First phytoplankton culture attempt
- Thread starter newfly
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I like culturing phyto. My tanks seem to enjoy it too.
What strain are you culturing?
Good luck!
What strain are you culturing?
Good luck!
newfly
Supporting Member
Probably not ideal. I just use reefnutrician Live Photo bottle. Mixed strain. It’s what I have .
BAYMAC
Supporting Member
If anything survives, Nanno will be the surviving strain.
PF really isn't a good culture starter. You want a single strain.
If you want to do it successfully, I'd definitely go with a culture grade single species as @BAYMAC mentioned. I'd reach out to @Coral Hub (Nathan) to get some tetra
newfly
Supporting Member
Thanks for the suggestion. I am aware I don’t have the best start and maybe even setup for failure. It’s just something I have and quickly throw together and see what happens. I don’t have high expectations.
Anyhow, 1 day and nothing much happen. Maybe the color get lighter? I know I’m too impatient . Haha Connecting the dots, maybe other strains die off and nanno have not multiply sufficiently to make a dent?? Too much speculation here.
How do I know the culture fails? Stinky smell?
Anyhow, 1 day and nothing much happen. Maybe the color get lighter? I know I’m too impatient . Haha Connecting the dots, maybe other strains die off and nanno have not multiply sufficiently to make a dent?? Too much speculation here.
How do I know the culture fails? Stinky smell?
It will go clear. You have to wait for one species to get out competed before another one will take off. My harvests are usually day 7-10. I'll let them go longer sometimes just to get it really dense.
Yeah... the constant rolling boil gets loud for sure!