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06-15-2006, 08:10 PM
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No Pinch!
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Florida
Posts: 696
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Zoa question
Does anyone here feed thier Zoas?
if so what do you feed and how often???
Have you seen growth results from feeding? Color?
TIA
Linn
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06-15-2006, 08:57 PM
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No Pinch!
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Florida
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no one?
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06-15-2006, 10:06 PM
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Protect the Worlds Reefs
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Florida
Posts: 1,083
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I personally dont target feed them or otherwise. I dose frozen cyclop-eeze, frozen bio-plankton and have no clue if they eat it or not  I do know they are light hogs, well mine are and they have steady growth rates. I do dose iodine once a week. |
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06-15-2006, 10:11 PM
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Eat more PIE
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Florida Panhandle
Posts: 18,603
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I feed mine liquid food it has helped with growth.
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06-16-2006, 12:08 AM
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No Pinch!
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Florida
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any particular brand(s)? I should look for? and are these foods ok for other soft corals?
Thanks!
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06-16-2006, 06:16 AM
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Eat more PIE
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Florida Panhandle
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Originally Posted by Discdogge
any particular brand(s)? I should look for? and are these foods ok for other soft corals?
Thanks!
Linn
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I just get whatever is on sale at the LFS and says for general coral feeding.
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06-16-2006, 08:36 AM
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No Pinch!
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Florida
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Thanks!
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06-16-2006, 08:37 AM
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No Pinch!
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Florida
Posts: 696
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OHHHH I'm finally a little fishy!
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06-16-2006, 09:20 AM
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Protect the Worlds Reefs
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Florida
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no we always no you were a little fishy |
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06-16-2006, 09:35 AM
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Had 2 Much Fun
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Jacksonville Fl
Posts: 1,032
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DT Phytoplankton
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06-16-2006, 09:46 AM
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Protect the Worlds Reefs
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Florida
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is it on sale? Casey said it has to be on sale |
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06-16-2006, 09:55 AM
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NFMAS
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Saint Augustine
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This topic comes and goes frequently. The last time it was brought up I said I do not feed my corals (sps) and I still do not, however I have been following a study on old tank syndrome and the test involves 2 tanks of equal age, size , and bioload. During a 6 month period there was no visible difference from the tank that had fed corals and the tank that did not have fed corals. After 6 months there differences started to show between the 2 tanks. The fed tank's corals were more vibrant, showed continuous growth, and had fewer occurrences of RTN and sick corals. I plan to incorporate some kind of feeding schedule into my tank maintenance with DT phyto
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06-16-2006, 10:01 AM
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Had 2 Much Fun
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Jacksonville Fl
Posts: 1,032
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when you have the lowest $$$ in town, everyday is a sale
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06-16-2006, 10:17 AM
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Had 2 Much Fun
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Jacksonville Fl
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I also use coral accel, Oceans Blend & a splash of iodine
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06-16-2006, 11:13 AM
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Protect the Worlds Reefs
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Florida
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John I got some frozen bottle of Phyto plankton with the cycop-eeze in it from Robert the last time I was in there, and my corals seem to like it, especially my welsy brain and ricordia.
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