| MPS I have also seen and studied coral polyps, and I am not trying to say they dont feed. What I am saying is that it all depends on the coral. No dought if a zooplankton smacks a sps polyp in the mouth it going to eat it. As per active capture throught the use of nemacysts, it is not set up properly for that as I have stated prior. Thier perfered method (best method of capture using less energy) is throught the use of a mucus slime that nets its prey, be it bacteria or zooplankton. the net is drawn throught the polyp via the cilca (sp), and the coral injests it thier. As per energ budjets for hermatypic corals I have also read alot including sorkin and most of the other Boomer mentioned above. But I have never seen any study that should a SPS had a supplimental food supply requirement above 10%????
Now moving away from the SPS type of coral it becomes a completely different story. where the pendulm swings away from light requirements and more towards the the supplimental feedings, but we must be clear of the types of corals we are refering to, as water quality can become a huge factor if all these natural feedings are taking place.
Also I was not trying to take a dig at Eric, as he is a friend, so is Anthony. So my above statement was a bit to broad, so I recant, hehe. But in the same breathe I dont agree.
Mike |