phytoplankton

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sbazain

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how often should i feed my mushroom corals and copepods copepods are allover the sump i was reading is good to feed them phytoplankton any help with this thank you
 

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IMO, there is no significant benefit to feeding phyto to those animals. Phyto can easily pollute you water if you ovedue it, causing algae blooms or worse. IMO, phyto is only required for non-photosythentic animals (gorgs, sea fans, carnations, etc).
 

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IMO, there is no significant benefit to feeding phyto to those animals. Phyto can easily pollute you water if you ovedue it, causing algae blooms or worse. IMO, phyto is only required for non-photosythentic animals (gorgs, sea fans, carnations, etc).
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While in theory it may help the copepod population, in practice it doesn't necessarily work that way.

It really isn't worth the trouble. If you already have pods all over the place then there isn't much point in trying to boost their population beyond its natural balance.
 

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I have never fed PODs and m-shrooms.
 

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doing good how's the weather in south africa first time i talk to some one from south africa , here starting with my new hobby love it but it has a lot of things to learn to get that reef going but i guess if you like what your doing you enjoy it .
 

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I put one of the marine pellets on each mushroom each day and they seem grow well. In my nano cube they have doubled in size in two months. A couple of them are even starting to split.
 

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I put one of the marine pellets on each mushroom each day and they seem grow well. In my nano cube they have doubled in size in two months. A couple of them are even starting to split.
As stated before, I never feed my shrooms. They spread like crazy without help. I started with about 12. I gave away over 50!!! I still had lots!! They were everywhere.
 
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