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01/13/2014, 03:12 AM
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Dosing Phytoplankton
Good morning everyone,
I would like to know your opinion to the following. Unfortunately because of my job I can only make monthly TPA's with natural seawater. Now I ask, since I'm using natural seawater will be worth dosing phytoplankton? I have a complete system ready to start breading Phyto but I get doubts if I will not "vicious" the aquarium. Best regards Pedro Sorry for the English but I'm from Portugal. |
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01/13/2014, 06:07 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: NW Iowa
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IMO it is not really worth it, it will help feed the zooplankton that corals and smaller fish feed on but in a established tank the zooplankton will feed off of algae anyway to get enough food.
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75 gal. mixed DT, 100 gal. sump, 50 gal. fuge, Clownfish breeder |
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01/14/2014, 11:13 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
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Hi shifty51008,
Thanks for the reply, yes it looks that I spend money for nothing :-/. Right now I'm experience too much nutrients on the water, I will have to re-think all this thing again. Regards Pedro |
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01/15/2014, 12:40 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Plano, TX
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Question. Is the phytoplankton that you buy alive?
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01/16/2014, 02:30 AM
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I don't buy it I got a breeder that I intend to start using but since I collect sea water I don't know if it worth breeding phyto. regards |
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