too much flow?

[joeycadre]

i was thinking about a 15000k but since the bulb on the tank is a 20000k i decided to stick with that for the time being. i don't want too many factors coming into the mix, i'd rather deal with one at a time.

 

[joeycadre]

oh and the tank is only 17 inches deep. would a lower k be too much?

 

[Racenrich]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7722037#post7722037 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by King-Kong
As already stated the size of phyto is well below the minimum range for SPS.

Feed DT's oyster eggs instead.

..and yes, Cyclop-Eeze seems to be too large.

king,
how come they sell the DT's Phytos for SPS then? ive been using that for about a year now....are you saying that i have wasted money on this stuff? please explain for me. thanks


ive also been using the "reef bugs"...WOW is all i can say on that food!

 

[LBCBJ]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7722147#post7722147 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Racenrich
king,
how come they sell the DT's Phytos for SPS then? ive been using that for about a year now....are you saying that i have wasted money on this stuff? please explain for me. thanks

Where do they claim this? If they do, then it's something called marketing. You say that the phyto has been beneficial for your SPS, how do you know this? Have you exaimed the gut of one of your SPS? Good PE or coloring could be due to a myriad of factors.

 

[blide]

From DT's Website - http://www.dtplankton.com/phytoplankton/main.html

The primary benefit that the use of phytoplankton provides for stony corals is to increase both the population and nutritional value of zooplankton that corals prey on in the reef aquarium.

So basically phyto is for feeding zooplankton not SPS directly and most people don't have natural zooplanktion running around in their tanks.

 

[poopsko24]

sps do utilize phyto ......lots of articles on that .

 

[LBCBJ]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7722795#post7722795 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by blide
From DT's Website - http://www.dtplankton.com/phytoplankton/main.html



So basically phyto is for feeding zooplankton not SPS directly and most people don't have natural zooplanktion running around in their tanks.

Exactly, in nature this is the food chain, the phyto feeds the zooplankton which feeds the corals and fish. This would be difficult or near impossible to repilicate in an aquarium...I dont know and have never heard of anyone who has a self-sustaining population of zooplankton in their tank.

 

[LBCBJ]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7727695#post7727695 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by poopsko24
sps do utilize phyto ......lots of articles on that .

Have any "articles" to back that up?

 

[poopsko24]

my bad, I meant they do NOT, forgot that one word, important word.

 

[twon8]

I am not sure what "self-sustaining zooplankton" is referring to, but i haven't fed dt's for two+ years and my tank has all kinds of little life, There are many different pods, peanut worms, bristle worms, thousands of starfish, stomatella's everywhere, urchins keep appearing, im up to four now. So my experience tells me you don't need to feed the phyto to have large populations of microfauna in your tank. I am sure my sps love when the urchins spawn, that's great sps food.

 

[MrPike]

A refugium where things can consume the phyto then be sucked up into the main tank is the only thing missing from this. Otherwise, I tend to agree with the hay/rabbit/lion theory

 

[LBCBJ]

"self-sustaining zooplankton" = a thriving, reproducing population of zooplankton