Brand New 8 gallon bio cube

[SashimiTurtle]

@Robin Haselden cold the baby have found a prettier cave?

I doubt it. Surprised me to see her under there. She left from under the trachy to go to the actual cave cave after eating. I saw her in there yesterday as well.

 

[living_tribunal]

Cutest little eel spam in history!

Ya

 

[12gallonsofhex]

@Robin Haselden shared a link the other day which talked about how live phytos can control nutrients in a reef tank. I’ve been dosing phyto feast live for a while now, and have very low nutrient levels, in spite of heavily feeding. Didn’t put 2 and 2 together until reading his link, maybe worth checking out? I have personally decided to steer clear of refugiums/algae reactors because of how much other stuff they absorb that I would rather remain in the water column for my corals.

I currently dose reef nutrition's phyto feast live, and am waiting for some live phyto culture and f/2 fertilizer to show up so I can start my own culture. Doing it to keep pod population up, but the nutrient control would be awesome.

 

[Magellan]

I currently dose reef nutrition's phyto feast live, and am waiting for some live phyto culture and f/2 fertilizer to show up so I can start my own culture. Doing it to keep pod population up, but the nutrient control would be awesome.

How long have you been dosing?

 

[Katrina71]

Ok look, I don't use the word DOSE when I talk about phyto. It's just not the way I think about it. I think about it as a food. Am I incorrect? Educate me if I'm wrong.

 

[Katrina71]

Btw, my midnight-ish post was because Andrew got up to check on the baby. He's a good fish daddy.

 

[NY_Caveman]

Phytoplankton is food. Usually, live food. You would not “dose pods” even if you added the same amount regularly.

 

[Katrina71]

Phytoplankton is food. Usually, live food.

That's why I say I feed my tank. I just see everyone else say dose.

 

[NY_Caveman]

That said, some people will automate the addition of live Phytoplankton using a doser. Technically they can say they are dosing it.

 

[Katrina71]

Sleeping baby has her pajamas on (whiter color) sleeping out in the open. The only Mandarin behavior I hadn't seen.

 

[NY_Caveman]

Something for constant feeding of live food like @Dr. Dendrostein may do could almost be considered dosing, although he may just consider it feeding.

 

[Katrina71]

I'm curious who doesn't refrigerate theirs?

 

[NY_Caveman]

I'm curious who doesn't refrigerate theirs?

Live Phytoplankton should be unless you will use it all in a few days. For our tank sizes we end up wasting a bunch even when we refrigerate.

 

[Katrina71]

Agreed! I would like smaller quantities.

 

[NY_Caveman]

I would think one of my many LFS would. It would benefit so many tanks. Some do brine shrimp, but none do their own Phyto or pods. Just such a waste to get them shipped. I guess we should start culturing our own. The cost would be almost nil, but we would still waste a lot. Sharing it would be nice too.

 

[Katrina71]

Pretty sure @najer is laughing at us silly colonists. He feeds way more than I ever imagined would be safe.

 

[NY_Caveman]

Check this out. @Retro Reefer picked one up from Harbor Freight for $10. 24" long, battery powered pump. Thinking of so many uses for a tank.

Battery-Operated Liquid Transfer Pump

Amazing deals on this Transfer Pump Battery Operated at Harbor Freight. Quality tools & low prices.

www.harborfreight.com

 

[Katrina71]

@Jeff@CoralVue i see a huge gap in hobbyists. I'd love to try your stable phyto. The thing I see, is that nobody talks about feeding for nano and pico tanks. Isn't this the base of the food chain in ALL tanks?

 

[Katrina71]

Lights just came on. Wonder what she thinks? Much earlier than she's probably ever had.

 

[Katrina71]

Well she's awake. Coloring up.