like to support the local places, but I'm better off getting it offline with my testing equipment & Ca. They carry Kent Marine Magnesium, but no Ca or any of the associated tests.
 
I use the Prodibio full system, zeovit sponge power, zeovit coral snow, aminos, and VSV. In this system, I have many fish, an over-sized skimmer, and all the fun bells and whistles... Having the ability to keep sps happy in terms of growth is one thing, but being able to find complete balance in your system is another feat in itself... Feeding the corals continuously is going to raise the over all nutrients in your system, which may fuel an algae outbreak if not careful. This is why so many bb sps gurus have many fish, way overated skimmers, and simply feed a large fish population and skim the leftovers out. With this said, you still will see a rise in nitrates, and phosphates, which will retard growth, and brown out your colors. However, some sps tanks have reported running up to 15ppm on nitrates and are captivating with outstanding color, usually zero on PO4. So, in my longwinded approach to provide my opinion, look to control parameters, and as long as you do so, feed your fish well, add coral feeding foods if necessary, and maybe some aminos, and focus really on control of nitrates, phosphates, calcium, alk, and mag for starters. Good luck, post the pics once you are up and running....
 
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