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[Magellan]

I’ve heard that from others! I might pick up some more pellets to feed my frags. I’m looking for larger food to feed. Reef roids just causes a lot of algae and the Dino loves it too.

Oh I agree with the reef roids, I use like 1/5 the recommended dose and broadcast it. However, I can say that it made my tank explode, (it used to be the only thing I fed) and gave everything more color too. I stopped using it for a while and could really tell a difference in color on some of the corals, especially my green Palys. Imo, It’s absolutely worth an extra glass cleaning for a reef roids feeding lol

I would add that if I were only going to feed one thing, it would be Oyster Feast. My tank reacts to that stuff like I just dumped coral crack in the water!

 

[living_tribunal]

Oh I agree with the reef roids, I use like 1/5 the recommended dose and broadcast it. However, I can say that it made my tank explode, (it used to be the only thing I fed) and gave everything more color too. I stopped using it for a while and could really tell a difference in color on some of the corals, especially my green Palys. Imo, It’s absolutely worth an extra glass cleaning for a reef roids feeding lol

I would add that if I were only going to feed one thing, it would be Oyster Feast. My tank reacts to that stuff like I just dumped coral crack in the water!

That’s what literally everyone has been telling me. I finally purchased some today and fed it to my frag tank. Apparently it’s a lot dirtier than reef nutrition with more phosphates actually in the food itself. Could be a nice way to increase phosphates in the frag tank.

I only do roids once or twice a week for my smaller brains, acans, favias, echinatas, Duncan’s.

My cloves and zoas love it but it just gets stuck in between their polyps and algae goes nuts.

 

[Musovski]

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[Magellan]

That’s what literally everyone has been telling me. I finally purchased some today and fed it to my frag tank. Apparently it’s a lot dirtier than reef nutrition with more phosphates actually in the food itself. Could be a nice way to increase phosphates in the frag tank.

I only do roids once or twice a week for my smaller brains, acans, favias, echinatas, Duncan’s.

My cloves and zoas love it but it just gets stuck in between their polyps and algae goes nuts.

Cleaner shrimp and hermit crabs will solve that issue lol

 

[living_tribunal]

Another thing all of my corals love are phytos. I feed phytos every other day and I’ve noticed a noticeable impact on my corals health and growth from it.

It can also lower your nutrients to all of the phosphate haters out there.

 

[living_tribunal]

Cleaner shrimp and hermit crabs will solve that issue lol

I don’t have any, been thinking about it though.

I’ve been releasing my amphipods to handle that work. They surprisingly do some serious damage against algae like that.

 

[Katrina71]

Another thing all of my corals love are phytos. I feed phytos every other day and I’ve noticed a noticeable impact on my corals health and growth from it.

It can also lower your nutrients to all of the phosphate haters out there.

Not a hater here.

 

[Magellan]

I don’t have any, been thinking about it though.

I’ve been releasing my amphipods to handle that work. They surprisingly do some serious damage against algae like that.

the cleaner shrimp will methodically find and consume any and all extra reef roids. To the point that I can’t target feed or he will attack my corals! He’s an absolute cockroach and annoys the heck out of me (he is FOREVER messing with my Goni) but is so useful I tolerate him. Also singlehandedly ended an ich outbreak when I first got fish.

 

[living_tribunal]

Not a hater here.

I have no shame about my testing. I’ll be chasing parameters all the way to a full tank.

 

[Katrina71]

I have no shame about my testing. I’ll be chasing parameters all the way to a full tank.

Everybody has their own way. It's not wrong or right.

 

[Musovski]

Everybody has their own way. It's not wrong or right.

i agree. My nitrates are 60ppm and phos at 1.... So i mean everyone has their own way. Mine is ignoring my reef tank.

 

[Why-Me]

I haven't checked pH since May.
constant temp then salinity and ALK once a week.
Everything is happy and growing. Only thing I can't keep is SPS. IMO I'm not sure how much faster or larger corals grow dosing all that stuff but it's gotta be marginal, mine grow fine without. Seems like a lot of work, time, money for that marginal growth. Plus when I started reefing, I was told by a seasoned reefer the sooner you have a fully grown out tank the sooner your looking at a tank you can't do much with, maybe start another tank etc. Enjoy watching the tank slowly fill out and progress.

