Coral reefer
Past President
I know you are trying to feed pods and rotifers etc... but I bet a ball of chaeto would do better for nutrient export.
Chaeto may in fact be much better at nutrient export. Peter bought me a Gorgonian and as I was looking into how to care for it, I realized that our tank was missing the first 2 rungs of the food chain - phytoplankton and zooplankton. And if corals feed on these, shouldn't we try to keep them living in our reef tanks? and if they lower nitrates and phosphates all the better.I know you are trying to feed pods and rotifers etc... but I bet a ball of chaeto would do better for nutrient export.
Right, you'd have to have an over abundance of pods to keep both happy. The six line will hunt the pods down where as the mandarin just casually pecks at them when it happens across them.six line eats pods, will compete w/ mandarin, and they get mean. i have one in my frag tank to keep the flatworms under control
That is what I am thinking.As for your experiment, is your hypothesis that the nitrates and phosphates will go down from where they are now with the addition of the phytoplankton?
agreeI'm no expert but that looks like a birds nest to me
You're the "prez" so if you say it's a birds nest then who am I to argue? I am just going by what I was told.I'm no expert but that looks like a birds nest to me
Is it just me, or does that look purple?
Here's is mine green pocillo