It says it has carbohydrates, amino acids, fatty acids, and vitamins in it. If you’re feeding your fish a regular mixed diet then I don’t really see the need. It claims to meet the complete nutritional needs of corals. Fact is, the majority of corals energy comes from the symbiotic relationship with dinoflagellate algae. In this research, they claim “In fact, as much as 90 percent of the organic material photosynthetically produced by the zooxanthellae is transferred to the host coral tissue (Sumich, 1996)”. I’ll link the article below. I see this stuff like humans taking vitamins. Does it hurt? Of course not. However, if you have a poor diet, then it could help. The difference between us and corals is that we don’t get up to 90% of our energy from photosynthesis. Vitamins have a bigger impact on us because 100% of our energy comes from eating. These types of compounds that a coral could eat or absorb have a much smaller influence on the health of your corals. Nitrogen (nitrates), phosphorus (phosphates), and carbon are MUCH more influential on the health of your corals than amino acids, etc, because those three elements are required for photosynthesis to take place.
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