 

[Magellan]

I haven't checked pH since May.
constant temp then salinity and ALK once a week.
Everything is happy and growing. Only thing I can't keep is SPS. IMO I'm not sure how much faster or larger corals grow dosing all that stuff but it's gotta be marginal, mine grow fine without. Seems like a lot of work, time, money for that marginal growth. Plus when I started reefing, I was told by a seasoned reefer the sooner you have a fully grown out tank the sooner your looking at a tank you can't do much with, maybe start another tank etc. Enjoy watching the tank slowly fill out and progress.

honestly, I just really like interacting with my tank and feeling like I’m doing something. I work from home and sit beside it most of the day, and will absolutely be upgrading when the time comes! However, I keep a really difficult Goni and it needs constant feedings, the rest of the tank is just getting lucky that I made an impulse buy ;)

 

[living_tribunal]

the cleaner shrimp will methodically find and consume any and all extra reef roids. To the point that I can’t target feed or he will attack my corals! He’s an absolute cockroach and annoys the heck out of me (he is FOREVER messing with my Goni) but is so useful I tolerate him. Also singlehandedly ended an ich outbreak when I first got fish.

I need to get some then. I’d love to continue feeding my cloves and stuff.

I appreciate the recommendation!

Any specific shrimp you’d recommend?

 

[living_tribunal]

honestly, I just really like interacting with my tank and feeling like I’m doing something. I work from home and sit beside it most of the day, and will absolutely be upgrading when the time comes! However, I keep a really difficult Goni and it needs constant feedings, the rest of the tank is just getting lucky that I made an impulse buy ;)

We’re very similar in that regard. I work remotely twice a week. I just stare at this thing for hours.

I also love me new goni, I think it may be favorite frag.

How do you know if your goni likes to eat? Mine consumes foods, I think? I know it loves aminos and phytos but am not sure about target feeding. I’ve heard some bob when they actually eat the food instead of refusing it.

 

[Magellan]

I have a skunk cleaner. I liked him more when I also had a Fire Shrimp, I felt like they were both kind of wary of each other and he messed with my corals much less. But one day the fire shrimp molted and disappeared...I don’t know why. But I’m going to be getting another one! I miss that little mini lobster lol

for hermit crabs, I have the blue legged ones (I like them) and was told to stay away from the red legs.

 

[Why-Me]

Amending my statement.
I did go through a small bottle of Brightwell CoralAmino Acid. Tank loved it!

 

[living_tribunal]

I haven't checked pH since May.
constant temp then salinity and ALK once a week.
Everything is happy and growing. Only thing I can't keep is SPS. IMO I'm not sure how much faster or larger corals grow dosing all that stuff but it's gotta be marginal, mine grow fine without. Seems like a lot of work, time, money for that marginal growth. Plus when I started reefing, I was told by a seasoned reefer the sooner you have a fully grown out tank the sooner your looking at a tank you can't do much with, maybe start another tank etc. Enjoy watching the tank slowly fill out and progress.

This is purely anecdotal, and may be because my tanks don’t have phosphates, but the moment I started dosing aminos specifically is when they all started taking off. It was a night and day difference. I didn’t have much growth for the first month and half after I began this hobby. Then as soon as I started feeding aminos and phytos everything grew like sequoias.

Everything has new heads, sps have new branches, candy canes splitting heads.

If anything, get aminos.

For brain corals, they will also have a pretty noticeable growth difference when you feed. It’s hard to get slower growing corals like acans and favias to grow without it.

 

[living_tribunal]

I have a skunk cleaner. I liked him more when I also had a Fire Shrimp, I felt like they were both kind of wary of each other and he messed with my corals much less. But one day the fire shrimp molted and disappeared...I don’t know why. But I’m going to be getting another one! I miss that little mini lobster lol

for hermit crabs, I have the blue legged ones (I like them) and was told to stay away from the red legs.

I’ll check out skunks and fires.

I hate my large hermits, they’re all bullies.

Mini hermits ftw.

 

[Magellan]

We’re very similar in that regard. I work remotely twice a week. I just stare at this thing for hours.

I also love me new goni, I think it may be favorite frag.

How do you know if your goni likes to eat? Mine consumes foods, I think? I know it loves aminos and phytos but am not sure about target feeding. I’ve heard some bob when they actually eat the food instead of refusing it.

it will retract when it gets food it really likes. But it’s a different kind of “retract” than if it was irritated, it will get about 50-75% smaller as opposed to all the way back into its skeleton. If you are target feeding, be careful that you don’t blast it with flow from your syringe/turkey baster, gently let the food float onto its polyps. mine is also happiest in a very gentle flow.