Reef roids

[Drich5150]

Going to start feeding my zoas this. Is it any good and what was your experience with it. Do you target feed or dose it?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Going to start feeding my zoas this. Is it any good and what was your experience with it. Do you target feed or dose it?

I suspend feed but you can also target feed with turkey baster or similar. Be careful with feeding roids as too much can elevate nitrates

 

[Drich5150]

I'll watch that. So would i wanna mix less then they say?

 

[cidermaster]

I'll watch that. So would i wanna mix less then they say?

I would until you see how it works in your tank ..

 

[Uncle99]

I'll watch that. So would i wanna mix less then they say?

Feed normal but watch nitrate number.

 

[Backreefing]

Nitrates is the least of it . watch your phosphate useing that stuff. Several people have said “ I used reef roids for a week and shure enough red cyano “

 

[Backreefing]

They need a name change , “cyano roids “ lol

 

[Spieg]

I spot feed a mix of Reef-Roids and Reef Chile with a bulb feeder 2 times per week. I notice more of a bump in Phosphate then I do Nitrate, but nothing horrible.

 

[Mical]

 

[blasterman]

I've raised several zoa/paly garden tanks and pretty convinced what works and doesn't.

Reef Roids, reef chili and similiar products do work, but only on larger palys. My gobstopper and sunny d colonies love the stuff when target fed and there is a definite improvement in growth. They also respond to baby brine shrimp. However, smaller zoas close up in irritation and I've not noticed any growth change.

Personally I think you're wasting your time with smaller zoas. They do best with a bit of stable nitrate and no nuisance algae. Purple deaths and nuclear greens are carnivorous and want bigger prey.

Roids will spike your phosphate.

 

[ReefHomieJon]

Don’t feed Roids man.

 

[vanpire]

I've raised several zoa/paly garden tanks and pretty convinced what works and doesn't.

Reef Roids, reef chili and similiar products do work, but only on larger palys. My gobstopper and sunny d colonies love the stuff when target fed and there is a definite improvement in growth. They also respond to baby brine shrimp. However, smaller zoas close up in irritation and I've not noticed any growth change.

Personally I think you're wasting your time with smaller zoas. They do best with a bit of stable nitrate and no nuisance algae. Purple deaths and nuclear greens are carnivorous and want bigger prey.

Roids will spike your phosphate.

I have the same experience.

 

[stanlalee]

It's easy to blame the food. Millions of people use reef roids routinely. I used it everyday on two tanks for months and never had a single cyano or algae outbreak. Only reason it's not fed everyday is because it's now in rotation with coral frenzy, reef chili and me coral food. If you have problems the solutions are feed less or export more. I have more problems under feeding than over feeding
That being said I don't think it's necessary. larger Palys and SOME zoanthid will wrap around it but I only concern myself with direct feeding to corals that build a stony skeleton. If you have fish, feeding them with good lighting should be sufficient

 

[Drich5150]

Thanks for all the info

 

[Duffer]

Started using roids when I started getting corals based on all the hype and like others stated it sent my phosphates high.. switched to benepets and now I’m using coral feast

 

[Rickybobby]

I mix a little bit up with tank water and target feed with a syringe so I can be very precise. The zoas just get a tiny bit and very slowly. Blasting them will just make them close up and not get any. Typically I feed once a week and do my water changes the day after

 

[Reefshackllc]

Started using roids when I started getting corals based on all the hype and like others stated it sent my phosphates high.. switched to benepets and now I’m using coral feast

same here switched to CoralFeast and AminoFeast

 

[Tastee]

I guess it depends on your tank. I have started feeding Reef Roids again weekly in my tanks as both Phosphates and Nitrates are at or close to zero, so I want them to rise. So yes they will raise these compounds but sometimes that’s exactly what you want. In the smaller tank I’ll probably stay with weekly or back off, in the larger (and newer) tank I’ll likely continue and increase feeding. It will all be based on what my water tests tell me.

 

[2Wheelsonly]

Vermetid snail food... lol

This stuff keeps LPS and Zoas happy but man oh man I can't use it if I ever want to lower my vermetid snail population.

 

[Timfish]

Feeding corals is very species specific, what one species likes another doesn't. And there may be a "goldilocks" response for a coral that does benefit from feeding where too littel or too much may not be beneficial. So my question is how have you or how will determined your zoas will benefit and there won't be a negative effect on the other corals in your tank?

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Developing an optimal heterotrophic feeding regime has the potential to improve captive coral growth and health. This study evaluated the efficacy of three exogenous diets: Artemia nauplii (ART), a commercially available coral diet (Reef Roids) (RR), and a novel, micro-bound diet (ATF), against...

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