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MiNdErAsR 03/13/2002 10:12 AM

Some Excellent Reading
 
A couple of articles from the good Doctor. :D

Food in Bits and Pieces
Phytoplankton, A Necessity for Clams
Filter-Feeding food, Featherdusters, and Phytoplankton
Feeding Begets Food, 1
Feeding Begets Food, 2

Enjoy!

Special thanks to DT's Plankton Farm and Dr. Ron Shimek for these great articles.

Gary Majchrzak 03/13/2002 10:24 AM

Hmmmm.... good link.I've NEVER purchased ANY phytoplankton for feeding ANYTHING.I grow it on the aquarium glass and magnet scrape it off.Been doin' that for over 8 years.I'll take that first statement back-I did buy some nanochloropsus for my rotifer cultures,once.Not to change the subject matter,BUT, MiNdErAsR -how is your clam and copperband doing?

MiNdErAsR 03/13/2002 11:02 AM

Gary,
All clams are doing great. The copperband butterfly ignores them. Unfortunately I haven't had much luck weening him off freshly smashed littleneck clams.

On a side note, I have observed my pair of Gobiodon okinawae violently chase off the cbb if it gets too close to any acropora colony in which they dwell. Kind of funny to see considering how small they are compared to the CBB. :)

chewie 03/13/2002 11:08 AM

NICE!!!:thumbsup: Thank you Dr. Ron, and thank you Jim!!! I wonder if Kent has ever read this!!!

mr294 03/13/2002 02:38 PM

excellent articles. thanks! :D

toptank 03/14/2002 08:11 PM

Jim, thanks for sharing. :)

Barry

toptank 03/28/2002 09:23 PM

Yes that was very good reading. :)

Thanks

Barry

Nishant3789 06/23/2002 07:54 AM

so gary, ure saying that you can feed filterfeeders with whatever algea you scrape off the glass of your aquarium?
nishant

AQUAkid 08/03/2002 04:28 AM

very good articles.
 
That was excellent reading.

Thanks a lot.

Gary Majchrzak 08/03/2002 05:42 AM

Nishant: I am indeed saying that I feed filter feeders with those algae scrapings. To what extent they succeed in substituting for real phyto- I don't know. I'd like to find out the answer someday.

MiNdErAsR 08/04/2002 09:37 AM

I would think that scrapings from the glass would be too large in particle size. But I could be wrong. :)

Gary Majchrzak 08/04/2002 10:32 AM

Jim, I'm not referring to the big chunks {"scrapings"} so much as the algal "fuzz" removed with the magnet.This "fuzz" may indeed be much larger than phytoplankton,but I'm wondering if much of my phyto-feeders are utilizing it...?
I believe they are, but I have no proof.

MiNdErAsR 08/15/2002 07:46 AM

Broken links fixed.

JoJoIndianapolis 08/22/2002 10:49 PM

Thanks Jim!

I grew a little bit more as a hobbyest...

Great reading!

Gary Majchrzak 04/21/2003 10:26 PM

The information provided in the above links convinced me to try dosing a phytoplankton supplement. I am happy to report seeing great results in my reef aquarium- especially with my large Tridacna squamosa and numerous filter feeding organisms. Thanks again for the information Ron and Jim!

Fliger 04/29/2003 01:23 PM

And Gary, you switching based on reading these articles has convinced me to start dosing. Thanks. :D

THE GIMP 04/29/2003 08:07 PM

I gotta chime in too! Great reading. Thanks! My 2 maxis thank you.

newkie 06/11/2003 08:46 AM

Some interesting reading from Reef Invertabrates by Anthony Calfo and Bob Fenner

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/BookMatte...cnids-demo.pdf

Periette 07/13/2003 11:27 AM

Hi, all. Caught this thread and was wondering your recommended phyto? DT's? That's what I was using but was concerned about overfeeding. Any comments on frequency, etc.?

Thanks!

dragon_slayer 08/10/2003 01:27 PM

daily feedings
 
Quote:

Originally posted by Periette
Hi, all. Caught this thread and was wondering your recommended phyto? DT's? That's what I was using but was concerned about overfeeding. Any comments on frequency, etc.?

Thanks!

I feed my tank daily with ESV spray dried phytoplankton, I have two 3" derasa and two 2" gold maximas and all are growing nicely.

I like the spray dried over the live as it seams to be less pollutant on a tank IME.

kc

MiNdErAsR 08/10/2003 10:09 PM

Re: daily feedings
 
Quote:

Originally posted by dragon_slayer
I feed my tank daily with ESV spray dried phytoplankton
Actually you might want to rethink this. A couple of MACNA's ago (2001?) Rob Toonen did a presentation concerning the various planktonic foods (iirc DT's, Cryo-pastes, Golden Pearls, Spray Dried Phytoplankton, and Black Powder...there may have been others as well) available to the hobby. As it turned out ESV SDPP tends to clump up into a particle size which is too large for the animals (I forget which) involved in testing. This was the case even if a high speed blender was used.

Clams require a very specific particle size of phytoplankton, otherwise their gills could become clogged. This can be fatal to the clam. The articles on this very subject, linked at the top of this thread, are definitely worth the read.

Live phytoplankton (such as DT's) should not be a cause for concern as a source for pollution. What doesn't get eaten will survive until it does get eaten, or be removed via skimming. I'd be more concerned with uneaten freeze-dried foods polluting the tank.

IMO, IME

Rod Buehler 08/11/2003 05:30 AM

Re: daily feedings
 
Quote:

Originally posted by dragon_slayer


I like the spray dried over the live as it seams to be less pollutant on a tank IME.

kc

I cant imaging anything that is live being more "pollutant" than anything that is dead. wether it be fish, coral or phytoplankton.

a.p.17 09/16/2003 08:03 PM

great reading and very helpful. thanks

wombat2 11/12/2003 05:03 PM

This link is to an article by Rob Toonen where he talks about the differences in the various phytoplankton supplements available:
http://www.reefs.org/library/talklog...en_102500.html
Basically, DTs are best :D

gcvt 02/07/2004 06:45 AM

The only link I can get to work is the "Suspension Feeding" one :(
Anyone else having trouble with them?


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