Culturing photoplankton and copeds
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Blutspitze
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There's a nice stickied post about this on the DIY forum - https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/culturing-phytoplankton.59497/ . I think most people get things from "big box" hardware stores like Lowe's and Home Depot or online, but it depends on the exact setup. A lot of people go with the Posiedon Reef System reactors, which are purpose-built.
Rico has just done a vid as he is delving into it, got his stuff from somewhere called Posiedon Reef System
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It’s very easy, I had no clue.
I have a 1 gallon glass bottle in my refugium, with hole in lid for air hose to small air pump.
I purchased nice fresh shipped pods and phytoplankton and filled the bottle 1/2 way, and dosed my algae refugium. Turn on the air, make sure the bottle is in the refugium water and gets light from algae refuge light....and you are good.
Mark side of bottle with sharpie for level, so you can top off any evaporation with RO/DI as needed.
Once a week I pull out a large glass and dose my algae refuge, then I top off the bottle with fresh saltwater mix I use for my water changes.
Fish go crazy and corals get fed their favorite natural treat.
Now you can also seed your friends grow bottles, and top off with fresh saltwater as the pods and plankton grow back really fast it appears.
Good luck.
Note....If reefer experts see I am doing something wrong, please let me know as I am doing a lab experiment here based on instructions from the plankton and algae dealer. Thank you.
I have a 1 gallon glass bottle in my refugium, with hole in lid for air hose to small air pump.
I purchased nice fresh shipped pods and phytoplankton and filled the bottle 1/2 way, and dosed my algae refugium. Turn on the air, make sure the bottle is in the refugium water and gets light from algae refuge light....and you are good.
Mark side of bottle with sharpie for level, so you can top off any evaporation with RO/DI as needed.
Once a week I pull out a large glass and dose my algae refuge, then I top off the bottle with fresh saltwater mix I use for my water changes.
Fish go crazy and corals get fed their favorite natural treat.
Now you can also seed your friends grow bottles, and top off with fresh saltwater as the pods and plankton grow back really fast it appears.
Good luck.
Note....If reefer experts see I am doing something wrong, please let me know as I am doing a lab experiment here based on instructions from the plankton and algae dealer. Thank you.
