Coral Snow, anyone heard of it?

[Sniperhank]

Zeovit Coral Snow is awesome but it’s not what you think

Just a short article on the stuff. Sounded kinda neat to me, though not a replacement for anything we already do.

 

[Ingy]

Yes, I have some. Want it? I was using it religiously every 5 days, feeding my corals. But I started to see way too many brittle stars who like it too. I have since stopped using it and my corals (even the SPS) are growing way better without it. Less brittle stars now too.

 

[Sniperhank]

Not really want it. Just curious about the product. Interesting about the bristles though. Wonder why their pop would go up from adding clay.

 

[Gregcoyote]

I use to spot feed with it. I saw no real noticeable improvements. It breaks down into DOC's really easily, so I stopped using it. I don't have any filter feeders that require it anyway.

 

[Qube]

Am I confused here? I read this article the other day, and it isn't a "food" like Marine Snow is designed to be, rather an alternative to carbon in home aquaria.

 

[Sniperhank]

It's clay, that absorbs junk like carbon and is then supposedly absorbed by corals. Don't know much about it besides that.

 

[Gregcoyote]

Am I confused here? I read this article the other day, and it isn't a "food" like Marine Snow is designed to be, rather an alternative to carbon in home aquaria.

Then I am way off track. Never heard of this stuff.

 

[Qube]

Then I am way off track. Never heard of this stuff.

I was just making sure I hadn't read it wrong or dreamed it...

 

[Qube]

It's clay, that absorbs junk like carbon and is then supposedly absorbed by corals. Don't know much about it besides that.

I don't know much either other than what Jake wrote in the article attached. I am curious though...

 

[Gregcoyote]

Reading the article helped.
It binds organic compounds and then becomes heavy enough for mechanical filtration to grab it, like a skimmer. Might work fine. But as all their products they are $$$$. As he said, it replaces a bit of carbon or GFO, but he didn't mention it costs many times what those cost.

 

[Sniperhank]

I think that if someone handed me some for free, I'd use it...but I'm not buying it.

 

[Gregcoyote]

I think that if someone handed me some for free, I'd use it...but I'm not buying it.

In a dire emergency, it might work for a crashed tank. Since it diffuses almost instantly thru the whole tank and probably starts binding DOC's right away, it might be a fast way to save a tank.

 

[Sniperhank]

If it is crashed, isn't it a tad to late at that point? Maybe preventing "old tank" syndrome?