Description

It was once believed corals got all their nutritional needs met from the sun – a.k.a. our tank lights. Advancements in recent scientific explorations have shown just how much coral (small polyp stony coral (SPS) or large polyp stony coral (LPS)) can benefit from regular feeding of amino acids and select vitamins to enable better growth, coloration, and overall resistance to stressors.

So what are amino acids? Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins. Without proteins, corals can not grow new tissue, build more skeleton structures, or perform metabolic activities. Therefore, amino acids play a vital role in coral health, digestion, and vivid coloration with longer polyp extension. Similar to amino acids, vitamins play a vital role in providing corals additional nourishment to support better growth, coloration, and a stronger symbiotic relationship with their zooxanthellae.