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ShannHell
09/18/2007, 07:08 PM
Can everyone tell me at what salinity they keep their larvae tanks, rotifer cultures, growout tanks, and broodstock tanks at? I have read that rotifers should be kept at 1.0069 to 1.0107 densities but if you just add them to larvae tanks at a higher salinity I would imagine there would be some shock. And I can't imagine that the specific gravity of larvae tanks would be kept that low. So is shock an issue? What does everyone do to alleviate that stress if it is an issue? Thanks

Baalz
09/19/2007, 07:34 AM
Broodstock tanks also have corals = 1.025
Larvae tanks = use broodstock water 1.025 (gradually decrease)
Growouts = 1.020 (1.018 -1.022)
Rotifers = 1.015ish (but my cultures run for months so who knows what it is now)
BBS = 1.015ish

Shock isn't an issue with rots. If you got a whiff of my cultures you would puke.. I do much better with them in muck then I did trying to keep them pristine.

ShannHell
09/19/2007, 08:56 AM
I figured that was the case, but reading up on rots in literature and they give such exact salinities to keep them at. I am glad it's not so because it would have been a pain. Thanks for the response!