1st Group Buy

[Macca]

Is this Friday, come on folk, all that was intrested please make contact.

Have 1 order to date.

[Sazmo]

Is there anything I can explain about these to help?
Mine runs successfully and only takes 2 mins to feed each day.

Every few days I take a 100ml sample and picture to keep an eye on numbers. As you can see really good count. This is with removing 1.5 litres per day.
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[Macca]

Is there anything I can explain about these to help?
Mine runs successfully and only takes 2 mins to feed each day.

Every few days I take a 100ml sample and picture to keep an eye on numbers. As you can see really good count. This is with removing 1.5 litres per day.
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I will be asking Qs all the time.. Once mine arrive. So please bare with me, never done DIY rotifers.

[sailin_home]

i'm still interested in a unit.

[Macca]

YEP thats you and me too date.

[VP Clown]

I'm interested in culturing copepods and would be in for a reactor if they are suitable - Is anyone culturing copepods in these reactors as reading the website there really aimed at rotifers ??
I've read copepods are better in shallower trays with greater surface area or is this wrong?

Andy

[Macca]

I'm interested in culturing copepods and would be in for a reactor if they are suitable - Is anyone culturing copepods in these reactors as reading the website there really aimed at rotifers ??
I've read copepods are better in shallower trays with greater surface area or is this wrong?

Andy


best wait for Sazmo to come online! She knows her stuff

[Sazmo]

I have tried pods in shallow containers but always found larger containers are better despite this going against everything that others say.

Last year I ran with outside cultures and it was a roaring sucess. Think at one point I had 60 litres swarming with pod life.
However this year as I planning to try to breed more difficult species I want to try to keep the cultures 'cleaner' so would like to try them in a reactor too.

Guess I didnt answer the question did I?

[VP Clown]

I have tried pods in shallow containers but always found larger containers are better despite this going against everything that others say.

Last year I ran with outside cultures and it was a roaring sucess. Think at one point I had 60 litres swarming with pod life.
However this year as I planning to try to breed more difficult species I want to try to keep the cultures 'cleaner' so would like to try them in a reactor too.

Guess I didnt answer the question did I?

You might have but I'm not sure :confused5: Do you just use natural light and varying temperature or is it betterif uyou control the light and temperature at a constant??

Andy

[phyto plus]

I'm interested in culturing copepods and would be in for a reactor if they are suitable - Is anyone culturing copepods in these reactors as reading the website there really aimed at rotifers ??
I've read copepods are better in shallower trays with greater surface area or is this wrong?

Andy

hi thats correct a larger surface area works better i not saying it would not work its all about finding equilibrium the right amount of water for the amount of pods balacing food ect..
this might be ideal if you wish to culture copepods and rotifers together we have not tried it

[phyto plus]

I have tried pods in shallow containers but always found larger containers are better despite this going against everything that others say.

Last year I ran with outside cultures and it was a roaring sucess. Think at one point I had 60 litres swarming with pod life.
However this year as I planning to try to breed more difficult species I want to try to keep the cultures 'cleaner' so would like to try them in a reactor too.

Guess I didnt answer the question did I?

hi deep containers will work yes but some thing that has large surface area, if you have a big deep tank with 50 pods your chances of having enough to feed your fish will be slim
the main key we found is LIGHT they love it as they are attracted to it the next thing is hidding places macro alage as this helps with the water quality.

[phyto plus]

You might have but I'm not sure :confused5: Do you just use natural light and varying temperature or is it betterif uyou control the light and temperature at a constant??

Andy

natural light will work room temp is fine you dont need to add heaters as they prefer cooler temps

[phyto plus]

any body that wants to try copepods and rotifers ill do a 250ml mix if you purchase reactor from macca for £5.00

[Sazmo]

I also found mine preferred plastic culture containers to glass. Do you agree with this?

[phyto plus]

i wouldnt say the material but def the colour of the material would have affect yes

[Macca]

hi bud, i want two reactors for myself, sailin home wants one too. We both need the full setups.

This is a heads up for an order being placed and paid on Friday this week as we had others intrested but have not confirmed to date.

[phyto plus]

hi bud, i want two reactors for myself, sailin home wants one too. We both need the full setups.

This is a heads up for an order being placed and paid on Friday this week as we had others intrested but have not confirmed to date.

ok mate you need phyto reactor with that? any one else as cut off date will be friday?

[Macca]

yes cut of date is friday as sailin home has been very patient.

i really want to start my own cultures of phyto, rotifers and brine. So I believe you said you had two reactors that I need in stock and other too follow. So the two you have in stock bud.

