1st culture of rotifers lots of pics..

[Hendersonracing]

Ok finally got my rotifers & phtoplankton in.....here is what Ive done so far any help is appreciated..


I used 1/2 my bottle of rotifers & 1/2 my bottle of phytoplankton (all is live)

I mixed them in about 1/2 gallons of saltater 1.019 salinity...

I don't have my phyto culture ready that will come tomorrow...

what am I missing or should do?

any tips or tricks...my phyto will be cultured tomorrow I have some fertilizer for my phyto...I was going to use 2 2 liter pop bottles for the culture

 

[Hendersonracing]

a few other questions....how and when should I remove some of the rotifers from the tank? I was told to use coffee filters for removal of the rotifers? but looks like they would stick to it?

 

[Hendersonracing]

lights on for 16 hrs...and temp at 72

 

[Atticus]

hope you have more phyto. You will find your rotifers will take every drop of phyto you can throw at them. Coffee filters work ok, but a rotifer strainer would be better. Clean the rotifer tank daily for best results. 25% water change is more than enough.

 

[Atticus]

You also don't need lights for rotifers.

 

[espenlg]

If you are serious about trying to raise clowns you should REALLY buy a book on the subject. It will help you a lot! I think Joyce Wilkersons Clownfish is pretty good to start with.
Now go to Amazon!

 

[Hendersonracing]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11826484#post11826484 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Atticus
hope you have more phyto. You will find your rotifers will take every drop of phyto you can throw at them. Coffee filters work ok, but a rotifer strainer would be better. Clean the rotifer tank daily for best results. 25% water change is more than enough.

Ok I woke this morning and the water was still green...If you see In the pic it does have a light over the 3 gallon tank....so I just do 25%wc like I do on my reef tank?

 

[Hendersonracing]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11826727#post11826727 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by espenlg
If you are serious about trying to raise clowns you should REALLY buy a book on the subject. It will help you a lot! I think Joyce Wilkersons Clownfish is pretty good to start with.
Now go to Amazon!

Thanks I'll look into that! but for mnow I need to get these cultures going! also to help feed my Reef

 

[Davidb6]

I think this would be helpful in removing rotifers from the tank -

https://3kserver7.com/~frank/secure/agora.cgi?cart_id=1202671.8952*yQ6Vg4&product=COLLECTORS

Where did you get your stuff, I've been wanting to try this myself.

Good luck!

 

[Hendersonracing]

Ill keep you posted...still all the water is green but looks a little mirky to me??

 

[Joe-ness]

Be careful putting the heater in the rotifer tank. Rotifers can live in temps down to the 60s so heat isnt really needed. From what i hear, the added heat speeds up metabolism and waste production. That then leads to a crash if you dont stay on top of it. So be sure not to let it get out of hand.

 

[ReidiLoverLinds]

you need to at least split the culture into two so you wont be skrewed if one crashes... trust me. the best thing to do is remove a cup of the roti water and replace it with a cup of matching salinity water every other day.