der_wille_zur_macht
Team RC
Just wondering if anyone in the Syracuse area cultures their own food - phyto, rotifers, brine shrimp, anything else?
Syracuse area - homegrown food?
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not in Syracuse, but I do culture in Rochester. Phyto, rotifers, and hatch brine. It's really easy and cheap to just hatch brine from cysts, so I don't even try to have a tank dedicated to just them.
iamwrasseman
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i mess with brine ,its easy as NF stated .phyto and rotifiers just seem to be cost ineffective if you ask me
the only reason why I mess with phyto and rots is I raise clownfish fry. They're needed.
iamwrasseman
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oh please dont take my comment offensively as i was just stating what i did . basically i just play around with it and you may be able to help me as i can never get the brine to adult size . they start to die off fast after 8 days or so ,do you know what would cause this ? i think they are not getting the right food as their sacks are falling off and then they are probably starving . what do you think
No offense taken. It's pretty much required to raise rots for clownfish fry.
I've never really tried to get brine to adult (but have accidentally succeeded a few times). SG of 1.015, feed a bit of phyto every day, and let them go. I've gotten them in my rotifer cultures a few time and they seem to thrive (and even carry eggs). No water changes and somewhat infrequent feedings.
I've never really tried to get brine to adult (but have accidentally succeeded a few times). SG of 1.015, feed a bit of phyto every day, and let them go. I've gotten them in my rotifer cultures a few time and they seem to thrive (and even carry eggs). No water changes and somewhat infrequent feedings.
iamwrasseman
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hmmmmmm ,food for thought . i was trying to feed them to often i think and mucking the water up pretty bad IMO.
