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alzika
04/25/2010, 06:46 AM
I have a rofiter culture growing in greenwater. It says online that after 3 days, I need to use a sieve and capture about 1/3 of them.
The tank they are in is a 10 gallon tank.
What do I do with the 1/3 that I capture? Destroy them? Release them into my reef tank?
Start another batch to C.Y.A. if this one fails. feel free to feed them to your reef or grow some brine shrimp.
GreshamH
04/25/2010, 11:38 AM
I would split to have two batches... then feed the extras to your reef tank.
chuggy
04/29/2010, 12:51 AM
i bottle mine and put em in the fridge
rkelman
04/29/2010, 06:31 PM
I like em on a nice salad.
chuggy
04/29/2010, 08:16 PM
i really wasnt kidding about the fridge they will last 2 weeks and it can be used in a pinch or as a back up culture.
dirtStar
04/29/2010, 09:07 PM
i really wasnt kidding about the fridge they will last 2 weeks and it can be used in a pinch or as a back up culture.
That is some smart thinking.
I just split mine after 3-4 days, but still need the clown
eggs to hatch or split again, lol.
I started with only half (or less) of the liter bag of rots.
if you feed them at 014ppm
and split up a culture.
4 days lead time you will have all you need.
Tahoe Reefer
05/01/2010, 09:52 AM
I keep them growing even when I'm not expecting larva and just feed them to my reef at nights.
dirtStar
05/01/2010, 11:20 AM
I keep them growing even when I'm not expecting larva and just feed them to my reef at nights.
Just curious, do you turn off your skimmer/overflow/main pump when feeding rots?
I am culturing them, but will have some excess and was ready to feed my display too.
I do-but then I only do a wet only skim a few days a month.
I feed @ night somtimes I prime the corals with some mark weis black powder-man the opens up coral-then add my rots 15 min later.
Oh yeah I catch them with a plankton net-never add your culture water to your tank.
dirtStar
05/02/2010, 05:53 PM
I have a 4inch wide and 8 inch long PVC 53um sieve to harvest.
I will start to dose my reef display after I see how many clown larva I get tonight.
Thanks
Rob
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