[phyto plus]

yes cut of date is friday as sailin home has been very patient.

i really want to start my own cultures of phyto, rotifers and brine. So I believe you said you had two reactors that I need in stock and other too follow. So the two you have in stock bud.

the phyto unit is completly different i can send this with the other 2 if you want it do you want me to pm price on the phyto reactor trust me with this unit a child could culture it and with my help you will have lots green water? lol

[sailin_home]

i'm always patient, lol. just really want to start the culture off so i can start feeding my corals better, a happy coral = improved growth & colouration = a happy me, lol... first step is get the reactor going, then a visit to coral cultivations for some frags & then to macca for more livestock,

[phyto plus]

you could even run the unit for few weeks save your concentrated rotifer anf freeze you have enough food to last you months rotifers are the perfect coral food

[sailin_home]

someone once mentioned freezing them in a ice cube tray, is this viable? and what would i have to do?
oh, n does the unit come with an idiots guide on how to set it up, how to start the culture off etc? i'd need one,

[phyto plus]

ice cubes may be to big bag works well lie it flat then break off what you need add few drops of alage then freeze the giude explains and even comes with colour chart to help and then you got me as a back up lol

[Macca]

i'm always patient, lol. just really want to start the culture off so i can start feeding my corals better, a happy coral = improved growth & colouration = a happy me, lol... first step is get the reactor going, then a visit to coral cultivations for some frags & then to macca for more livestock,


that sounds a good plan. ;-)

[Macca]

the phyto unit is completly different i can send this with the other 2 if you want it do you want me to pm price on the phyto reactor trust me with this unit a child could culture it and with my help you will have lots green water? lol

sounds great, ye pm prices inc del for the two reactors and 1 phyto reactor.

hopefully someone else will jump onto this group buy and everyone saves a few ££. Come on folk, read the reviews by Sazmo on these reactors!

[VP Clown]

sounds great, ye pm prices inc del for the two reactors and 1 phyto reactor.

hopefully someone else will jump onto this group buy and everyone saves a few ££. Come on folk, read the reviews by Sazmo on these reactors!

I am interested in this deal, but it is quoted that 1.5 litres of rotifers per day were being cultured but how many copepods could I expect, as it is copepods i would primarily want. But still looking into the option of culturing in shallow trays, I think phyto plus was telling me this is a better option for copepods, confused.
James if you could pm the price I will make my mind uup

Andy

[sailin_home]

that sounds a good plan. ;-)

course it's a good plan if it means me giving u money, lol...

[Macca]

course it's a good plan if it means me giving u money, lol...

will bill you tonight on reactor seatup - just working on best price ;-)

[phyto plus]

I am interested in this deal, but it is quoted that 1.5 litres of rotifers per day were being cultured
Andy

with practice you can harvest 2.5 ltrs a day rotifers i have pm macca about copepod reactor custom built for you

[sailin_home]

with practice you can harvest 2.5 ltrs a day rotifers i have pm macca about copepod reactor custom built for you
i should be on commision, lol. it's like waiting for christmas, lol. even though my partner was was really confused as to why i really really had to have one. lol

[sailin_home]

any news yet macca???

[Macca]

any news yet macca???


you will have pm in 10 mins

[sailin_home]

awesome, thanks m8.

[stevieh]

don't forget the photos:hurray::hurray:

[Macca]

don't forget the photos:hurray::hurray:

pm your moby stevie

[sailin_home]

how many people ordered units ?? i'll certainly right a review on the unit once it up & running. so hopefully might get a few more sales.

[Macca]

me and you so far but we have 4 others that a very very intrested, money is the issue with them right now.

[sailin_home]

fair enough, well once mine up & running. i'll gladly sell any surplus rotifers on if anyone needs any. i'm sure i'll have more then enough for my own personal use.

[cl0wn]

is it possible to drain say a litre of rotis from the reactor and replace with tank water and a bit of ro to the appropriate sg. (obvously keeping an eye on the tank's sg). could you do this?

[sailin_home]

the idiots guide says that mixing a new batch of water is better, and avoid using tank water as it can crash the culture. i have used tank water from my new tank as the sg is still low as i'm increasing it abit at a time and there is no fish or corals in the tank yet.

[cl0wn]

so is there a "recipe" for topping up the culture say so many grammes or ounces of salt mixed with a litre of water?

[sailin_home]

no it just says the sg needs to be around 1.12 - 1.17, mine currently got 4litres of salt water in, and as i only had 2 days left being able to keep the rotifers in the fridge i just dumped the whole bottle in, will harvest another 500ml bottle and store it when this culture kicks in, just need to replace the harvested water with the same sg levels.

[Sazmo]

so is there a "recipe" for topping up the culture say so many grammes or ounces of salt mixed with a litre of water?

I mix up 20 litres of RO at 1.017 and store it in a sealed container. It then lasts me ages.

[Sazmo]

is it possible to drain say a litre of rotis from the reactor and replace with tank water and a bit of ro to the appropriate sg. (obvously keeping an eye on the tank's sg). could you do this?

When I used to use even a tiny bit of tank water in my old rotifer cultures all kinds of things would start to grow. this is OK if they dont munch on all your rotifers. Sometimes I would end up with loads of brine shrimp and no rotifers

[sailin_home]

sazmo, i got my reactor up and running now, added feed this morning before i went to work, so fingers crossed i done it all right and get my culture growing..

[Sazmo]

Its well worth taking a daily picture as it was the only way I could tell the increase in numbers to start with. I would fill a small glass then take a picture through the side.

[sailin_home]

there nothing to take pics of, just green water. i think i've done something wrong,,

[geordie]

So I have read through this Thread
IS OWT HAPPENIN:rolleyes5::confused5:

[sailin_home]

lol, not sure dave. took a 100ml sample earlier and couldn't see any rotifers, but the algae in the water is still being eaten as its still getting clearer. so i'm hoping i'm just abit blind, lol.

[Sazmo]

Try holding the glass up in front of some natural light. You should see tiny specks of white. Almost like dust.

[phyto plus]

can you post picture of the reactor with the water in befroe you add any food? and a picture of the glass with the 100ml sample?