Best Zoa food

[kstone2274]

I been using Oyster feast and Roti Feast with Fuel. My zoas don't seem to be growing that great. Any suggestions?

 

[Harold Green]

Lower lighting if they aren't staying open all the time and spot feed with a slightly larger food. You might have to entice them into opening by putting a little filter feeding food into the water before spot feeding.

 

[twilliard]

Bacteria is the best food IMO
I have never fed my zoas and they are growing like a weed

 

[twilliard]

 

[Lockridge49]

Reef blizzard O and L

 

[ClownTang38]

Phyto2 - my Zoas have been exploding to the point where I'm moving a few into another tank so I can spread the love!!

 

[Fontana92117]

I used to use Oyster feast with pretty awesome success.

 

[ebushrow]

Fauna Marin Zoa and riccordia food

 

[twilliard]

I don't get it. Why are people suggesting stuff that will un fortunately degrade water quality.
when people are trying to get corals to grow they feed the tank not understanding that what they are doing is polluting the water.
desperate people do desperate things
Here on R2R anything we post is read by anyone even unregistered people.
there is absolutely no need to feed a tank with zoes.

 

[ClownTang38]

I don't get it. Why are people suggesting stuff that will un fortunately degrade water quality.
when people are trying to get corals grow they feed the tank not understanding that what they are doing is polluting the water.
desperate people do desperate things

Can you be more specific? Which of the options above are degrading water quality?

 

[twilliard]

I just edited my post, please read

 

[ClownTang38]

Maybe I should have clarified that I have zoes and about 45 other different types of coral and invertebrates in my tank. In no way am I damaging my tank using Phyto2....if that was the case, my tank wouldn't be blossoming like it has been for years.

 

[twilliard]

Phyto is not the same as what is being posted
Please look back to my picture, notice the hundreds of zoes I have?
I do not add anything to my tank except to feed the fish.
as I stated earlier
bacteria
There is a fine balance between food and export.
What people are suggesting could foul water in a heart beat to someone desperate enough to use them.

 

[Lockridge49]

totally agree, but I feed my whole tank with what I use the fish eat some my acans catch some and the zoas love it I am having great growth but I also try to maintain strict water quality of course, if you don't feed in excess some people have great success. Everyone should always do research a maybe something that works for one person may jack up another person's tank

 

[ebushrow]

Phyto is not the same as what is being posted
Please look back to my picture, notice the hundreds of zoes I have?
I do not add anything to my tank except to feed the fish.
as I stated earlier
bacteria
There is a fine balance between food and export.
What people are suggesting could foul water in a heart beat to someone desperate enough to use them.

Make sure you tell the commercial coral growers they are doing something wrong then....every high end company I have dealt with feeds often.

 

[twilliard]

Yes they do and then ask them how they export the excess nutrients
what I was saying is that the average home aquarium will get fouled if proper export is not utilized dosing excess forms of organics.
so please don't compare the AVERAGE home aquarium to the big commercial setups.
apples to oranges

 

[kstone2274]

Oyster Feast is a great product. I use it to feed my Sps and i also use Roti

 

[elagui]

ive never fed my zoas and they open up all the time.

 

[RafaelsReef]

Fish poo and its free