Kent Marine PhytoPlex question
Martin Miller
Has anyone else out there tried Kent Marine PhytoPlex ?.
I've been using it for the past three weeks, only about1/4 of the recomended
dose (because I'm always suspicious of liquid food). As I can see the only
thing it has accieved is a good crop of red(ish) slime algae. If anything
the corrals have remained closed for longer then before.
I have now stopped using it to see if the algae goes away.
Martin.
Carl Beyer
<mmi...@mcmail.com> wrote:
I use it. No problems. I use it only once a week (A teaspoon 5 mils).
Not sure if it works or not, but no advers reactions.
Carl
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frank Marini
you guys should check out a thread about phytoplex on the aqualink web
borad(www.aqualink.com). Basically this stuff is a very dilute solution of
reeds mariculture taithain blend phytoplanktons. (sold as a cyropaste by
brineshrimpdirect.com) The take home message was that becuz of the poor
storage capacity of frozen dead phytoplankton that this stuff had little
nutritional value. This stuff could be made much better by keeping it in
high concentration and stored frozen (like the colder the better -70C). So
one would have to believe that this stuff if not eaten very quickly would
quickly decomposed, and hence could be the reason that your seeing a raise
in pollution.If you like phytoplanktons use DTs (it alive) or get the BSD
cyropastes.
Lastly, remember that you have to slowly build-up feeding your sand bed,
in that it will take a while for the critters in your sand to equalize w/
the amount of food your puting in. Start off real dilute, and work it up
over a 2 month period. I hope you didn't think you were feeding your
corals w/ this stuff...well at least not directly. There are few corals
which have the ability to eat phyto,so your actually feeding you live sand
bed/live rock critters, which in turn breed...and there offspring
(zooplankton) is the food for your coral.
good luck
frank
BioStress
>
> Hi Folks,
> Has anyone else out there tried Kent Marine PhytoPlex ?.
>
> I've been using it for the past three weeks, only about1/4 of the recomended
> dose (because I'm always suspicious of liquid food). As I can see the only
> thing it has accieved is a good crop of red(ish) slime algae. If anything
> the corrals have remained closed for longer then before.
>
> I have now stopped using it to see if the algae goes away.
>
> Martin.
I have tried a few types of phytoplankon, Kent Marine's product included. The
problem with this product as I see it is that a preservative has been added
diluting the product which can now be sold "off the shelf" instead of DT's
phytoplankton which needs to be kept in the fridge b/c its living. This does
little for the nutritional value of the phyto. Additionally, this dead phyto
starts to decompose almost immediately and if not eaten say within an hour or
two they will be broken down by bacteria etc. in your tank. Thus, overfeeding
(say even at the bottles directions) may cause bacteria blooms (red algae as
you have seen).
I'm going to try some of the cryo pastes available on the market by Instant
Algae--much more concentrated than DT's phyto. thus get more bugs for the $$.
(www.seafarm.com)
You can also maintain a viable phyto. culture using DT's to feed some
saltwater, add lots of light and some circulation and sit back and watch
them grow.
Ken
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My humble marine reef
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nosmatt
have not used any dts or or any other phyto, am i missing out.
everything looks great and measurements have been good ( more on that
later!).
i also have no sps, and from what i have read this is the main reason to
use it. no?
BioStress
As Frank also mentioned in an early post to this thread, the phyto. doesn't
feed the coral directly--think of it as a food for the LR/LS critters which
multiply and produce food for the corals. Yes, SPS are more critical for
phyto. feeding but remember everything can benefit b/c your feeding the
primary food chain if you will---> goes on to feed the corals, LR etc..
Cryo paste is dead too. Yet its more concentrated and thus more for your
$$; Kent stuff is diluted, has preservatives added and costs more. DT's
is good (alive) but costs alot of $$ for the amount of phyto. you get
and need.