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@Reef Nutrition : that’s a pretty good price point for the quart size. I wish I’d known this was available before setting my system up, lol
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Thanks for your questions and I'm happy to provide clarification.
Chad
Hardly a mic drop since all I was doing was having a conversation, and I appreciate the clarification. I happen to think they have a great product that is hugely useful, as long as customers follow the guidelines, at a price point that would have made me second think setting up my own cultures. It’s not on parity with my cost of production (7c /g vs 31c/g) but if I had more need for higher volumes for breeding purposes, rather than purely dosing my tank and culturing copepods- it’s a very attractive time saverMic drop...
I enjoyed all your info on your site and since you already did the heavy lifting... I got my supply from you and did the aliquot method. Works very well. Growing my own copepods the past 3 months.
Sorry that I misunderstood your comment about the cells becoming a soup. Thanks for responding about it.@Reef Nutrition : that’s a pretty good price point for the quart size. I wish I’d known this was available before setting my system up, lol
No worriesSorry that I misunderstood your comment about the cells becoming a soup. Thanks for responding about it.
Well, we don't plan on going anywhere any time soon, so if you want to get some algae from us in the future, we will be ready. I'm happy to hear you find our pricing favorable.
Great chatting with you!
Chad
I enjoyed all your info on your site and since you already did the heavy lifting... I got my supply from you and did the aliquot method. Works very well. Growing my own copepods the past 3 months.
I started using the chroma boost pellets crushed up to feed my coral and also my blackworms that get fed to my fish.I’ve been using TDO chromaboost exclusively as my dry food and have been very impressed by color development and retention in my fish and corals. I actually grind up the xsmall pellets and mix it into the frozen food I also feed.
fwiw- I’ve been using TDO chromaboost exclusively as my dry food and have been very impressed by color development and retention in my fish and corals. I actually grind up the xsmall pellets and mix it into the frozen food I also feed.
What’s your regular aeration level?
(You can't see the bottom of the culture, the lighter ring that gives that illusion is the reflection of buckets top.)
24/7Is that 24/7?
looks great- that’s about where I’m at, about 1-2 bubbles a second but I only run mine 15min per hour to keep a really gentle suspension going. I’m using square 4 gallon containers though.
Thanks!!
I use these - $4 from target. Practically disposable at that price, but I get 6 months out of them before I toss them because they get all mulmed up24/7
I found that the gentle turnover flow is doing the trick. Too much aeration is bad but no aeration also limits the growth.
I would use square containers if I could find some as cheap as the buckets. I also have the larger tups Reed is recommending but I may actually turn those rather into larvae tanks and use instead cheaper ones from Lowes.
Next point on my list is to build the nauplii harvester.
Those might be better for Tisbe.I use these - $4 from target. Practically disposable at that price, but I get 6 months out of them before I toss them because they get all mulmed up
and they are clear, so you can side illuminate to see pods in oblique lighting
I do Tigriopus and Tisbe.Those might be better for Tisbe.
The phyto in most of my pod cultures usually multiplies faster than the pods can eat it.@ThRoewer that looks really dark green! I’ve been conservative with the phyto.
Maybe I should darken up my pod culture with more phyto?
Of all those pods Tisbe is the smallest and Tigriopus the largest. Apocyclops is on the smaller side. Tisbe and Apocyclops are for me primarily larvae feeds due to them needing a decent amount of TLC to stay productive and alive.I do Tigriopus and Tisbe.
I don’t think I have any fish that’ll eat an Apocs. Big suckers, lol
I might be seeing the same thing. Only added a small amount of phyto. Was expecting it to clear up/get eaten. Thought maybe I was doing something wrong. Or my phyto tasted bad or something lolThe phyto in most of my pod cultures usually multiplies faster than the pods can eat it.