Liquid or dry phytoplankton? Which is better?

[Reef Reaper]

I been feeding DT Live Marine Phytoplankton or Reef Nutrition PhytoFeast live or even Reef Nutrition Oyster Feast to all my tanks! Since the economy started turning downwards, the income has not been great. Is Two Little Fishes ZoPlan or PhytoPlan , a suitable replacement? I just curious on what everyone else is doing? Does everyone out there even use these products?

 

[Alex]

I've been using those plus coral frenzy.

 

[MikeyZO]

I use DTs also

 

[NYreefNoob]

esv freeze dried phyto

 

[e.muehlbauer]

I use ESV alternating with Two Little Fishies...dissolve it in water first...the chunks that don't dissolve will get eaten by the fish. My clams are doing great.

 

[Domboski]

Through experience feeding my gorgonians and seafans, TLF PhytoPlan does not do anything. The dried powder plankton you can buy from Sachs Aquaculture is super cheap and ALL of my filter feeders enjoy it.

 

[nanchil]

esv freeze dried phyto

 

[greggnyce]

I use reef chili.

 

[LongIslandAndy]

Greg, do u like reef chilli? I have been using it for about a month and I am not crazy about it

 

[greggnyce]

I dont eat it. lol. It is ok, I mix freeze dried cyclopeeze and the reef chili together. I do not feed the corals that often though. I am using it for the first time also. The thing I do not like about live phyto is that the bottles are so large. It goes bad before I use it all. The reed mariculture sells small bottles but htey cost just as much as the large bottle of DT. I am thinking about using some of the aformentioned products and mixing them.

 

[ClosetFishGeek]

I currently use oyster feast and dt's and I feel these are great products...I have not had the same results from other products. I have used coral frenzy, reef chili, zeovit coralvitalizer, and reef solution.

 

[Reef Reaper]

Thank you for all your responses! They were very helpful!

 

[GreshamH]

I dont eat it. lol. It is ok, I mix freeze dried cyclopeeze and the reef chili together. I do not feed the corals that often though. I am using it for the first time also. The thing I do not like about live phyto is that the bottles are so large. It goes bad before I use it all. The reed mariculture sells small bottles but htey cost just as much as the large bottle of DT. I am thinking about using some of the aformentioned products and mixing them.

The small bottle of Phyto-Feast Live has roughly the same cell count as the DT's bottle twice as large. It's about 2 - 3x more concentrated.

Phyto makes a poor over all coral feed as very few corals directly consume phyto or even have the ability to. It's great for feeding those animals that do eat it and even better for the micro fauna in our tanks, especially the "pods" If you want to boost your "pod" population there is nothing better then phyto to do that (and they make a great natural source of food for corals and such).