[jnohs]

it has been 5 months since i wrote this thread. i have started a much better feeding regime. dt phyto, marine snow, microvert, cyclopezze, mysis, daphnia, oyster eggs.

my tank has matured a lot since then. i purchased an oyster with a carnation coral on it. and to my suprise there was 6 sun polyps on the bottom that have now grown to about 10 or 11. i dont feed them at all they are growing on there own. my gorgonians and sponges are growing very fast now. the biggest thing i realised that was probably the biggest down fall of my nonphoto corals was simply not feeding enough. i feed every day now over the course of 3-4 hours. i put some microvert in almost every time i go near the tank. then when i go get dt's and my home made chilly i put it in a cup with some tank water and dump a little in every couple of minuites. then what i do is on the last little bit i wait untill i have to pee in the middle of the night and then dump it in then. every thing is now growing. thank god.