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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
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:




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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: January 08 2006 at 11:53pm

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

 Tanks of all sizes are susceptible to a bloom of phyto, if the organisms eat it slower than it grows.

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. 



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Posted By: rstruhs
Date Posted: January 09 2006 at 2:17am

Just DON'T ask Mark how much phyto he adds to his tanks!  His huge clams definitely love him!

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!



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55 gallon FOWLR
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Posted By: Bob Kripfgans
Date Posted: January 09 2006 at 7:33am
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.

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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: January 09 2006 at 10:30am
Originally posted by Mark Peterson Mark Peterson wrote:

Wow, Amie sure is fast at the keyboard!

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. 



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.


Posted By: rstruhs
Date Posted: January 10 2006 at 4:46pm
Originally posted by Amie Amie wrote:

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.

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!



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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



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