as i start my journey into culturing live foods: phyto,pods,mysis, etc. i’d love to see some of your tanks & get ideas as to how i could go about this.
also what’s your favorite “live food” to culture?
Thanks!
Hey all. So I have 3 coco worms in my 16 gallon reef tank that seem to be doing ok, with 2 of them even adding about 1-2" to their tubes since I got them back in November, but they haven't been coming out quite as much as they usually do over the past week or so. Should I be supplementing their...
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We are working on some awesome projects here in our farm one of which is culturing our own Phyto! Here is a video of Taras one of our Aquaculture specialists dropping a little knowledge on everyone!
Dinkins Aquatic Gardens is a small business run by my wife and myself (mostly my wife!) that focuses on live foods for your reef. We currently offer phytoplankton, three species of copepods, rotifers, and baby brine shrimp. We expect to release amphipods soon, once we finish our shipping tests...
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Dinkins Aquatic Gardens is a small business run by my wife and myself (mostly my wife!) that focuses on live foods for your reef. We currently offer phytoplankton, three species of copepods, and rotifers.
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I've been growing copepods (tisbe and tigriopus) using live phytoplankton as feed (tetraselmis, nannochloropsis, and isochrysis). I've noticed that the phyto I use has a big impact on copepod yield.
I'm hoping someone, maybe @Reef Nutrition, @AlgaeBarn, or really just anyone with more...
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“” (Nannochloropsis gaditana)
“” (Tetraselmis)
“” (Isochrysis galbana)
“” (Thalassiosira weissflogii)
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This is my modified AIO Kent bioreef 94 litre. Running ten months now and things are going great. I add tmc all for reef, ab+ and live 8 species Phyto daily. I also dose iodine, manganese and occasionally magnesium. The fish are fed with a mixture of frozen brine and mysis shrimp and lobster...
I'm cycling with dry rock, and when that's over, I'll seed my tank with copepods in a bottle.
Should I invest in live phytoplankton to feed the copepods and make them reproduce faster, or is dead phytoplankton like EasyReefs EasyBooster gonna do just fine?
If I buy cheaper, dead, phytoplankton...
My first tank after 20 years out of the game.
35 ppt
0.015 po4
0.2 no3
26.3 c - 27c temp
Alk 8-9 slow swing
afr
ab+
iodine
manganese
magnesium
8 species live phytoplankton 10 -20 ml daily sometimes 100 if I need to use it up!
salifert Kh/ph buffer in ATO @ 1.4 ppt.
I'm looking for a starter culture of phyto. Mine crashed in the spring and i'm ready to start it back up. I usually go to amazon and grab some Mercer of Montana phyto and start producing but something is going on as the lead times are into January. I figure I can print an item or two or even do...
Hi,
Would anyone be able to identify this species? It’s motile, green, and oval shaped. I cultured it in standard salinity saltwater.
Other than that, I only have a Chinese name 扁藻.
Sorry for the poor quality microscopy.
Thanks,
Adam
I currently feed @Reef Nutrition Oyster Feast, R.O.E, Arcti Pods, and Phyto Feast. Can at least the first 3 in those list be combined into a single feed? I'm looking at setting up an auto feeder with a small fridge and this would make things much easier using a single dosing line. Also, Apex...
Hi everyone,
For those of you that are culturing (or have cultured) phyto, have you ever noticed white particles developing?
If so, any idea what they are and if they can be fed to the reef or need to be filtered out, or even not used?
I’ve got two cultures going; one has these white...
I've seen a few posts of DIY solutions for auto dosing refrigerated food. I'm looking for some updated thoughts. How difficult would it be to auto dose using something like one of the Koolatron 6 can fridges? I currently feed @Reef Nutrition Phyto Feast, Arcti-Pods, and TDO. I also feed Red Sea...
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Yesterday, I received a bottle of Kent Marine PhytoPlex which had been sitting in a mailbox for 5 hours. The outside temperature was in the high 90’s (Fahrenheit) and the bottle was quite hot to the touch, so I immediately placed the it in the refrigerator, where it has stayed ever since. Is it...
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I always heard of people complaining about algae. Why Struggle with algae? I dose Live Phytoplankton daily, Phyto out-competes nuisance algae.
Phytoplankton also feed all your filter feeders and coral!
I always hear...
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Anyone in Rochester, NY or surrounding areas looking for phyto? Currently culturing weekly batches of Nano and Tetra and have too much left over. Phyto is bottled in 16oz glass jars. $5 contributions accepted to cover supply costs.
Expert level stuff here, but I want to share my own experience.
Everyone has their own husbandry and is entitled their their own-way-of-doing-things.
I have for awhile now been dosing 32ozs of tetraselmis phytoplankton algae that I brew on my basement in two big 5gal containers with spouts...