Feeding SPS Corals Artificial Foods like Reef Roids or Brine Shrimp in Reef Tanks

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@mihaia6026 4 жыл бұрын

Most SPS don't eat newly hatch brine shrimp. Those are way too big in size for feeding sps. Also from what I read SPS only eat zooplankton and not phytoplankton. Looking at feeding response reactions in my acropora I only found 3 products that trigger it : some amino acids and 2 x Fauna Marin Coral Foods. I tried some other coral foods and never got a feeding reaction response. Another observation : feeding really makes sense because coral feeding via light is not that straightforward - you need to match par with correct spectrum with correct water params (trace elements and nutrients) , flow and coral position in relation to light , zooxa density etc. I think most acro deaths are related to feeding in some way. Also it's freaking weird that natural sea water is such a trigger of coral growth, it's not even funny.

@ReefMan 4 жыл бұрын

Yea I do think that newly hatched brine shrimp can be on the too big side for a lot of species, but at least for the two covered in the paper they confirmed that they do actually eat the shrimp. Acropora also use their mucus to collect food, and I think that's how they'll be able to collect phyto and other single celled things like that.

@daniellongenbaugh5448 4 жыл бұрын

@@ReefMan I remember seeing somewhere on reefing magazine that it is proven that acro do actually consume phyto, but they are mainly carnivores however. So scientist aren't yet sure if they even use their nutrient. I like what you said in the video though, "Trying to stimulate sea water." I have been farming a couple different types of phyto for the same reason. Even if the coral doesn't directly benefit from it, I like to think it will feed something that the coral can eat.

@shoregun103 3 жыл бұрын

I use aquaforest amino mix,vitality, build, and energy along with af power food

@ReefMan 3 жыл бұрын

I've heard lots of good things about AquaForest products.

@Keepingitreal123 4 жыл бұрын

*85% energy from photosynthesis

@billcarlson4495 4 жыл бұрын

You mention using phyto mixes to simulate seawater so we can reap the benefits the researchers observed. How confident are you that it was phyto that made the seawater better and not something else, what else could it be anyway?

@ReefMan 4 жыл бұрын

Well phyto is only one component that will be missing in synthetic sea water. There are lots of others too though (bacteria, small pods, organic chemicals, etc). Phyto is just easy to culture at home, or easy to buy, and so it’s as good a place to start as anything. I’m looking for more research on the topic and if I find anything I’ll report back to everyone.