Phyto/Rotifer Help

[hobogato]

this is where i always order my starter disks.

Florida Aqua Farms is a reliable source for cultures. Online.

[neogenix]

I went by Alamo today. They are checking to see if they can order a single strain culture along with some rotifer diet. I'd rather support local if I can. Surprisingly every store that I have visited says that the demand for live phyto is very low here. We need to change that.

I'm sure either Gabes, or one of the other stores could probably source it for you if they don't manage it ;)

I just orderd the "Rotifer Starter Kit - Basic" from reeds. This weekend I plan to built my growout station in the garage for rotifers and phyto. If you can get the phyto going, we can swap a harvest or exchange via $.

Any pics of this? It'd be awesome to see how you got it all up and going?

[ramsey]

I just orderd the "Rotifer Starter Kit - Basic" from reeds. This weekend I plan to built my growout station in the garage for rotifers and phyto. If you can get the phyto going, we can swap a harvest or exchange via $.

Are you going to run a chiller in your garage or is it cooled? Will they survive the Texas heat during the summer months?

[tiger_eyed1]

Just got back in town. Here are the pics from a previous post.




Started everything up and let it go. By day two I could really notice the phyto being consumed. On like day 7 they started eating even more. I two times a day to make sure I don't over feed, while making sure they don't run out.


This is why I started the culture. Yes, the male b/w australians fertilized the perc eggs and they are hatching every two weeks. Have the coffee cup trained.



Yes, once it gets super hot i'll probably move them into the house from the garage. I have space under my 30 for two 5g buckets. As of right now I have a heater on them to keep the temp around 80. The reproduce faster when warmer. I'm slowly making my way around to all the stores. I've found that A.D. is the only LFS that keeps or will/can order Rotifer Diet. The other brands are to big and the rotifers can not consume the larger micron sized blends. They said to give them maybe a week notice. Super nice crew. I orderd a 16oz bottle so I'm good for a few weeks.