Feeding phytoplankton question

[asylumdown]

They might not know, the reason I mentioned cell density is that not all phyto solutions are created equal, and not every drop is going to have the same amount of phyto in it. How dark is the solution when you mix it up? I've seen some phyto solutions that look like green water that you can still see through, and others that look almost black when you shake it up. The darker the solution, the more algal cells in suspension.

With a mandarin, long term success will hinge on you getting it to eat frozen foods, the sooner the better.

[somewherebeyondthesea]

I would try Red Coral they have high density phyto and they sell tigger pods if you want to start a colony for your mandarin. I put a tigger bottle about once every 1-2 months to keep my mandarin hunting.

[denny_CC]

youve been told right , basically if you add all the bottle at once you are feeding your corals and fish , if you want to raise them youll need to do it outside of the display , so a fuge or sump area.

dose the pods, feed live phyto immediately afterwards, then feed phyto when ights out again.

i feed 2 oz a day , 1 in the morn and 1 at night.


i dont agree that keeping a mandarin longterm is based on getting it to eat frozen , they starve long before " long term " kicks in, keeping a mandarin longterm is making sure it has enough food be it live or prepared....either way long term is eating period, whatever you need to do.


fwiw i have 3 mandarins in a 75g cube i dose pods and feed live phyto daily.....if you keep up with it your tank is going to be riddled with pods of different types, not only the ones you dose as phyto feeds them all....sponges and coral too!!

[Oilers]

Originally Posted by denny@conceptaquatics

youve been told right , basically if you add all the bottle at once you are feeding your corals and fish , if you want to raise them youll need to do it outside of the display , so a fuge or sump area.

dose the pods, feed live phyto immediately afterwards, then feed phyto when ights out again.

i feed 2 oz a day , 1 in the morn and 1 at night.


i dont agree that keeping a mandarin longterm is based on getting it to eat frozen , they starve long before " long term " kicks in, keeping a mandarin longterm is making sure it has enough food be it live or prepared....either way long term is eating period, whatever you need to do.


fwiw i have 3 mandarins in a 75g cube i dose pods and feed live phyto daily.....if you keep up with it your tank is going to be riddled with pods of different types, not only the ones you dose as phyto feeds them all....sponges and coral too!!

Thanks for the info. Denny. Did you get my last PM about the package? I haven't heard back from you or Dawn so I am wondering if we still have a deal or not.

[Oilers]

Originally Posted by asylumdown

They might not know, the reason I mentioned cell density is that not all phyto solutions are created equal, and not every drop is going to have the same amount of phyto in it. How dark is the solution when you mix it up? I've seen some phyto solutions that look like green water that you can still see through, and others that look almost black when you shake it up. The darker the solution, the more algal cells in suspension.

With a mandarin, long term success will hinge on you getting it to eat frozen foods, the sooner the better.

The solution is green but you can still see through.