shifty51008
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I thought the same thing when I was using it, after I stopped using it for a few days the only thing I noticed diffrent was the bucket's got much more dirty. rots still seemed the same.
rotifer and phyto set up!
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I thought the same thing when I was using it, after I stopped using it for a few days the only thing I noticed diffrent was the bucket's got much more dirty. rots still seemed the same.
mwilliams62
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Thanks going home and see if I can find it....
versach000
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RGcomplete ?? where to buy??
reeds mariculture sale RGcomplete ?
shifty51008
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versach000
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Thanks for quick reply
D-Nak
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They don't allow for local pick up (I asked) but you can pick it up at a LFS for free.
Technically it's under the APBreed section, Reef Nutrition just mirrors it
RGcomplete is a APBreed product.http://apbreed.com/products.php
Yeh, no will call at our office. We used to do that but we stopped a few years ago. Locals can also do ground shipping and receive it overnight.
D-Nak
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I pick up from Aquatic Collection, which is the closest store to me. It also gives me a reason to visit and buy other stuff while I'm there.
Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it) if I know I'm not going to raise any clutches, I let the rotifer culture die off since I find changing water and general upkeep to be a PITA. I do this since I know I can just place another rotifer order and get it the same week. Since my clutches hatch in 8 days, I know exactly when I'll need them.
Ron Popeil
Love them clownfish.
can you increase your rotifer production by raising the temperature and feeding phyto twice a day?
D-Nak
Active member
You can, but at higher temperatures the rotifer metabolism rises which does mean more production but also more waste and a higher risk of crashing. What I've done is have a heater in one bucket, and a second bucket without. This way if one crashes, I have a back-up which I can quickly divide into two buckets to keep production moving.
Ron Popeil
Love them clownfish.
ah! that is precisely what i currently have set up! strangely enough, i feel like i have more rotifers in the cooler bucket....
im also using RGcomplete as i have been struggling with my phyto cultures as of late.
im also using RGcomplete as i have been struggling with my phyto cultures as of late.
What is your daily cull/harvest/water change on both? 30%?
Twice a day is really pushing it. Raising metabolism means you need to feed more often. 3-4 times would be better at higher temps. Continuous is best of course.
Ron Popeil
Love them clownfish.
currently i have two 5 gallon buckets for rotifers. i take out about 30% every two to three days. i keep salinity at about 1.019. one bucket is 80 degrees. the other is 75.
the phyto i was trying to split after a week. however if they didnt fail before the week, they failed after the split.
i had been pulling water from a brute garbage can that i use to hold my water for water changes on my main system. i suspect that there might be something in there that is killing off the phyto. when i was successful in the past, i merely mixed up tap water in a 5 gallon bucket as needed. i may replicate that again for both phyto and rotifer cultures.
the phyto i was trying to split after a week. however if they didnt fail before the week, they failed after the split.
i had been pulling water from a brute garbage can that i use to hold my water for water changes on my main system. i suspect that there might be something in there that is killing off the phyto. when i was successful in the past, i merely mixed up tap water in a 5 gallon bucket as needed. i may replicate that again for both phyto and rotifer cultures.
Ptyochromis
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Ideally the rots shouldn't go a more than 2 hours without food. Baker's yeast make a decent grow out food, but you cannot feed the rots just yeast as it doesn't have everything they need (will still save you tons of money).
I used to have several 2L bottles of phyto culture in my windowsill that I would rotate alternate dripping into the bucket of rots (1-2 drips per sec). I gave up with the phyto because the culture would keep on crashing. Now I just use algae paste which works well, I can get higher rotifer population with it than I ever could with live plankton. The only downside is if you put too much in it will spoil very quickly. 2.5g bucket gets a .5g water change roughly every other day (siphon through a 55µm screen) and I split the culture weekly.
Ex phyto culture
(ill post rot culture when I can find the pic).
I used to have several 2L bottles of phyto culture in my windowsill that I would rotate alternate dripping into the bucket of rots (1-2 drips per sec). I gave up with the phyto because the culture would keep on crashing. Now I just use algae paste which works well, I can get higher rotifer population with it than I ever could with live plankton. The only downside is if you put too much in it will spoil very quickly. 2.5g bucket gets a .5g water change roughly every other day (siphon through a 55µm screen) and I split the culture weekly.
Ex phyto culture
(ill post rot culture when I can find the pic).
Can you post the link, or PM me the link, so I can get that corrected. We haven't offered will call in many years, that must have fallen through the cracks
