Feeding Tube Worms

[GATECRASHER]

i bought the marine liquidfry to feed my tube worms on the advise of my local lfs. but can i use egg yolk as a substitute? can i used egg yolk to feed all corals instead of buying plankton?

[Tanzy]

What about bacon and sausage? They need a complete breakfast. Throw in some cereal and toast too, ok?

[bwilly]

What about bacon and sausage? They need a complete breakfast. Throw in some cereal and toast too, ok?

haha...

later he take it as a bad joke.

I neber hear of using egg yolk leh.

eh.. care to tell where its from..?

[metals99]

tubeworms i never feed em' and they just thrive they filter feeding

[FuEl]

Egg yolk is a component of Marine liquidfry. Basically I think this product is rather useless...it's not nutritious enough and the only thing it does is to foul up your water. If I were you I would go for DT's phytoplankton or MarineSnow instead.

[GATECRASHER]

haha...

later he take it as a bad joke.

I neber hear of using egg yolk leh.

eh.. care to tell where its from..?

cos i use egg yolk to feed my freshwater fish fries when they are small instead of liquidfry and they grow mah! i was assuming we feed them with plankton cos it's small enough for the corals. so i tot about using egg yolk la. what if we blend our fish pellets into powder? will corals eat them too?

[GATECRASHER]

Egg yolk is a component of Marine liquidfry. Basically I think this product is rather useless...it's not nutritious enough and the only thing it does is to foul up your water. If I were you I would go for DT's phytoplankton or MarineSnow instead.

what does dt stand for?

is there an alternative for plankton? cos the marine lfs nearest to my place is 1/2 hour's drive away.

[Tanzy]

DT is a brand of bottled phytoplankton.

Realistically, I think very very few people bother to feed those worms. They seem to do fine with whatever that is already in the water.

[flubberina13]

From the ingredients on the packing, I guessed you derived at egg yolks...

However, I believe it is only a minute proportion...

I ever tried using liquifry marine on my tubeworms but the growth is not satisfactory.

Has switched to phytoplankton type. Results seems much better aesthetically but yet again, maybe the condition of my water had improved so more filter feeding activity has taken place...

And also read from a book that they enjoy nauplii, rotifers...

To feed, their tenacles wave in the water flow and trap small prey before channelling it into the mouth.

Just a caution...dun keep cowfish with them. My Cowie had murdered tens of them...really sashimi palate...

[flubberina13]

To add on...At has a thread on brine shrimp hatchery so that may saved you time on travelling if you wanna prepare tube worms' diet as nauplii will be ready in a jiffy...

[flubberina13]

what if we blend our fish pellets into powder? will corals eat them too?

Never try before...maybe you can experiment and let us know the results...???

[ah_d3x]

egg yolk..., its known very good for fighting fish.. but the it does not have enough nutrient or supplement for the marine fish or coral...

[GATECRASHER]

To add on...At has a thread on brine shrimp hatchery so that may saved you time on travelling if you wanna prepare tube worms' diet as nauplii will be ready in a jiffy...

good idea. i'll go and buy brine shrimps eggs

[onghm]

what if we blend our fish pellets into powder? will corals eat them too?

I think one of the source of phosphate into our tank is from pellets.

Maybe someone can confirm ??

[GATECRASHER]

is phosphate good or bad? do i need to buy a phosphate testkit if i go for a coral tank?

[onghm]

Phosphate and nitrate both fuels nuisance algae.

If you are using phosphate remover like rowaphos etc... one of the way to know when to renew the media is by testing the phosphate level using testkit.

[GATECRASHER]

i wonder will it eat my coraline algae?

[Tanzy]

It has never been reported that a tube worm will feed on coralline algae.

[GATECRASHER]

oooppps wrong thread. i meant my algae blenny