phyto/rotifer cultures

[tynmissy]

was wondering if people could put up pics of thier culture stations as i am running out of room and need to get a bit more organized.right now i am culturing nano,tetra,and iso for phyto.rotofers being fed with nano.and brine shrimp are fed nano as well

 

[tynmissy]

and the latest clutch of eggs that i am hoping to have at least minor sucsess with

 

[tynmissy]

as of right now i plan on putting the egg tile right into the rotifer tank but do you guys think that might totally deplete my rotis?

 

[Greg Hiller]

>i plan on putting the egg tile right into the rotifer tank<

I would suggest against that. The best result for me always occurred if I kept the eggs with the parents until they hatched, then removed as many of the larva as I could, along with some water for the rearing tank. I used 2 gallon aquariums covered with black plastic and illuminated from above. Then I added small volumes of rotifers to get close to the 5-10 rotifer/ml range. Sometimes I would add a small amount of green water to the larval tank as well. The book 'Clownfishes' by J. Wilkerson gives step-by-step instructions, I basically followed her ideas (along with some from Martin Moe's original book).

I'll try and snap a shot of my algae culture system (s). I'm only using it for algae and not rotifers at the moment. If anyone has a sample of the s-strain of rotifers I'd love to have some.

 

[tynmissy]

greg i have brachionus plicatilis rotifers if thats what you are looking for i can send some.don't plan on heading south for a while so i'd mail them

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