Recent content by jnperlm

This will be my last post in the forum. I do not like the tone. In closing, after further study, I will state the following: Both Erik and Chuck have made their decisions based on how this colony has looked in a small picture that does not show any detail at all. Second, and perhaps more...

I rejected Lemnalia because of the lack of sclerites in the polyps. It seems to meet the color and sclerite qualifications of a Nephthea, but because as of yet it has not retracted to a cauliflower-like appearance, I can't say for sure. I tend to discount it being a Neospongodes because it was...

You know Chuck, I thought the premise of this was not to make personal attacks. You have now done this twice. Be that as it may, it was shipped to my LFS as a Dendro by his wholesaler. I am curious, however, how you can determine the genus via a picture? Jim

This is the new dendro I referred to yesterday. Not the best picture, but perhaps you can get a sense of the size, general color, but not the detail of the polyps or the subtle coloration in polyps. P.S. Subsequent to posting this, Chuck S. concluded that this most likely not a Dendro. As I...

Erik, Trust me, I do understand that you, and others, place no credence in the W & S study. Whether you are in the majority or minority on this is somewhat besides the point. There do exist people who do find their results illuminating. What I am trying to find, perhaps, is a possible answer...

Chuck, Thanks for the reply. Obviously, what you are doing is working, that is beyond question. For me, with a 65 community tank (fish, inverts, corals, clams, etc., I don't think I can get away with putting that much into my system. What I am doing is 3-4 ml. of Rotifeast, a bit of...

Chuck, Let me see if I understand your tests correctly. You took 20 ml of each of the five phytos and introduced each 20 ml into a gallon of salt water. Then you separately dripped each of the five one gallon solutions into your tank. Correct? Second, how large is your tank? And finally...

Erik, The gap between us is narrowing, I think. Let's put aside Rotifeast because we all use it, it seems to work and it fits in with Eric B's and W & S's need for zooplankton. Now, let's put aside your difference with W & S's methodology, other than to note this: Regardless of their...

Yes, it is. Eric B. provided a copy for me to read. What is important about this paper is that W & S tagged the various foods with C14 so they could eventually check inside the colonies for the metabolites of the various foods after ingestion. The fact that they were in fact able to detect the...

Interesting point. However, wouldn't that mean that the dendros would not be feeding at all if they were stressed? Yet, they did feed. Further, the conclusions in the Widdig and Schlichter paper were consistent with other studies. Given your disfavor of advice from Eric Borneman I doubt it...

In this instance, the issue is not the respect one holds for Eric Borneman. Eric's views are predicated upon the Widdig and Schlichter article. Thus, in order to question Eric's advice, one needs to address the conclusions contained in the Widdig and Schlichter article (which is worthwhile...

The source of Eric B's beliefs can be found in this paper: Phytoplankton: a significant trophic source for soft corals? by Alexander Widdig · Dietrich Schlichter, published in 2001. Based upon their research, using labeled microalgaes and checking for the metabolites of these algaes they reached...

The source of Eric B's beliefs can be found in this paper: Phytoplankton: a significant trophic source for soft corals? by Alexander Widdig · Dietrich Schlichter, published in 2001. Based upon their research, using labeled microalgaes and checking for the metabolites of these algaes they...

Chuck, As I am sure you know, the sole phytoplankton in Phytogreen-S is Nannochloropsis, which is only 1-2 microns large. This is also the bottom size phytoplankton in both Phytofeast and Shellfish Diet (Phytofeast contains six microalgaes and Shellfish Diet contains four microalgaes, and...

In a brief e-mail exchange with Eric Borneman he provided me with this advice: "Lots and lots of very small foods, including phytoplankton and try anything and everything that is almost microscopically fine or small." Yesterday, I started to use a new food that has not been mentioned in this...