First time poster long time lurker.
Congrats on your success so far. I have read this thread and want to thank you for taking the time to offer your suggestions ans well as keep us updated.
I will be trying my hand at raising my clown fry ( plain Occy x Snowflake Occy )
Have my Phyto growing quite well, but the Rots are going to be a bit slower as I am starting them from eggs.
Starting from cysts takes a bit. You'll need to go through quite a few generations to get the culture to stabilize IME. You're male count is probably pretty high right now
I am not an expert or even close but that didn't seem to be an issue for me they are food so they don't last long anyways.
Looks like you still know what you are doing:thumbsup:
How old are the fry now? I am assuming post Meta?
Just got my shipment of rots in from Reed Mariculture today.
My pair haven't laid yet this week but I want to make certain that I have enough well in advance.
I can always collect the excess and feed the corals.
Heck yeah... That's how Roti-Feast was spawned in the Reef Nutrition line. It was the waste stream (daily cull/harvest) of rots from our commercial system (the one that your culture came from). Then it took off and we had to start its own system![]()
I assume you work for Reed, GreshamH?
This was my first order with Reed and I must say that i am impressed with the customer service and packaging.
Total opposites from my dealings with 2 other rot suppliers, where 1 wrapped the rots in a thin layer of newspaper as packaging and the other didn't bother to use heat packs and they came in as popsicles..lol
Indeed. I'm the man behind the Reef Nutrition and APBreed product lines of ours. Customer Service is something we take very seriouslyGlad you noticed.
Other companies mainly deal with hobbyists, we mainly deal with large hatcheries, research facilities, etc. We ship a heck of a lot more then any of the aquarium companies. We ship billions of rotifers weekly, and actual tons of algae, into 90+ countries.