marcingo
10-18-2006, 12:39 AM
Hi.
I'm not a very experienced reefer and so I havent seen many reef setups in person. Here is my question. When people tell me this coral likes low, moderate or high flow I have no idea what it is. Would low flow be something where you see particulates in the water moving back and forth or when you see gsp tentacles moving in the flow? Or is this moderate flow? Can someone give me an idea what low, moderate, or high flow is supposed to look like? How can a new reefer like myself know?
Another question what type of "flow" do most zoanthids like. I know they can withstand a variety of flow but what type is best. Someone told me to lower my flow for my zoo's and a few days later all the polyps are completely open does that mean they like the flow as it is? Because to me it seems a little slow. Also when I try to spot feed my zoo's with cyclopeeze it seems the cyclo peeze doesnt fall on the polyps, would it just be better to turn off my mechanical filtration and leave my powerhead on and just add cyclopeeze randomly to the tank to see if they catch it later turning my filtration back on?
I'm not a very experienced reefer and so I havent seen many reef setups in person. Here is my question. When people tell me this coral likes low, moderate or high flow I have no idea what it is. Would low flow be something where you see particulates in the water moving back and forth or when you see gsp tentacles moving in the flow? Or is this moderate flow? Can someone give me an idea what low, moderate, or high flow is supposed to look like? How can a new reefer like myself know?
Another question what type of "flow" do most zoanthids like. I know they can withstand a variety of flow but what type is best. Someone told me to lower my flow for my zoo's and a few days later all the polyps are completely open does that mean they like the flow as it is? Because to me it seems a little slow. Also when I try to spot feed my zoo's with cyclopeeze it seems the cyclo peeze doesnt fall on the polyps, would it just be better to turn off my mechanical filtration and leave my powerhead on and just add cyclopeeze randomly to the tank to see if they catch it later turning my filtration back on?