Reef Snow Observations:
Well, I decide to try dosing Reef Snow in my tank to see what kind of responses I got from my SPS corals.
It is indeed in the very early stages, with thee doses thus far.
Reef Snow is a "Food"(Organic or Inorganic) I presume. It was engineered to replicate settling debris sinking down through the depths of our ocean to the sea floor.
This debris, dead Zooplankton, becomes recycled on it's way down to the sea floor.
The debris will become colonized with Microorganisms(bacteria's,protozoans) just to name a few. These guys recycle the nutrients inside the debri.
The Reef Snow I have been using contains Proteins, Lipids, as well as calcium strontium , mag, potassium and of course 70% water.
It does seem to be helping my corals with brighter colors.
However, I am not sure if it's the corals feeding off it directly, or if I am gut loading the bacteria in my water and then in turn the corals feed more off the bacteria and get a SUPERCHARGE of these elements as well as proteins and lipids.
Previously, I felt that protein skimmers could not overskim. Well, lately I am thinking they may be taking different elements out of our aquariums water and our corals are lacking from this.
Could Reef Snow be adding something back to my system that I am lacking? I think it could possibly be several things. Potassium is one of them. Amino Acids could very well be another.
I have pages of notes, and I am sure there will be pages more to come.......................