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jfitzg14
12/09/2007, 08:23 PM
I am kind of confused as to what and how much I should be adding to my tank. I have a 24 gallon Aquapod with mostly soft corals. I am not seeing the type of growth I would expect. I would like to know what supplements people are adding and how much and how often. Any help would be grealy appreciated.

zma21
12/09/2007, 09:04 PM
How long has the coral been in your tank?

Agu
12/09/2007, 09:05 PM
With soft corals there really are no additives that might stimulate their growth.

However some soft corals do feed from the water column. You may want to consider phytoplankton or cyclopeze in addition to what you're feeding now.

nanoDude
12/09/2007, 09:36 PM
How old is the tank? What species of corals do you have in it?

cherubfish pair
12/09/2007, 09:47 PM
Detritus and fish poop drift around with the current and feed coral.

jfitzg14
12/10/2007, 06:28 AM
The tank has been set up for about nine months. I do use phytoplankton, reef roids and cyclopeeze. I just am not too sure as to how often I should be using these products. I have a variety of corals.


Mushrooms
Leather
Trumpet
Blastos
Polops
Frog Spawn
Richordea sp.?
green bubble

cherubfish pair
12/15/2007, 10:18 PM
Do you have enough light? And how about the lighting's spectrum?

cherubfish pair
12/17/2007, 10:40 PM
Do you have any test kits?

eshook
12/17/2007, 10:53 PM
Is the light splash shield clean? I often get salt buildup on my cube and it reduces light to the corals dramatically. How are your nitrates / ammonia? Are the corals stressed or just not growing?

My stock tank is newer than yours and most of my corals are growing like weeds. I don't even feed phyto or cyclopeeze.

NanoReefWanabe
12/17/2007, 11:05 PM
if you really want to see growth in those corals feed them meaty foods...most with the exception of the leather will all accept brine and mysis shrimp...

your lights need to be in the 10-14oooK range to get good growth...with good, brand bulbs.

you will also want to check your calcium and alk and magnesium...even though these are soft and LPS corals they still need the above...

you will also want to make sure the rest of your parameters are stable...especially PH and specific gravity....trates should be low and the rest undetectable...(ammonia, nitrite, phosphate)

cherubfish pair
12/21/2007, 09:35 PM
What is your circulation like? Water flow sweeps away the coral's wastes that they extrude and brings to it nutrients and oxygen.

Blitz99
12/22/2007, 12:08 AM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11408083#post11408083 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by NanoReefWanabe

your lights need to be in the 10-14oooK range to get good growth...with good, brand bulbs.


not true. you want a lower K bulb/spectrum. 6500K shows better growth, not much for color though.