Marine Snow?

[footbag]

The bottle of marine snow claims that "Frequent feeding will not cause build up of excess nutrients."
Is that true? How?

 

[bang guy]

LOL... well, if the bottle doesn't contain many nutrients then the nutrients can't build up.

 

[reefnut]

In short, as a general statement it's BS. Marine Snow is a Plantonic food that can very easily cause a build up of nutrients. Used in small doses frequently I would think the system could process the nutrients though. I have started feeding recently and plan to do so three times a week unless a problem arise. The portions will be very small to start and may increase as time goes by depending on how the tank reacts.

 

[footbag]

OK, I thought it was BS. It's that damn "trust anything you read" instinct.

 

[bang guy]

Pour out some Marine snow and look at it in a microscope. It will make you angry. Especially if you compare it to a quality product like DTs.

 

[dburr]

Yeah, it's mostly water anyway.

It wont build up nutrients.

 

[footbag]

I was thinking about doing that, but I don't have a microscope.
Since ordering it, I have decided to culture my own phyto and then in turn rotifers, but I was considering DT's. Isn't DT's only phyto, while Marine Snow contains Phyto as well as Zooplankton? Or am I falling for a sneaky marketing gimik?

 

[bang guy]

DT's is only Live Phyto. Neither have zooplankton.