Feeding my corals

[ttharo69]

Also have invested in a specialised coral feed called coral frenzy, and trying that instead of marine snow, have you heard if this is any good, had favourable reviews.
Helen

 

[ttharo69]

Also I am testing on a regular basis and all parameters are normal, thank god .
Helen

 

[ttharo69]

Limpets maybe? They are also called pond snails but I thought they were exclusively freshwater.

Will post a picture soon, so hopefully they can be identified, although it sounds like maybe my lighting is the problem.
Thanks Helen

 

[ttharo69]

Hi just put light on and took these pics of unidentified ?? Some sort of snail, 2 show them speckled all over back wall of tank and one close up out of focus though on glass, can anyone help me identify these and are my corals being eaten by them? Only come out at night
Thanks Helen

 

[needmorecowbell]

I think they are. They reproduce when there is a lot of nutrients in the water. How often are your fish fed?

 

[ttharo69]

I think they are. They reproduce when there is a lot of nutrients in the water. How often are your fish fed?

Do you know what they are? Are you saying these might be eating my corals then? I only feed them once a day avert tiny pinch, but just started to feed corals coral crazy feed which the whole tank went mad for. Any advice is greatly appreciated
Helen

 

[needmorecowbell]

I THINK they might be pond snails. They are reproducing like them and look like them but I really thought they were just freshwater. I don't know if they will munch on the corals but they do eat algae.

 

[Kurt_Nelson]

The larger purple/white stripped snail in the first picture is a Trochus snail. Great snail for a saltwater tank. As far as I know, there aren't any snails that bother corals.

Regarding the lighting... if the lights are advertised to support "soft corals" then that's not saying much. I've never heard a statement like that, but I'd take that to translate in to "Won't support many corals you want." While zoanthids are a "soft" coral, they're not considered a "soft coral"... if you know what I mean. I'd assume the vendor meant the lighting might support mushrooms, and that's about it.

Regarding feeding, I've heard Coral Frenzy is good stuff, but without proper lighting it doesn't really matter what you feed... you're just postponing the inevitable. Sorry if I'm not sounding supporting or optimistic, but corals are photosynthetic animals - they need a certain amount of light or they won't survive in the long term.

 

[needmorecowbell]

On the other hand, there are many good sites for buying a light

 

[ttharo69]

On the other hand, there are many good sites for buying a light

Can you tell me what wattage I am looking at needing to get for these corals to have a chance please, and if you know how I can fix different lights into my tank??
Many thanks for your honest advice
Helen

 

[needmorecowbell]

I looked up the tank and i dont see much you could do wirh it on. If you are willing to take the whole hood off and add a clamp on light, that may be a resolution. I think you would be okay with 50 watts but I'm not sure. If you could give me the dimensions of the tank it would be great.

 

[ttharo69]

I looked up the tank and i dont see much you could do wirh it on. If you are willing to take the whole hood off and add a clamp on light, that may be a resolution. I think you would be okay with 50 watts but I'm not sure. If you could give me the dimensions of the tank it would be great.

Just a thought, you can get bright led light that are easily installed, and sold for aquariums with them added in for more brightness could that work? Thanks for looking up my tank details will measure up and get back to you

 

[needmorecowbell]

Yes but they are pretty expensive. Do you have knowledge in making them? If you can solder and understand electricity and the way they work then you could do that. I do not know much about them though.

 

[ttharo69]

My tropical aquarium has 60 bright LED's White and 60 in blue, on a strip, surprised at how bright they are, and half the price of buying a new light unit for the tank, so maybe I will add something like this in as extra to give more light, hopefully then the corals will be ok.
Thanks for advice

 

[ttharo69]

Yes but they are pretty expensive. Do you have knowledge in making them? If you can solder and understand electricity and the way they work then you could do that. I do not know much about them though.

Hi again, just a quick update by the way to say my corals are doing really well and spreadining, so must have the right light conditions now with a tube of LED's to supplement the lighting of the tank

 

[needmorecowbell]

That's great! I would love to see it, do you have a thread for it or could you possibly take a picture? Btw, congratulations!