Raw egg feeding update:
After one week of daily egg feedings I have decided to discontinue the regimine, despite the additional costs the premade amino mixes the ease of use makes it well worth it over raw egg. The raw egg elicited an good feeding response from the NPS, and other corals, but not superior to any other feeding. The downsides, it took quite a bit of effort to properly whisk the eggs into a suitable consistency. A full egg was too much to feed, perhaps the half egg I was feeding each day was even too much, and the mix did not seem to keep well in the fridge for the second day. The mix sent my skimmer nuts each day, requiring the cup emptied and neck to be cleaned out every night, sometimes again in the morning. Egg is going to stay in the repertoire, but is no longer going to be a daily part of regime. Going forward I would like to get a small hand mixer or one of those small blenders, to speed up the egg whisking process, and perhaps mix the eggs into a more liquidy form. I probably will continue to do it perhaps once a week or so, to vary up the coral feeding.
After one week of daily egg feedings I have decided to discontinue the regimine, despite the additional costs the premade amino mixes the ease of use makes it well worth it over raw egg. The raw egg elicited an good feeding response from the NPS, and other corals, but not superior to any other feeding. The downsides, it took quite a bit of effort to properly whisk the eggs into a suitable consistency. A full egg was too much to feed, perhaps the half egg I was feeding each day was even too much, and the mix did not seem to keep well in the fridge for the second day. The mix sent my skimmer nuts each day, requiring the cup emptied and neck to be cleaned out every night, sometimes again in the morning. Egg is going to stay in the repertoire, but is no longer going to be a daily part of regime. Going forward I would like to get a small hand mixer or one of those small blenders, to speed up the egg whisking process, and perhaps mix the eggs into a more liquidy form. I probably will continue to do it perhaps once a week or so, to vary up the coral feeding.