Feeding SPS question

[mark]

Thanks for the replies, getting good growth but my colours still a little muted that's why wondering.

Believe setup should be okay (145g with 2x250W MH and 4600gph) started keeping Ca and Alk up by making sure change water is on (correcting low Ca and Mg as IO low right from the pail) then maintaining with reactor and now running carbon full-time. Am seeing the colours improving but looking for that extra edge.

[Joe Reefer]

I feed my fish and my fish feed my sps.

[Snappy]

Reefroids are great for softies & LPS but the particle size for the most part is too big for sps.

[andresont]

Originally Posted by mark

Thanks for the replies, getting good growth but my colours still a little muted that's why wondering.

Believe setup should be okay (145g with 2x250W MH and 4600gph) started keeping Ca and Alk up by making sure change water is on (correcting low Ca and Mg as IO low right from the pail) then maintaining with reactor and now running carbon full-time. Am seeing the colours improving but looking for that extra edge.

This is all good .
if you want colors get on ZEO or silmilar system with intent to lover No3 and Po4. (Ozone and UV is not for these bacterial based systems just FYI)
Food for SPS is last on your list after water quality , flow and lights.
Then dose potassium for better colors

[StirCrazy]

just to add my two cents, intense light, good water (no nitrates, ect) Ca not to high say 380ish, and Alk up around 11. worked wonders for me, awesome colors and ugly fast growth. how you achieve this is up to you. I didn't do the zovite or what ever it is, I tried feeding for about 1 year, no difference from when I didn't feed. I chose to skim the hell out of it, Kalk reactor and Ca reactor, and a good light set up.

so it sounds like your on the way. also remember anything that claims to color up fast is snake oil, it takes time. the only time I noticed a big fast change in color is when my alk got low, for some reason 8 for alk my color were dull and at 11 they were vibrant and it would change fast enough to let me use my digitata as a alk gage.

Steve

[Reefer Rob]

I found feeding corals just polluted the water (tried the Papone thing). My 7" Regal Tang provides plenty of food for my corals anyway. As for color, I noticed a big improvement when I stared dosing Iodine.

[Puff]

what size food should SPS be getting?

i thought reefroids was good for them

maybe it was one of the other foods i bought that had smaller sized food particles.

[Aquattro]

cyclop-eeze or whatever it's called works well, size wise.

[atcguy]

fauna marine ultralith is all i add to my tank now. My po4 and nitrate levels are almost to zero now. my water is as clear as air now. and my corals color are taking off. i love this system. about 30 bucks a month i bet on my 120 sps tank.