rhodomonas?

[dela]

75-100 ml? Interesting.. I guess they take up less room that way!

 

[billsreef]

Hoff's Plankton Culture Manual has a good description on maintaining and using sub cultures. It's also a good way to maintain a culture when you don't really have a current need for a working culture. I used to maintain mine in a 10 gallon tank to help keep them isolated from potential contamination.

 

[GreshamH]

T-Iso took me a few tries to get it going, and it took two weeks or more for a start. I thought I was the problem and it really comes down to a little bit of luck as well as just keeping it going when it looks like a lost cause.

Jeff

You soon learn why it's call iso...crisis :lol:

 

[Clownfishfan]

I know I'm late but if you still want rhodomonas seahorse source sells it for $25.

 

[dela]

Cool, thanks for the info. So far I've been able to keep my iso and tetra going despite minor crashes. But I really would like to get a red algae going.

It's too bad copepods don't like Nanno while rotifers do great on them. I hate having both Nanno and Tetra going. One of these days they are going to mix and I won't know the difference. (Although I think my Tetra cultures darken up a little more than the Nanno - so at least there is some visible variation).

 

[MassiveReefer]

Noob Question

Noob Question

Hope you dont mind my noob question...

If pods are naturally growing in my fug as is, what is the point of raising/feeding them? is it to increase their population or diversity? Are there certain types of pods that wont servive without being feed these special diets?

 

[billsreef]

It usually is to increase their population. Useful if you have lots of hungry mouths in your tank that eat pods.

 

[dela]

Hi there, I was raising critters outside of the aquarium to feed clownfish fry and juveniles. So the phyto was used to feed the food (rotifers, various pods, and brine shrimp) before it was added to the aquarium.