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[Nano_Man]

found this at the museum today

Also try hatching baby brine shrimp super easy

 

[littlehermit0]

Also try hatching baby brine shrimp super easy

Brine shrimp, I see it in every LFS so no problem with them but I'm only really worried about the culture is this really required?

 

[Nano_Man]

Brine shrimp, I see it in every LFS so no problem with them but I'm only really worried about the culture is this really required?

Only if you have filters feeder oyster s bio values . Feather dusters . Coral . Barnacles . Clams . Sea squirts . Ext

 

[littlehermit0]

Only if you have filters feeder oyster s bio values . Feather dusters . Coral . Barnacles . Clams ext

I have all of that... But I have that in my reef DT too and they survive without any plankton dosing

 

[Nano_Man]

I have all of that... But I have that in my reef DT too and they survive without any plankton dosing

You need to dose plankton it is natural in the sea environment you would be surprised how many things use it
Also I use salfert liquid coral food it is for filter feeders

 

[littlehermit0]

You need to dose plankton it is natural in the sea environment you would be surprised how many things use it
Also I use salfert liquid coral food it is for filter feeders

I get it now, but is seachem plankton good? It's the only thing I find in LFS but I believe there's more I just don't have corals only anemones so I don't look for these

 

[Nano_Man]

I get it now but is seachem plankton good?

Don’t know I’ve never used it
What does it say on the bottle seachem always say there stuff is brilliant but normally not brilliant Prime is one case in point

 

[twentyleagues]

I get it now but is seachem plankton good?

It may work in a pinch, but its dead so I dont know how useful it is. Years ago I was using dead phyto like that. There is a definite difference using live with how things react to it.

 

[twentyleagues]

Don’t know I’ve never used it
What does it say on the bottle seachem always say there stuff is brilliant but normally not brilliant Prime is one case in point

Yeah pretty sure you are basically dumping waste into your tank with it.

 

[Nano_Man]

I get it now, but is seachem plankton good? It's the only thing I find in LFS but I believe there's more I just don't have corals only anemones so I don't look for these

Get live plankton
Don’t waste your money like

twentyleagues said​

 

[twentyleagues]

Years ago I was culturing pods there was almost no reaction to dead phyto added to the culture tank other than nutrient levels going up. Putting live phyto had immediate pod response. They would flood the water column from the bottom (the ones that swam anyway) in the benthic pod culture they would be crawling everywhere on the glass up the sides. I didnt have much luck with culturing my own phyto. Things I know now like culture pure single strains and make sure to properly sterilize all culture equipment would have gone a long way to helping me be successful, but I also didnt have a lot of free time and would forget to add fertilizer or would wait to long to harvest. Luckily I had someone local that cultured phyto so it wasnt super expensive for me to get a gallon of mixed phyto.

 

[littlehermit0]

Years ago I was culturing pods there was almost no reaction to dead phyto added to the culture tank other than nutrient levels going up. Putting live phyto had immediate pod response. They would flood the water column from the bottom (the ones that swam anyway) in the benthic pod culture they would be crawling everywhere on the glass up the sides. I didnt have much luck with culturing my own phyto. Things I know now like culture pure single strains and make sure to properly sterilize all culture equipment would have gone a long way to helping me be successful, but I also didnt have a lot of free time and would forget to add fertilizer or would wait to long to harvest. Luckily I had someone local that cultured phyto so it wasnt super expensive for me to get a gallon of mixed phyto.

I'll try to find the culture in that case, for now I only know about the brine shrimp, but isn't it possible to collect it straight from the ocean?

 

[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

I get it now, but is seachem plankton good? It's the only thing I find in LFS but I believe there's more I just don't have corals only anemones so I don't look for these

Definitely don't use this.

 

[littlehermit0]

Definitely don't use this.

I know everyone told me to not take this

 

[Nano_Man]

I'll try to find the culture in that case, for now I only know about the brine shrimp, but isn't it possible to collect it straight from the ocean?

I use natural sea water and there might be a tiny bit in it .. But the problem is you filter feeders need lots of plankton too survive

 

[littlehermit0]

I use natural sea water and there might be a tiny bit in it .. But the problem is you filter feeders need lots of plankton too survive

For now I'm just gonna stress about the plankton for no reason and tell y'all if I find something when I'll be back home from vacation, so tomorrow
Also I have a ton of copepods will they eat that too? Amphipods, isopods are in my tank too, but I never use any of that stuff and somehow everything is doing great I just try to naturally get these like the copepods that randomly appeared

 

[Nano_Man]

I know everyone told me to not take this

He is a good guy you could learn from him @littlehermit0

@WalkerLoves_TheOcean

We have given you the correct information you wanted so please keep us posted on your progress

 

[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

For now I'm just gonna stress about the plankton for no reason and tell y'all if I find something when I'll be back home from vacation, so tomorrow
Also I have a ton of copepods will they eat that too? Amphipods, isopods are in my tank too, but I never use any of that stuff and somehow everything is doing great I just try to naturally get these like the copepods that randomly appeared

Yes, they will definitely eat copepods.

 

[littlehermit0]

Yes, they will definitely eat copepods.

Great cuz I have a copepod culture most likely in my tank

 

[TangerineSpeedo]

I have all of that... But I have that in my reef DT too and they survive without any plankton dosing

It is something you should do.
Surviving isn’t Thriving....