Damn 2.5. I may as well just dose P04 directly into the damn tank.

So if it gets entirely eaten and pooped out...is the P04 still P04? There's no magic anywhere in it's journey I'm guessing.

Actually, phosphorus is an essential element to organisms. We need it, fish need it, but the problem is most prepared foods contain more phosphorus than is needed. What that means in the end, I don't know. I'm not a biologist :)

Well I feel cheated now.

thought I'd throw this pic up. I hardly ever see this guy.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4088/...e7ac5965_o.jpg

I did a similar test back in 2004 and came up with similar results as yours, so I think your results are quite valid!
I wonder why your rinsed mysis came back with a higher P04 though?

Here's that thread:
http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=12625

Mitch

Cool! ya, looks like we got similar results. Again, it sucks about the nori because that tends to sit out all day as the tangs graze :neutral: As for the Mysis, I'm wondering if it was because I left them out all night and let all the fluids in their bodies leech out phosphates.

Baby Blue!
 

Baby blue is back!

When we last left the twin baby blue Linckias they were just nubbins.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4021/...e98c7abf_o.jpg

I had not seen or noticed them for quite a while. They mostly cruise the rocks and hide in crevasses. Well, now they are back and cruising the glass.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4085/...3fc74b6f_o.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4047/...136318af_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1341/...40ec369b_o.jpg

I would assume they are thriving since they have both grown quite a bit since April of this year when I first noticed them.

How much nori are we talking about here? When I feed nori it's usually GONE after 30-45 seconds! But I cut up the nori into pieces about 2.5"x4". So one "sheet" of nori for me works out to about a week's worth, give or take.

That really is a remarkable thing that the linckia's regenerated and failed to die still. :lol: I had the same thing happen to me with a purple linckia (not a Linckia sp. but everyone just calls them that since they look like linckia) but no such luck with the legs regenerating new bodies.

Do yours eat anything that you notice?

That's one well-endowed Linckia. Congrats Dad :mrgreen: You seem to have success with your stars but I'm still scared to try one.

okay, well, "all day" might be exaggerating it a bit, but the nori does last a few minutes as opposed to 30 seconds! Maybe 30 minutes? I rip off a sheet that is probably 4" by 3" and roll that around the nori stick.

I don't notice them eat anything. They must just graze whatever they can find off the rocks.