Culturing Pods?

[Poseidon's snail]

Hi I am thinking about culturing some pods and phyto to add some biodiversity to my tank and feed our fish some live food.
What do I need ?
thanks

 

[Thespammailaccount]

Tigger pods are probably the easiest to culture. Container and air pump. No light or heater needed. Feed phytoplankton. Change water once or twice weekly. Similar setup with phytoplankton but need a light

 

[Poseidon's snail]

do i need to get pyhtoplankton and pods to start the culture - sorry i'm a little clueless on this topic;Hilarious
if i understand correctly - i need to give the phyto light and give the pods phyto?
thanks

 

[Thespammailaccount]

Yes you will need pods and phytoplankton to start a culture or what they refer to as a clean culture since you could technically take pods out of your sump any sump etc and put them in a container and culture them but they might be different types of pods in the same vessel

Yes phytoplankton needs light to grow. Yes you feed pods phytoplankton. You can also feed pastes made of algae yeast and corn flour etc but phytoplankton seems the most natural

 

[Poseidon's snail]

ok thank you for your help

 

[Poseidon's snail]

@Jimbhoy13 @najer @Mark Bradley @anth
does anyone know where I can get live phyto in the Uk?

 

[najer]

@Jimbhoy13 @najer @Mark Bradley @anth
does anyone know where I can get live phyto in the Uk?

Southwest Marines is my lfs and where I get mine, not sure if they post though, give them a call.

 

[Poseidon's snail]

thanks - turns out im only an hour and a half away so could potentially go there and pick some up for a culture

 

[Poseidon's snail]

I'm pretty sure they post because you can buy them online - dunno?

 

[Poseidon's snail]

is 250 ml enough?

 

[Thespammailaccount]

is 250 ml enough?

Sure. Add to 250mL of saltwater. It will make 500mL total. You will later split the 500mL to make 1000mL. You will probably have to culture the phytoplankton for a month or so before you will have enough to feed pods. You will also need fertilizer called f/2. Make sure it says f/2. It could be miracle grow which is a lawn fertilizer and you don’t want that in your reef tank

 

[Poseidon's snail]

is this f/2 ?

 

[Poseidon's snail]

thanks soo much for your help

 

[Thespammailaccount]

is this f/2 ?

Yep that is it

 

[Poseidon's snail]

Yep that is it

thanks a lot

 

[Poseidon's snail]

anything else i should know ?

 

[Thespammailaccount]

anything else i should know ?

You also need a light an air pump and some phytoplankton and saltwater

 

[Poseidon's snail]

got the air pump gonna get the phyto and does a plain white light work?

 

[Poseidon's snail]

does it need to be heated?

 

[Thespammailaccount]

got the air pump gonna get the phyto and does a plain white light work?

Fluorescent bulb or grow bulb works good