Rotifer?

[Sport507]

What salinity level you running your cultures? I run my tanks at 1.026. Also are you running heater in the buckets?

 

[tvoydan]

I run mine at 1.018. A friend cultures his at 1.015.

I've been thinking of running a second batch at 1.020 or higher to see if I notice a drop in population growth.

 

[Sport507]

I have been reading to culture them at a 1/2-2/3 sea water salinity. My concern with this is that when I dose the fry tank it will keep dropping the SG. Is there a way around this?

 

[phender]

You don't put the rotifer water in the fry tank! You screen the rotifers out and then put them in the fry tank.

Florida Aqua Farms makes them. Several sites sell them. You want the 53 micron size screen.

 

[NirvanaFan]

1.019 is where I culture mine at.

 

[Sport507]

You don't put the rotifer water in the fry tank! You screen the rotifers out and then put them in the fry tank.

Florida Aqua Farms makes them. Several sites sell them. You want the 53 micron size screen.

Can you post some links where I can get them. I don't want to overlook details I need. The fry will hatch next Thursday or Friday.

Thanks

 

[Sport507]

This link doesn't mention a screen.

http://rotifer.pbworks.com/w/page/12136719/Culturing Rotifers At Home

 

[jbax]

http://florida-aqua-farms.com/secure/agora.cgi?cart_id=1304757.6970*ok8YM7&product=COLLECTORS

53 micron

 

[phender]

This link doesn't mention a screen.

http://rotifer.pbworks.com/w/page/12136719/Culturing Rotifers At Home

That website does mention that a thriving rotifer culture produces a lot of toxic ammonia. They use an ammonia neutralizer to reduce the problem, but do you really want to dump water that has high levels of nitrogen compounds into you clownfish fry tank? Ammonia neutralizers don't get rid of the nitrogen in the ammonia they just change it into something less toxic.

Poor water quality in the fry tank is the number one cause of bulldog faces, flared gill plates and numerous other deformities in tank raised clowns.

 

[Sport507]

Can you post some links where I can get them. I don't want to overlook details I need. The fry will hatch next Thursday or Friday.

Thanks

 

[phender]

Do you have a search engine?
Someone already posted the link to the Florida Aqua Farms site.
Here are some other options:
http://www.seahorsesource.com/cgi-bin/shop/detail.cgi?id=210103
http://www.brineshrimpdirect.com/Rotifer-Sieve-p220.html
http://www.aquaticeco.com/subcategories/1368/Rotifer-Sieve
http://adnup.com/Sieves.php

If you need more options search for rotifer sieves.