Cultivating Phyto & Pods

[Irishman]

Anyone have any experience with this? Is it easy to set up and do?


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[MuralReef]

I'm planning on giving it a try using gallon size wine bottles to grow phyto, rotifers, and pods. I've seen some successful grow outs, but I have yet to really try it.

 

[sethsolomon]

I highly recommend growing phyto in glass carboys. They are easy to clean and have good light penetration.

 

[Irishman]

http://www.melevsreef.com/phytosteps.html

Really good read on phyto. Good tip on the glass Sethsolomon


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[Irishman]

I highly recommend growing phyto in glass carboys. They are easy to clean and have good light penetration.

Any place local that sells these?


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[USMCVET]

Elite Reef


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[MuralReef]

Any place local that sells these?


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Look online they sell them for making wine.

 

[Fourthwind]

I use these for pods. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005S4LOYY/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Trying an experiment of using a 2.5 gallon glass tank wrapped in 6500k leds for Phyto

Be sure to get yourself a 50 micron collector for harvest

 

[sethsolomon]

Any place local that sells these?


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any brewing store should have them

 

[sethsolomon]

Elite Reef


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I am 90% sure Elite Reef does not sell glass carboys

 

[Irishman]

So do I need to get the phyto in the dish to start cultivating or can I just get x-amount from LFS and then grow from there? Basically asking if they have to be in a certain stage to start cultivation? Also which phyto type should I get or would work best for our hobby?


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[Irishman]

Be sure to get yourself a 50 micron collector for harvest

What?




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[Irishman]

I use these for pods. [video]https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005S4LOYY/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1[/video]

Trying an experiment of using a 2.5 gallon glass tank wrapped in 6500k leds for Phyto

Be sure to get yourself a 50 micron collector for harvest

What's the purpose for the 50 micron collector?


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[Fourthwind]

For filtering the pods out of the water when you want to harvest. Typically the water they are in has a fair amount of ammonia and nutrients you don't want to dump in your tank. I find I missed a lot of the small pods with the 120 to 150 size.

http://www.aquaculturenurseryfarms.c...on-collectors/

 

[Irishman]

For filtering the pods out of the water when you want to harvest. Typically the water they are in has a fair amount of ammonia and nutrients you don't want to dump in your tank. I find I missed a lot of the small pods with the 120 to 150 size.

http://www.aquaculturenurseryfarms.c...on-collectors/

Yea that makes sense. I thought you were talking about phyto


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[halmus]

I've gotten phyto cultures from Florida Aqua Farms in the past: http://florida-aqua-farms.com/product-category/store/live-cultures/

I had pretty good luck growing my own phyto before. I grew three different algae (iso, tetra, and nanno). Many of these are non-motile and will suffocate and die if not maintained in moving water, hence the common use of bubblers. However, the bubbles weren't always enough. My cultures used to crash regularly. I'm sure that at least part of that was user error. I'm going to build my own magnetic stirrer when I have time to start up cultures again.


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[timnem70]

Think Fourthwind is saying "they're tiny"

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