corallover23
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i bought some and what a difference my frog spawn opened 3times the size.... has any one else had these results?
has any one used dt's phytoplankton?
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corallover23
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Originally Posted by Rockman
http:///forum/post/2673488
Its good stuff just watch the expiration dates and shake it up like it says.
If it smells really bad then most of the phytoplankton is dead
And will most likely end up in your skimmer
thx.... i squeeze out all the air after i use it. i suck it up in a hand feeding syrnge for birds so the lid isnt off that long..... did you get same or simular results?
http:///forum/post/2673488
Its good stuff just watch the expiration dates and shake it up like it says.
If it smells really bad then most of the phytoplankton is dead
And will most likely end up in your skimmer
thx.... i squeeze out all the air after i use it. i suck it up in a hand feeding syrnge for birds so the lid isnt off that long..... did you get same or simular results?
nordy
Active Member
I have used it for awhile and yeah, it smells, even when fresh. I usually mix up a cocktail of thawed out Cyclopeeze, DTs, and a little water then target feed everbody. I also turn off all my circulators while feeding for about 10 minutes and "bump" them on a few times to keep things stirred up during the feeding process.
corallover23
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im really impressed with it. thanks for sharing
aztec reef
Active Member
well, dt's is the best source of live phyto supplement and its never a bad idea to have a diverse diet..However that doesn't mean you should give your tank a phyto feeding frenzy.
Be carefull, don't missuse and abuse this dietery supplement..or it could do more harm than good...
The main organisms(pods) that eat phyto are at the lowest of the food pyramid in the ocean.
-phytoplankton (micro-algea) gets eaten by zooplankton(pods), zooplankton gets eaten by fish and some inverts. After that Fish poops and corals feed on the fish waste, which has planktonic cells and are nutricious fatty acids that fertilize the whole reef comunity.. Its a phase induced process.
Its the case of Inporting and exporting... It all depends in how much phyto your system can utilize(get rid of) without leftovers accumulating/decomposing in your aquarium..
When the phytoplankton experiences a population explosion because of an excess of nutrients and other factors, these tiny plants produce algae blooms. Blooms can result in the loss of aquatic life because they can reduce the amount of oxygen in the water and they prevent sunlight from reaching corals..
This is when u start 2 have sewage-like green water= phyto bloom..
It is a essential food source for zooplankton(pods)..and other organisms that may benefit from it, However the amount of organisms that have no use for it is also vast.
To my knowledge, theres no scientific determination whether sps/lps/soft corals utilize much of phyto...
A recent study showed that soft corals have higher levels of phyto in their guts, than what it was available in water column..why???
maybe cause once they ingest it in their guts, they have trouble digesting it..(wether it was intentionally or accidently ingested).
Or maybe they do utilize it so much and so often that it takes a long time in their guts..(making it look like it has trouble digesting it).
either way, the phyto concentration is much higher in the coral's guts than it is in the water column that surrounds them.. why?
Could that be accumulation?
whatever it is, thats excess nutrients that lack exportation...(aka chemical imbalance)
Phyto are single celled organisms, which as soon as they hit the multicellular stage can become biotoxins.
FYI; 1 million cells per liter of tank water= a bloom.. this blooms are have deleterious effects on your ecosystem.
keep in mind that most reef animals (about 90%) with a photosynthetic symbionts have evolved to withstand and thrive under nutrient-poor tropical
waters..thus IMO theres no requirement for supplementing phyto.(unless the zoo population demands more)
making them somewhat self-sufficient, since they feed mostly via zooxanthellae.
Intentional feeding and photo output are linked. Corals in enclosed systems like our tanks have shown dissolved organic uptake to be at a maximum, when corals are starved(not fed).
Unused inorganics/organics in water column will degrade water chemistry...
which is the main culprid of some tank crashes.
I don't even supplement phyto, But i do get decent amounts when i scrape tank glass.
And my pod population is so high, it makes illegal immigration look like a cycling process....that not even the INS can endure..
Be carefull, don't missuse and abuse this dietery supplement..or it could do more harm than good...
The main organisms(pods) that eat phyto are at the lowest of the food pyramid in the ocean.
-phytoplankton (micro-algea) gets eaten by zooplankton(pods), zooplankton gets eaten by fish and some inverts. After that Fish poops and corals feed on the fish waste, which has planktonic cells and are nutricious fatty acids that fertilize the whole reef comunity.. Its a phase induced process.
Its the case of Inporting and exporting... It all depends in how much phyto your system can utilize(get rid of) without leftovers accumulating/decomposing in your aquarium..
When the phytoplankton experiences a population explosion because of an excess of nutrients and other factors, these tiny plants produce algae blooms. Blooms can result in the loss of aquatic life because they can reduce the amount of oxygen in the water and they prevent sunlight from reaching corals..
This is when u start 2 have sewage-like green water= phyto bloom..
It is a essential food source for zooplankton(pods)..and other organisms that may benefit from it, However the amount of organisms that have no use for it is also vast.
To my knowledge, theres no scientific determination whether sps/lps/soft corals utilize much of phyto...
A recent study showed that soft corals have higher levels of phyto in their guts, than what it was available in water column..why???
maybe cause once they ingest it in their guts, they have trouble digesting it..(wether it was intentionally or accidently ingested).
Or maybe they do utilize it so much and so often that it takes a long time in their guts..(making it look like it has trouble digesting it).
either way, the phyto concentration is much higher in the coral's guts than it is in the water column that surrounds them.. why?
Could that be accumulation?
whatever it is, thats excess nutrients that lack exportation...(aka chemical imbalance)
Phyto are single celled organisms, which as soon as they hit the multicellular stage can become biotoxins.
FYI; 1 million cells per liter of tank water= a bloom.. this blooms are have deleterious effects on your ecosystem.
keep in mind that most reef animals (about 90%) with a photosynthetic symbionts have evolved to withstand and thrive under nutrient-poor tropical
waters..thus IMO theres no requirement for supplementing phyto.(unless the zoo population demands more)
making them somewhat self-sufficient, since they feed mostly via zooxanthellae.
Intentional feeding and photo output are linked. Corals in enclosed systems like our tanks have shown dissolved organic uptake to be at a maximum, when corals are starved(not fed).
Unused inorganics/organics in water column will degrade water chemistry...
which is the main culprid of some tank crashes.
I don't even supplement phyto, But i do get decent amounts when i scrape tank glass.
stanlalee
Active Member
I'm not sure about softies but stony corals (LPS/SPS) feed on zooplankton. DTs oyster eggs would be a much better choice to feed those. Phtyo should be used sparingly to increase the population of zooplankton and zooplankton larve. In other words pyto is used to feed the food of hard corals not the corals (much like phyto is used to feed rotifiers that are then used to raise tank bred fish at the larval stage).
My hammer used to open ridiculously and I never used phytoplankton a day in my life, just zooplankton
My hammer used to open ridiculously and I never used phytoplankton a day in my life, just zooplankton