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I am going to get this upgrade eventually. I have a mp20 and want to go to mp40w and am glad I waited.
What we have used in the past for our filter feeders is Phyto Feast by reef nutrition.
http://www.reefnutrition.com/phytofeast.html
Phyto is good for filter feeders in your tank or if you are trying to breed fish. Depending on what you keep in your tank I think you will be fine to just pick one...
It was the fish in the bag at Rods house and the fish he went it with are also small and non-aggressive which is on purpose. If he went into any of our other tanks, then yes he would be a very expensive snack.
Good luck, I had to pull all the live rock out of our 20g to get to a coral beauty. My flame angel does come up to the surface of the water when I feed, maybe put the net in the water then feed and try and grab him? They can be quick and dart into the live rock when spooked.
The point of doing a blackout is to have a total blackout. People who have done it have had positive results. As far as corals go it seems that softies and LPS are fine, your SPS may lose a bit of color but will rebound. Remember in nature it is not sunny every single day.
Here is the info from Tyree's webpage:
The first Reeffarmers Limited Edition soft polyp coral is the Captain America palythoa polyp from World Wide Corals. This is an amazing medium sized polyp that contains an incredible array of pigments. There are orange/reds, pinks, dark blues, bright blues...
The pistol shrimp in the tank has gone a very good job of creating a network of caves under the live rock so there are plenty of place to hide, so I am not that concerned if we see him every minute. Right now we feed all the tanks Rod's Reef which has a good amount of smaller particles for the...
Re: Flame Angel and Clamps?
I assume you mean clams, and that answer depends on the fish you have. Dwarf angels are prone to pick at clams and they might even leave it alone for a long time and then one day turn on it. We had a clam with a flame angel and he never touched it, but I have heard...
Thank you Rod for hosting the meeting, we had a great time. The raffle gods smiled upon us which was very nice, I think it is because we can both bring newbie luck.
mnat, Nikki's husband ;D