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However, unlike the ocean that has the abyss to dilute and degrade nutrients, our tanks are so minuscule water volume wise. | |  | |  | |
and that would be the crux of my dismay, the absolute inability to mimic the oceans purity while also providing the amounts of foods available.
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These food I am assume are live, | | | | | | |
as much as is feasable yes, but often I am forced to feed frozen cultures as I dont always have fresh live on hand.
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You are not going to kick up bacteria by disturbing a SSB. You will kick up organic waste however | | | | | | |
now correct me if I am wrong here, but wouldnt some bacteria attach to the organic particles, thus when the particles are consumed by whatever corals are capable, be feeding the corals the attached bacteria also?
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Your only action to increase the planktonic bacterial content would be to increase your nutrients, since the bacteria are already able to do the job of getting into the water column themselves. | | | | | | |
this my friend is good news to me, as i feel I provide a pretty steady supply of nutrients with out bogging down in decaying organics.
the feeding rate I have devised, was slowly built up to over the course of several months. I didnt just start bombing in food, in large quantities. i initially increased my feedings from once every two days to once a day 3/4 of the amount each day that I was feeding every other day (thus increasing frequency but not total in put by more than half. after several weeks at the higher ratio I then moved on to two feedings a day, and on untill i am now feeding 5-7 times a day with out fear.
well the future wife is home from work so I'm out for a while, I will pick up this conversation where I left off later tonight.