How Often Do You Add DT's or Phytofeast?

Craig Lambert · 05/16/2006, 01:07 PM

And How much do you add per gallon?

whiirly · 05/16/2006, 01:17 PM

I voted never but I think the food I buy from my Fish store has it
I dont know exactly whats in it but it feeds my whole tank
and every thing in there seems to love it

HowardW · 05/16/2006, 01:24 PM

I feed 1 oz. of DT's to my 55 gal. 3 times a week.

vessxpress1 · 05/16/2006, 03:11 PM

I feed DTs in the amount recommended on the bottle. 4 tsp, or 20 mL for my 38 gal., 2 or 3 times a week. It says on the bottle that there isn't much point in feeding less or less often...like you may as well not at all. If you ever go to DTs website, they're pretty serious about live phytoplankton....and not real keen on phytofeast, but that's another battle. Don't want to hi-jack the thread. I tend to take their word based on everything I've read.

Buster4900 · 05/16/2006, 03:36 PM

I would think a reef tank would be overwelmed with disolved food and waste that adding phyto would just pollute the water more?

Sk8r · 05/16/2006, 03:37 PM

I give it a good squirt daily in my 55. I have a bottle of each, and frankly like Phytofeast better. I have lots of pods, support a mandarin, and also a crocea clam.

jer77 · 05/16/2006, 04:19 PM

I can never seem to get a population of pods going even though I add DT's three times per week. It seems like its not doing anything. I add it to a 55 gal. It does have a mandarin in there and I think he ate all of them, but I still have places with live rock where they can breed. When I add the DT's it just seems to dissapear and not do anything.
However I do add DT's and cyclop-eze to my other tank and it was full of pods before I took the sandbed out. Now I'm trying to get them re-established in the sump/refugium.

Craig Lambert · 05/16/2006, 04:25 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sk8r
I give it a good squirt daily in my 55. I have a bottle of each, and frankly like Phytofeast better. I have lots of pods, support a mandarin, and also a crocea clam.

That's the reason I asked. I have a green mandarin. My tank has 100 lbs of lr and a dsb. I seaded the tank with an inland aquatics detrivoire kit about 4 months ago, and have quite few pods. I also bought 4 bottles of copepods from copepod.com, and have added 2 of the bottles to the tank and fuge. I'm just trying to figure out the right amount of phytofeast for really good pod propagation.

View Poll Results: How Often Do You add DT's Or Phytofeast?
Never	3	10.00%
Daily	4	13.33%
Once Per Week	4	13.33%
Twice Per Week	10	33.33%
Three Times Per Week	9	30.00%
4-5 Times per week	0	0%
Voters: 30. You may not vote on this poll

05/16/2006, 01:07 PM	#1
Craig Lambert Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 2,897	How Often Do You Add DT's or Phytofeast? And How much do you add per gallon? __________________ "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will spend all day in a boat drinking beer." Current Tank Info: 75G Tank, 29G Sump, 100lbs LR, AquaC EV-180, Iwaki MD-20RT return Tunze nano streams 4X54 t-5/Icecap Ballast & SLR's 2x110 vho actinic

05/16/2006, 01:17 PM	#2
whiirly Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Orland Park ILL Posts: 3,177	I voted never but I think the food I buy from my Fish store has it I dont know exactly whats in it but it feeds my whole tank and every thing in there seems to love it __________________ Whiirly A.K.A The One and ONLY:)> Current Tank Info: 180 might as well be a FOWLR

05/16/2006, 01:24 PM	#3
HowardW Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Aurora, IL Posts: 1,763	I feed 1 oz. of DT's to my 55 gal. 3 times a week. __________________ Florida live rock addict

05/16/2006, 03:37 PM	#6
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	I give it a good squirt daily in my 55. I have a bottle of each, and frankly like Phytofeast better. I have lots of pods, support a mandarin, and also a crocea clam. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

05/16/2006, 03:11 PM	#4
vessxpress1 Premium Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: NW IL Posts: 1,603	I feed DTs in the amount recommended on the bottle. 4 tsp, or 20 mL for my 38 gal., 2 or 3 times a week. It says on the bottle that there isn't much point in feeding less or less often...like you may as well not at all. If you ever go to DTs website, they're pretty serious about live phytoplankton....and not real keen on phytofeast, but that's another battle. Don't want to hi-jack the thread. I tend to take their word based on everything I've read.

05/16/2006, 03:36 PM	#5
Buster4900 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Columbus, IN Posts: 898	I would think a reef tank would be overwelmed with disolved food and waste that adding phyto would just pollute the water more?

05/16/2006, 04:19 PM	#7
jer77 Phish Lover Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 2,642	I can never seem to get a population of pods going even though I add DT's three times per week. It seems like its not doing anything. I add it to a 55 gal. It does have a mandarin in there and I think he ate all of them, but I still have places with live rock where they can breed. When I add the DT's it just seems to dissapear and not do anything. However I do add DT's and cyclop-eze to my other tank and it was full of pods before I took the sandbed out. Now I'm trying to get them re-established in the sump/refugium. __________________ - Jonny -, 120g 5 Year Old Reef w/ SPS, BTA, Zoos & some Softies. 40g Frag Tank. 40g Sump. Super Reef Octopus XP 3000 External Cone Skimmer. 250W Radiums. TaoTronics LED. PanWorld 200PS w/SQWD