Fish Poo is the Magic coral food that's FREE

[Unregistered1]

Is this the mollie guy again?

no

 

[Unregistered1]

Is this the mollie guy again?

other person said cant afford fish they are not free i said mollie not expensive

 

[DDenny]

your tank will be poluted with reef roids at that size...get a small neon goby for that tank....give you something to look at and they will poop

I literally use on old Salifert scoop with like three drops of water lol

 

[xiaoxiy]

I think fish poo is important, however I am also a big fan of supplemental feeding. I go as far as spot feeding the LPS with LRS and Hikari Mysis in my frag tank up to three times a week. My acans seem to appreciate this, and subjectively seem to grow faster.

There are also several experimental publications on the benefits of feeding baby brine shrimp to acropora and pocillopora. I also know that @hart24601's alkalinity consumption tightly correlates with when he feeds baby brine shrimp. When he started feeding BBS, his alkalinity consumption shot right up and when he stopped, his alkalinity consumption decreased correspondingly.

 

[N.Sreefer]

Is that possible in an aquarium...you have a source for this?

"Around 40-80% of a hermatypic coral’s nourishment is derived from organic matter supplied by its photosynthetic symbiont. Around 10-50% of this carbon is released through the discharge of mucus. Some of the POM that is released into the open waters serves as a water-born particle trap delivering food and energy to filter feeders and detritivores (tube worms, nematodes, etc.). The easily-broken down DOM is either incorporated into particulates that may be exploited by both benthic and pelagic consumers or simply enters the microbial loop. Thus, coral exudates strongly promote the growth of heterotrophic bacteria that dwell in the water column. Reef-associated bacteria consequently proliferate at a rate that is approximately 50 times higher than that of those inhabiting the open ocean."

The Carbon Continuum: Heterotrophic Bacterioplankton and Reef Food Webs - Reefs.com

Feeding a tank or adding fish is not necessary if you have enough coral. Coral feed the bacteria and the bacteria and algae feed them. Fish are helpful yes but you don't need to add Heterotrophs to have Heterotrophy occurring in a tank.

 

[Unregistered1]

If you dont buy expensive non essential coral potions you would be able to save for a fish in time

 

[Unregistered1]

Brine shrimp have little to no nutritional value

 

[xiaoxiy]

Brine shrimp have little to no nutritional value

Baby brine shrimp do. They're freshly hatched and have all the goodies still.

 

[Unregistered1]

"Around 40-80% of a hermatypic coral’s nourishment is derived from organic matter supplied by its photosynthetic symbiont. Around 10-50% of this carbon is released through the discharge of mucus. Some of the POM that is released into the open waters serves as a water-born particle trap delivering food and energy to filter feeders and detritivores (tube worms, nematodes, etc.). The easily-broken down DOM is either incorporated into particulates that may be exploited by both benthic and pelagic consumers or simply enters the microbial loop. Thus, coral exudates strongly promote the growth of heterotrophic bacteria that dwell in the water column. Reef-associated bacteria consequently proliferate at a rate that is approximately 50 times higher than that of those inhabiting the open ocean."

The Carbon Continuum: Heterotrophic Bacterioplankton and Reef Food Webs - Reefs.com

Feeding a tank or adding fish is not necessary if you have enough coral. Coral feed the bacteria and the bacteria and algae feed them. Fish are helpful yes but you don't need to add Heterotrophs to have Heterotrophy occurring in a tank.

maybe in a the ocean but i doubt in a closed system

 

[Hermie]

Fish poo is the magic sauce .....everything else just cost you money. How do you know your coral is getting any benefit from spot feeding him all the pre-made concoctions? Oh yes he eats it but does he get anything out of it or does the coral just expells it later at night when your dreaming about next Tank Build???

Magic is the last thing I want in a reef tank

 

[Unregistered1]

if your talking about zooxanthellae that host in corals then yes light feeds the zooxanthellae

 

[Unregistered1]

Magic is the last thing I want in a reef tank

its all magic in fish aquariums lol

 

[Unregistered1]

Baby brine shrimp do. They're freshly hatched and have all the goodies still.

It is not even a natural food for ocean life

 

[Unregistered1]

I'm not saying corals don't like fish poo. I'm saying fish aren't free are they? Got any for me?

reef roids aren't free either or salt is it?

 

[Unregistered1]

Unbelievable! Your headline Is fake news! I find better in the Facebook ads.

I don't hang out on or at fakebook

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Fish poo? Marine snow? Detritus? What is this?! Lol
With all the bare bottom tanks now days.
D

 

[xiaoxiy]

It is not even a natural food for ocean life

I could dig up the peer-reviewed articles and post them. But I suspect nothing is going to change your mind. I mainly jumped in this thread so that people were aware of the benefits of supplemental feeding and weren't blindly led astray.

Enjoy your fish poo coral food.

 

[Unregistered1]

Fish poo? Marine snow? Detritus? What is this?! Lol
With all the bare bottom tanks now days.
D

Its why bare bottoms are not as successful

 

[Unregistered1]

I could dig up the peer-reviewed articles and post them. But I suspect nothing is going to change your mind. I mainly jumped in this thread so that people were aware of the benefits of supplemental feeding and weren't blindly led astray.

Enjoy your fish poo coral food.

there is no proof that feeding your coral improves your reefs health

 

[Hermie]

there is no proof that feeding your coral improves your reefs health

Come on man