Am I the only one?

[Spanky]

spot on

Viv, when something is "limiting", think of it as the thing that "limits" it's growth.

[EdFink]

I watched a couple of TV shows on the Discovery Channel etc...over the past several weeks that dealt with coral reefs. Both shows pointed out that stony corals derive 90% of their nutrition from their Zooxanthellae. IMO as long as we get a little detritus up in the water column (not difficult in my tank ), and have adequate lighting, then no one should be concerend with these guy's starving.

I agree, but the guys that don't have enough nutrients in their BB systems are starving the zoo........yes? I assumed the bacteria taken in by the corals is nitrate/phos limited & the zoo suffer which causes the coral to bleach.......... or there's not enough zoo in the coral to feed & sustain growth. Or am I way off?

[SPC]

Originally Posted by EdFink

I agree, but the guys that don't have enough nutrients in their BB systems are starving the zoo........yes? I assumed the bacteria taken in by the corals is nitrate/phos limited & the zoo suffer which causes the coral to bleach.......... or there's not enough zoo in the coral to feed & sustain growth. Or am I way off?

Hi Ed,

I figured I would just point you to one of the older threads in The Think Tank forum that deals with your questions (which are excellent questions BTW and ones that I wish were discussed more on the other boards). Hope this thread has your answers but if not just say so and I'm sure those can be answered too.

http://thereeftank.com/forums/showth...ght=coral+food

Steve

[panic]

I'm not, but it sounds like you have good water without all of the extra expense

[tabwyo]

I run a filter sock (changed daily) and auto top-off w/ kalk but other than that, I run prety close to the same. My tank is still an infant though.