Frozen food and amino acids

[Yehuda Dana]

Can frozen fish food (a mix of lobster eggs, brine shrimps and mysis) can be used as amino acids source for corals (especially SPS)?

 

[DanyL]

Shalom Shalom Yehuda, nice to see you here ;)

Generally speaking, they are all rich in amino acids as well as fatty acids - both beneficial to coral, including SPS.
Dry food may contain them as well as other processed food targeted at saltwater fish and other inhabitants.

The regular source for aminos in the tank usually comes from the food we feed our fish with, which gets processed and then released to the water column in form of a nutrition rich, well.. poop.

However, when the ratio between the amount of fish to the amount of coral in the tank isn't balanced, then you might find yourself in need to supplement them on top of what you already get from feeding the fish daily.
Another reason people supplement aminos are strong binders, skimmers and other filters which would make them deplete faster then the rate at which they would've been consumed otherwise.

So depends on which team your'e at, you may get by just fine by feeding amino rich food daily.

 

[Yehuda Dana]

Shalom Shalom Yehuda, nice to see you here ;)

Generally speaking, they are all rich in amino acids as well as fatty acids - both beneficial to coral, including SPS.
Dry food may contain them as well as other processed food targeted at saltwater fish and other inhabitants.

The regular source for aminos in the tank usually comes from the food we feed our fish with, which gets processed and then released to the water column in form of a nutrition rich, well.. poop.

However, when the ratio between the amount of fish to the amount of coral in the tank isn't balanced, then you might find yourself in need to supplement them on top of what you already get from feeding the fish daily.
Another reason people supplement aminos are strong binders, skimmers and other filters which would make them deplete faster then the rate at which they would've been consumed otherwise.

So depends on which team your'e at, you may get by just fine by feeding amino rich food daily.

So, if I got you correctly - on days that I feed my fish with "high protein food" (such as frozen food), I should reduce (or even eliminate) the amino acids dosing?

 

[DanyL]

I wouldn't necessary reduce or eliminate the use of additives.
The thing with "natural" sources of aminos is that they are made available in different rates, as they are get processed by fish and other inhabitants.

It is also hard to overshoot giving extra aminos, as the system will always have organisms that would consume it if they are readily available.

The only down side that you may exhibit from having high amounts of aminos would be rapid growth of algae, which for me is an indicator for reducing the amount I supplement daily. You may use this method to maximize the amount of aminos you supplement as well, although remember that more doesn't necessarily means better.