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Posted: November 13 2012 at 2:14am |
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what do you feed or supplement for your across, monti, molli, etc?
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Akira
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Posted: November 13 2012 at 3:40am |
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I have always dosed fuel and spot feed my duncans etc.
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Posted: November 13 2012 at 6:30am |
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Akira Said it right. I dose fuel as well as PhytoFeast. And spot feed the ones that will take it. Some of my chalices, favia, other lps.
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Posted: November 13 2012 at 7:52am |
Light. 
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It's Not a Hobby It's an Obsession
150&210 Gallons of Madness and. Sanity! 801-850-4915
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Posted: November 13 2012 at 8:08am |
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1500W of it to be exact. Oh, and calcium, mag. and Alk.
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Posted: November 13 2012 at 8:43am |
DLindquist wrote:
builderofdreams wrote:
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1500W of it to be exact. Oh, and calcium, mag. and Alk. |
Yea that Too. and maybe some water flow.
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Posted: November 13 2012 at 8:47am |
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1500 Watts? Damn that's crazy!
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Posted: November 13 2012 at 9:06am |
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Just good old light and elements!
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None at the moment
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Posted: November 13 2012 at 9:37am |
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Light, flow, fuel, Mag, Cal, and sometimes Marine Snow (when I remember)
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Posted: November 13 2012 at 10:40am |
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If you have good light, good calcium, alkalinity, and magnesium, then your SPS should be doing great. I think think you need to directly feed them.
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Posted: November 13 2012 at 2:46pm |
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I feed all of the above plus, oyster feast and Kent's Chroma max. The only difference that I do is I drop it right into the koralia's so it chops it up and bows it every where so everyone gets a little of everything.
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Posted: November 13 2012 at 4:35pm |
FPLF. 
Fish Poop, Light, Flow. Flow being most important and chems in correct balance.
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Posted: November 13 2012 at 4:43pm |
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sweet! So nothin' much more than I'm currently doing... Those of you who use marine snow and fuel, have you ever noticed difference?
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Posted: November 13 2012 at 5:01pm |
Dionysus wrote:
1500 Watts? Damn that's crazy! |
Come to think of it, we are actually running 1520W The coral seam to love it. As mentioned, flow is equally important. At peak capacity, we are pushing almost 20,000 GPH.
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Posted: November 13 2012 at 5:02pm |
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1000W of light, alk/ca/mag, iodine, iron, potassium, strontium (testing for all of those and dosing accordingly...lights included.) I also feed my homemade magic blend of amino acids, seaweed (red/green/brown), raw seafood, sugar, and garlic.
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Posted: November 20 2012 at 11:45pm |
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Sugar??? Why sugar??
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Posted: November 26 2012 at 10:05pm |
id also like to hear more on your home made recipe . what have you seen out of using it ? why sugar and garlic ?
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Posted: January 02 2013 at 4:20pm |
I am pretty sure I believe in Fuel...
Its impossible to do a true experiment over the months required to see real growth in tank with and without dosing but I started this hobby thinking I would never dose anything and tried Fuel based on more than one recommendation and I now regularly shell out my 19 bucks for the big bottle of fuel and dump in small doses a few times a week- and from a purely unquantifiable perspective I swear the stony corals do better. Better polyp extension maybe faster growth... I think the harder to keep corals like Millepora seem to show an even better response. But, I am certain you will find more than 1 beautiful tank that does not does...
But- its cheap enough to not be a major expense (I dose much less than recommended probably 1/2) and I am convinced enough to spend the money, and I hate spending money on useless crap....
P.S. I have yet to read any of the glossy advertisement- I used it on a recommendation and ended up seeing what I thought was a difference...
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