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06/06/2009, 10:27 AM
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coral food? im so confused help
hey guys, i was trying to buy coral food for my new aquarium. first time trying the reef . pls help me out. I was looking at diff variety of KENT marine coral food.
whats the diff between 1) phytophex phytoplankon and chromaplex phytoplankton? 2) what is microvert and zooplex? 3) i have refugium in my new aquarium. anyway i can take benefit of that for cultivating live food? do u have any refugium 101 guide on WHAT and HOW to cultivate and feed live food from refugium?? 4) how much do u feed them? and how do u know if you ARE overfeeding? or underfeeding? are they all diff kind of food for diff kinda corals? what do u guys feed corals? can u please answer all 4 of my questions. thanks a lot guys. |
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06/06/2009, 10:42 AM
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these are all great questions, i only wish I had the answers. I am new to corals myself and will keep an eye on this thread to piggy back off you to learn for myself.
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06/06/2009, 11:38 AM
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I use a mixture of DT's live phyto and shelf products like Kents. And ocassionally frozen.
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06/06/2009, 11:40 AM
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Also depends on what you are feeding some LPS will take brine shrimp.
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06/06/2009, 12:29 PM
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Couple of questions.
What lights do you have (( and what size tank )) And what type of corals do you have/plan on keeping. I keep mainly SPS and zoas, I have yet to add anything directly to the tank for them.
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06/06/2009, 12:35 PM
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39 gallon, 150W metal halide light. so u dont feed them anything. i plan to keep something simple for beginners like Polyps and mushrooms.
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06/06/2009, 12:37 PM
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For polyps and mushrooms, I don't see the need to fed them. Back when I kept them they grew just fine (( too good actually )) on their own.
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06/06/2009, 01:37 PM
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I don't feed my corals at all. Just high power lighting, good water quality and fish poop is all my corals get.
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06/06/2009, 02:40 PM
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Corals don't eat phytoplankton. I wouldn't anything to shrooms and zoas.
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06/06/2009, 03:11 PM
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06/06/2009, 04:17 PM
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I personally don't use anything to feed to corals directly. I have a few friends that do and i really don't see any difference in color or growth between mine and theirs
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