Got Phyto
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Topic: Got Phyto
Posted By: Gahlenfr
Subject: Got Phyto
Date Posted: January 08 2006 at 5:24pm
Well I took the plunge and got some phyto. Now what? I noticed that in some of the posts people fertilize and and some do not. Where do I purchase the nutrients that I need for it? How much and how often do I feed a 15g and 30g tank? Thanks for all your help .
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Posted By: Suzy
Date Posted: January 08 2006 at 5:28pm
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What kind did you get?
I have fertilizer from florida aqua farms. I feed as much as i can grow! But, I do have a big tank... |
Posted By: jeffras
Date Posted: January 08 2006 at 9:02pm
Be careful with smaller tanks or they could turn into this: ------------- Jeff Rasmussen |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: January 08 2006 at 11:53pm
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How much phyto a tank can handle really depends on how much life is in the tank. If you have lots of clams, you can probably add as much as you want. I have a 45 gallon with lots of softies & LPS, live rock, live sand, 5 fish, and a refugium with lots of life in it (no clams). I add a quart of phyto twice a week and everything seems happy. I also have 42 gallon fish only tank with live rock and sand, but I only add about a two cups a week to that tank. There's just not enough life in that tank to eat the phyto and I don't want it to turn into a "phyto farm". (Been there, done that. Adam Haycock should pipe in to answer your questions about fertilizer. I thought you had to have it, but I really don't know. |
)Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: January 08 2006 at 11:56pm
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Wow, Amie sure is fast at the keyboard! I believe in fertilizer as a means of encouraging the growth of phyto over other things that could grow in the vessel like bacteria and fungus. ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member 
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Tanks of all sizes are susceptible to a bloom of phyto, if the organisms eat it slower than it grows.Posted By: rstruhs
Date Posted: January 09 2006 at 2:17am
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Just DON'T ask Mark how much phyto he adds to his tanks! I add a gallon to my 75 gallon and a gallon to my daughter-in-law's 55 gallon tank every other day. I have never had a problem with a phyto bloom. As posted earlier, it really depends on what you have that will eat it! ------------- Rodney, Sandra, Jeffery, and Laura Struhs South Jordan, Utah 98th South & 40th West. (801) 282-2744 75 gallon reef 55 gallon reef 55 gallon FOWLR 20 gallon FOWLR |
Posted By: Bob Kripfgans
Date Posted: January 09 2006 at 7:33am
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I add a liter every other day to my 46. As far as fertilizer I add 1/4 capful every time I make a new batch, it works for me. ------------- WMAS is da place! Save the Banggai's! Tooele,Ut. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: January 09 2006 at 10:30am
You are not the first one to accuse me of that. One thing that I forget sometimes when adding phyto to my tank is that it will increase the salinity of the tank. I think Mark adds phyto when he does a water change. |
Mark Peterson wrote:Posted By: Gahlenfr
Date Posted: January 09 2006 at 12:46pm
Thanks for the input. I will get some fertilizer and start with a couple of cups every other day and go from there.
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Posted By: rstruhs
Date Posted: January 10 2006 at 4:46pm
I remove the same amount of salt water BEFORE I put the phyto in. Ie., when I put a gallon of phyto in, I first remove a gallon of water from the system! That way it does not affect your salinity! ------------- Rodney, Sandra, Jeffery, and Laura Struhs South Jordan, Utah 98th South & 40th West. (801) 282-2744 75 gallon reef 55 gallon reef 55 gallon FOWLR 20 gallon FOWLR |