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Adam Blundell 
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 Posted: March 29 2006 at 8:53am |
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Good questions. It is best to feed the corals when their polyps are out. Most corals feed at night. However most hobbyists feed during the day, and "train" their corals to eat during the day.
I like having my pumps on during feeding, I think it helps to push the food around until it hits a coral. With the pumps off the food just settles somwhere in the rocks.
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Posted: March 29 2006 at 1:37pm |
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I agree with Adam, but let me add one thing. You may want to turn off your skimmer (providing you have one), for a short period of time. This also goes for your hang on the back filter system as these take the food out of the water column. IMO if you maximize the time the food is in the tank more filter feeders can have seconds and thirds! Maybe you could even add less per dose.
That being said I often get lazy and just throw alot of phyto, oyester eggs, cyclop-eze or marine snow into the tank without shutting down the skimmer .
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Posted: March 29 2006 at 5:22pm |
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There is some talk about SPS and eating cyclopeeze versus rotifers. One thing to note is that cyclopeeze is in the 500-800 micron range and most rotifers we grow are in the 70-350 micron range. perhaps its the size difference that stimulates feeding response?
while i have seen my SPS eat cyclopeeze before they clearly capture this food called "cyclops" that i got at marine aquatics that is 100-300 microns in size and also contains freshwater cyclops just like cyclopeeze.
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Posted: March 29 2006 at 5:48pm |
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Is cyclopeeze a FW organism? And "cyclops"?
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Posted: March 29 2006 at 6:13pm |
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The package for cyclop-eeze says is 700-800 micron in size.
The stuff I got from Marine Aquatics is called "Cyclops" and is mad eby H20 life. it is just frozen cyclops as well but they claim its "phytoplankton enriched for coloration and complete nutrition" whatever that means. they claim the average size is 200-400 microns.
when unfrozen you can see that it really is just the frozen cyclops organisms, there might be some other stuff mixed in there too that i couldn't identify though.
basically its 1/3 the size of cyclop-eeze. i find my corals have a much easier time finding it, but its on the verge of being too small for my fish to see/like. they obviously prefer cyclop-eeze.
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Posted: March 29 2006 at 8:01pm |
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Actually, cyclop-eeze is a saltwater decapod organism that is grown and
harvested in the artic. It is rich in natural attractant and
pigment. People have been using it to feed fish to keep their
color.
When you feed cyclopeeze, you can see the individual pods in the
water. EVERY fish goes crazy for these guys, even pipefish.
http://www.cyclop-eeze.com/product_info.php
The freshwater cyclops might just be good ol' daphnia.
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Posted: March 29 2006 at 9:02pm |
hmmmm, i googled a bit and there seems to be some debate on the net about what it really is... its too bad their website doesn't show up when you google on the front page =/ just look at the first few links if you type in cyclopeeze, one is entitled "freeze dried cyclops". the argent link clearly shows what they claim it is, perhaps its time to check one out under the microscope... this statement on the website (man is there a lot there) has me a little wierded out though, a little x-files esque "  CYCLOP-EEZE® are
a selectively bred, biologically engineered microorganism which are cultured
in a pristine arctic lake."
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Posted: March 29 2006 at 10:05pm |
Does sound a little weird 
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Posted: March 30 2006 at 7:23am |
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I feel better knowing it is marine...
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