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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Eldredge" data-source="post: 9703448" data-attributes="member: 12440"><p>Pods are kind of like fish - they have varying dietary needs.  Not all fish will survive on dead flake food, and not all pods will survive on dead phyto.  There are also other organisms in your system that will consume the phyto.  Again, some will want/need live/motile phyto and others won't care.  The size of the phyto cell also matters for many organisms.  Of course nutrient content (which varies among different species of phyto) is also important.  It is also very difficult to overdose live phyto, so you don't have to be too concerned about that when dosing live.  In my opinion, dosing phyto to a system is a great help, and dosing a blend of live, motile phyto is definitely ideal.  A good blend of live phyto will provide a wide range of sizes, motility, and nutritional profiles that will benefit many different organisms and corals.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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