Broadcasting reef roids. Beneficial or BS?

[Madonia]

Broadcasting reef roids. Is it beneficial or is it just polluting the water with crap? Please chime in!!

 

[zuri]

for gonis I will spot feed thru a tube. otherwise i feed the fish its super easy to go overboard with RR plus I have found it's like nitro for V.snail's in my case
i hate these things with a passion they like to go under chalice's or right under blasto skirts an than irritate them to death. sure if you have a 30+ year old tank with huge colony's you may not notice but take a mini frag an there is a difference

 

[stanlalee]

Beneficial and not that much of a pollutant IMO. I use a pinch almost everyday with regular tank (frozen food) feeding. I only target feed once a week. I use that plus rotate polyp booster, Brightwell aminos or Seachem reef plus everyday and still don't have a pollution problem. In fact I'm rotating 3 aminos and using reef roids daily in an attempt to pollute. I also broadcast it several times a week in a skimmerless biocube 14 which is daily fed frozen and no pollution issue. I put the pumps on feed mode with just the return pumps running so particles suspend over the corals long enough to be captured.

 

[SliceGolfer]

Does well to feed the Aiptasia

 

[Madonia]

Beneficial and not that much of a pollutant IMO. I use a pinch almost everyday with regular tank (frozen food) feeding. I only target feed once a week. I use that plus rotate polyp booster, Brightwell aminos or Seachem reef plus everyday and still don't have a pollution problem. In fact I'm rotating 3 aminos and using reef roids daily in an attempt to pollute. I also broadcast it several times a week in a skimmerless biocube 14 which is daily fed frozen and no pollution issue. I put the pumps on feed mode with just the return pumps running so particles suspend over the corals long enough to be captured.

 

[Madonia]

Beneficial and not that much of a pollutant IMO. I use a pinch almost everyday with regular tank (frozen food) feeding. I only target feed once a week. I use that plus rotate polyp booster, Brightwell aminos or Seachem reef plus everyday and still don't have a pollution problem. In fact I'm rotating 3 aminos and using reef roids daily in an attempt to pollute. I also broadcast it several times a week in a skimmerless biocube 14 which is daily fed frozen and no pollution issue. I put the pumps on feed mode with just the return pumps running so particles suspend over the corals long enough to be captured.

What kind of filtration are you using? Especially in the biocube?

 

[Madonia]

Does well to feed the Aiptasia

I’m sure...I think I’m done with reef roids. Doesn’t really impress me all that much to be honest. It’s a sure fire way to jack up your phosphate though. So if you’re deficient in phosphate it’s not a bad idea

 

[stanlalee]

What kind of filtration are you using? Especially in the biocube?

15 year old established liverock from another tank (not alot, it's just a center island), 15 lbs of live sand, 250ml of Seachem matrix in the center chamber, biocube uv sterilizer (5w), factory filter cartridges with the top two of the four carbon compartments dumped and filled with rox 0.8 then glued back together changed every two weeks and weekly 2.5g water changes. The 30 gallon has 10g sump with aquamaxx fc80 skimmer, mesh filter sock, BRS mini media (carbon) reactor and a 7x10" deep sand bed (bare bottom display). Weekly 5g water changes. Mind you this tank had been running a decade without corals or water changes and 6 or 7 months ago it maxed out my test kits (160+ppm nitrates) but no phosphates). The biocube has never been more than 20ppm of nitrates. Both tanks got 50% weekly water changes which quickly led to zero nitrates over the course of a few months which promptly caused a dino outbreak one tank after the other. I beat it easily in both tanks by stopping water changes, 2 days of lights out and dumping in food. Ever since that phase no matter how ridiculous I get dumping in nutrients nitrates stay below 5. I've even done morning and night amino acid dosing on top of daily feeding with reef roids in those feeding. It has caused brittle worm, tube worm, flat worn and every critter i thought i didn't have to explode at one point or another but not once has it caused an algae or nitrate problem. Both tanks only had one clownfish but 2 weeks ago I added a Springers damsel to the biocube and 3 of them to the 30gallon. Still no change in nitrates, I tested today.

