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.

[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 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