Question on Nuclear Greens Prop.

[Acro76 Verified Sponsor]

hello,

I've noticed that the NG have a very poor feeding response compared to the PD... Has anyone noticed if they prefer certain foods or a different feeding technique? I'm hand feeding mysis shrimp with tweezers once a day. The PDs' seem to gobble it up while the food just sits on the partially closed NG....

What kind of lighting/water flow have you found that they like?

Thanks for any help!

Brett

 

[Darren]

I have my Nukes about 14 inches directly under a 20K XM 150 with light to moderate flow. It started with 1 polyp about 2 months ago now I have 3 polyps. I target feed mine 1 or 2 x per week. I make a mix of mysis, cyclopeeze, and brine (mysis and brine frozen but thawed) and squirt the polyps lightly with a baster. The polyps close up on the food immediately and stay closed for 10-15 minutes while ingesting the food. HTH.

Darren

 

[twon8]

they eat both mysis and cyclopeeze with gusto, though only the larger polyps can swallow whole mysis

 

[Acro76 Verified Sponsor]

Thanks guys! I'll try some cyclopeeze also... Maybe they are still adjusting to my tank.

Expected growth on these seems slow...bummer :sad:

 

[Azurel]

I get the same growth out of Nukes as I do Purple Deaths.....

 

[Acro76 Verified Sponsor]

I get the same growth out of Nukes as I do Purple Deaths.....

Wow! They must be adjusting to the lighting then, because my PD's grow very fast...

 

[twon8]

they grow pretty fast for me, i got 5 polyps back in the summer, i have a plug with about a dozen on it, and i have sent off about 10 polyps and have about 5 more in other frags