 

[Waters]

All of the coral foods can be useful if you are running low nutrients. I have better luck with some (Reef Chili) than others (Reef Roids). I use them strictly to raise phosphates if needed. Anytime I dose RR, I end up with algae blooms so I try not to use that. I don't have those issues with Reef Chili.

 

[Madonia]

15 year old established liverock from another tank (not alot, it's just a center island), 15 lbs of live sand, 250ml of Seachem matrix in the center chamber, biocube uv sterilizer (5w), factory filter cartridges with the top two of the four carbon compartments dumped and filled with rox 0.8 then glued back together changed every two weeks and weekly 2.5g water changes. The 30 gallon has 10g sump with aquamaxx fc80 skimmer, mesh filter sock, BRS mini media (carbon) reactor and a 7x10" deep sand bed (bare bottom display). Weekly 5g water changes. Mind you this tank had been running a decade without corals or water changes and 6 or 7 months ago it maxed out my test kits (160+ppm nitrates) but no phosphates). The biocube has never been more than 20ppm of nitrates. Both tanks got 50% weekly water changes which quickly led to zero nitrates over the course of a few months which promptly caused a dino outbreak one tank after the other. I beat it easily in both tanks by stopping water changes, 2 days of lights out and dumping in food. Ever since that phase no matter how ridiculous I get dumping in nutrients nitrates stay below 5. I've even done morning and night amino acid dosing on top of daily feeding with reef roids in those feeding. It has caused brittle worm, tube worm, flat worn and every critter i thought i didn't have to explode at one point or another but not once has it caused an algae or nitrate problem. Both tanks only had one clownfish but 2 weeks ago I added a Springers damsel to the biocube and 3 of them to the 30gallon. Still no change in nitrates, I tested today.

dang man. You line to live life in the left lane huh??

I think I’m going to resort back to simplicity- feed nutritious food like Rods, dose phyto and aminos. I think the reef roids can be problematic if not used sparingly.

 

[Backreefing]

Broad cast with Cyano roids . Each scoop is enriched with our proprietary blend engineered with red cyano seeds . Preserved in cyano boost hair algae nutrient booster concentrate . Ruining a aquarium near you.

 

[Madonia]

‘We recommend counteracting the massive phosphate increase with GFO additions, sure to drive your phosphate to sub 0 levels, guaranteed to promote optimal dinoflagellate levels’

 

[Fishingandreefing]

It helps in a certain way but I would spot feed it. Unless your tank is completely packed with corals.

btw, I stop buying reef roids as it get expensive. I grind up fish pellets and use as such. It’s like 95% cheaper, prob 10% not as good.

 

[Hallowhead]

I never broadcast only spot feed corals every other week or so

 

[LRT]

Broadcast feeding sure why not. If it works the same way as spot feeding by all means feed away.
All my shrooms eat it now. Even the babies just developing mouths.
Highly reccomend.

 

[Uncle99]

Broadcast only, phyto, zoo, amino.
The fish take care of the poop broadcast, which likely is the best food.

 

[wonroc]

The only thing I broadcast is Phyto. I mix roids in with pellets and target feed.

 

[HaveFishWillTravel]

Broadcast only, phyto, zoo, amino.
The fish take care of the poop broadcast, which likely is the best food.

Broadcasting reef roids. Is it beneficial or is it just polluting the water with crap? Please chime in!!

I target feed and tried putting Mysis in my Roid Paste. My corals all licked their chops and munched it down. I think starting slowly is a good idea. With any nutrient rich food you have to be careful otherwise your tank will become a cesspool very quickly. Moderation in all things seems to always work best.

 

[LegendaryCG]

I don’t like using it, every time I do I have an outbreak of something nasty in the tank.