My phytoplankton set-up, nothing fancy....

[Mr James]

I am using bags to culture the phytoplankton which will cut down on sterilizing 2L soda bottles. I use the bottom 2/3 portion of the 2L for holding the bags and the top 1/3 portion for a make-shift funnel. I am experimenting with tank water, new culture water made from DI water and IO salt and different amounts of f/2. I plan to start rotifers and do it the same way, using bags.

Sorry for the link, but there is no sense in duplicating pics:

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=8493788#post8493788

 

[Fredfish]

Cool idea, using bags. You should see the big bags the aquaculture guys use.

Fred

 

[Kathy55g]

Looks very cool. One thing though, put your air pump higher than the bags so water doesn't siphon into it if the power goes out.

 

[Mr James]

Fred, is Kitchener near Chatham?? Sounds familiar for some reason. Yeah, I hope to upgrade to bigger bags some day. A friend gave me 200,000 bags for free and they just happen to fit in the 2L bottles easily.

Kathy, yes, I plan to mount the pump higher, just haven't installed the shelf yet. It's funny how things get pushed off once the initial project is under way.

 

[Fredfish]

I'm two hours away from Chatham, towards Toronto.

Nice score on the bags. I was wondering where you found them.

Its funny, I knew they used big bags in aquaculture, but it neve occured to me to try this on a smaller scale for home culture.

Fred

 

[sunfishh]

Great idea