phyto anyone??

[jpitts101]

sure! from what i read and adam says it is very good for any tank. if Paul T goes to the meeting i'll give him what i can spare. i have 3 strains going right now. Nannochloropsis, tetraselmis and some strain i got out of DT's, im thinking chlorella but not 100 % on that. anyway its all good for your tank, whatever strain you use. I alternate them and sometimes mix them together to feed.

 

[captbunzo]

Yeppers, I'll be going to the meeting... Sometime this week, bring the stuff on over and I'll put it in my fridge until meeting day...

 

[reefgardener]

Thanks so much

 

[jpitts101]

for sheri and Brook's mom no prob!

 

[papagimp]

Hey Jpitts, phaeodactylum tricornutum. I would think this is the strain you have. I know that Japenese chlorella (nannochloropsus) is green algae. I would assume the chlorella in DT's is the same color. I'll see what I can find about this particular strain.

 

[papagimp]

okay, that went well, lol. found lots of info, but nothing telling me what color the stuff is. Oh well, from what I can tell, it's a diatom used primiarily as a source to enrich the EPA value of artemia and rotifers. I found this site that lists nutritional values for various strains of phyto. check it out and see what ya can learn.

http://www.fao.org/docrep/003/W3732E/w3732e07.htm

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

I would like to get a small starter culture in a bottle. It might be a while before I start my culturing station back up again though.

 

[jpitts101]

no prob travis! hey adam have you thought about doing rots?? the guy that i have been getting all my phyto from also does rots and i was thinking about trying them also. from my understanding the only thing you need is a heater and live phytoplankton ( which i have ) and be pretty accurate on your SG? does anyone in comas culture them?

 

[papagimp]

Several people here in COMAS culture them. I recently got a starter culture from someone. Tried em out, seemed like it was something I would be able to do if the need arises (like my clowns spawning one of these days) But since I don't actually have a need for them yet, I fed all mine into my various tanks and did not keep a culture going. Theres just as many variables with Rots as there are with Phyto so I'm going to do a smidge more research before I get serious about culturing them later on.