Torch Poo?
- Thread starter Raibaru
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Nasty stringy brown. Just one long piece really. My skunk cleaner shrimp usually takes care of it. Infact, I'd rather not think about it 
As for feeding, I don't feed it often. Probably all it gets is flake food bits that float by if my chromis doesn't eat them all. I haven't spot fed or used cyclopeeze or phytoplankton suppliment for a month now probably.
As for feeding, I don't feed it often. Probably all it gets is flake food bits that float by if my chromis doesn't eat them all. I haven't spot fed or used cyclopeeze or phytoplankton suppliment for a month now probably.
No, same lighting. Is this a bad thing?
I can go back to feeding the cyclopeeze. I was mainly feeding it so my small oscellaris could eat. He refused to eat flakes and the pellets were still to big.
On days I feed cyclopeeze should I not feed my fish? Or should I spot feed the corals?
I can go back to feeding the cyclopeeze. I was mainly feeding it so my small oscellaris could eat. He refused to eat flakes and the pellets were still to big.
On days I feed cyclopeeze should I not feed my fish? Or should I spot feed the corals?
Shedding zooxanthellae isn't fatal, but it's not ideal. I'd just loose a little cyclopeeze in the tank as a whole, and do it at least every other day. I feed it daily in my 52, and it gives the fish a lot of exercise zipping about to get it. A pricier thing is Oyster Eggs [DT's] that also get a bit of a rise out of corals, and a little micro pinch of that goes a long way. If you have a blender---ooops, student, I see: you probably don't---you can puree some ordinary shellfish you can get at the market. It's hard to dice it fine enough with a knife. But cyclopeeze is one of the best allround, and fish and corals like it equally. I'd still give the fish a few pellets, trusting you have a cleaning crew to take up the excess. But if you start getting an algae rise, back off the feeding of both a bit.
I think variety in foods is a good thing in a tank---it's hard to duplicate the whole ocean, but providing different things on different days is probably the best choice.
I think variety in foods is a good thing in a tank---it's hard to duplicate the whole ocean, but providing different things on different days is probably the best choice.
J. Montgomery
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Re: Torch Poo?
For the experts in the crowd, if it is shedding zooxanthellae does that mean that its going to die? If so, how long does it take to die after shedding zooxanthellae? I'm still relatively new, and I worry myself sick over these things when I'm not sure whats happening.
I've seen my frogspawn do the same thing, and I've been torn between asking myself the same question of whether its waste material or shedding zooxanthellae (my true concern)?
For the experts in the crowd, if it is shedding zooxanthellae does that mean that its going to die? If so, how long does it take to die after shedding zooxanthellae? I'm still relatively new, and I worry myself sick over these things when I'm not sure whats happening.
