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Phytoplankton to dose or not to dose (1 Viewer)
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I have a subscription and use it everyday to feed my pods... not sure if it’s working or not but my mandarin is fat and happy so I assume there is food for it to eat.
Results are millions of bristle starfish lol
I dump one gal every week
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I dos ocean magic daily in both my DT and pod culture. It works great in my opinion. Maybe a little too well. I’m currently looking for another pod eating fish. My mandarin is fat and can’t eat enough pods to put a dent in the population.
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30ml daily in my 120g and I just dump it in all at once.
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I used to dose it and liked it. I was on an auto ship from algae barn too but the kept screwing up and not sending it. I finally just quit asking them.
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They have forgotten some items for me as well
But they do send me a gummy fish each month.
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Results are millions of bristle starfish lol
I dump one gal every week
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Let me know next time you clean out some stars I’ll take some.
Whats your method for home brew? I have to admit I don't dose Phyto, never even crossed my mind but if it yeilds positive results Im willing to give it a go. How much do you dose and how often?
Been dosing 2 yr of my home brewing phyoto
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I dump a gal to a 200 gal system and leave tank tint green whole night.
One result is that my sun coral is growing everywhere even though I had been giving up feeding them lol
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How do you make it?
Air light fertilizer and saltwater
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So once you start a successful culture, you can keep producing indefinitely with out buying more?
I saw this kit on Amazon for $35, you get Nanno and Terra, is that a good way to start?
Amazon.com : Live Marine Phytoplankton Culture Kit 2, Nanno/Tetra (16oz Nanno + 16oz Tetra) : Kitchen & Dining
Amazon.com : Live Marine Phytoplankton Culture Kit 2, Nanno/Tetra (16oz Nanno + 16oz Tetra) : Kitchen & Dining
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correct. I only do Nanno. THey are the most hardy one. What i do is when i pour 1 gal to my tank i remove 1 gal to dillute the other 4 bottle. Keeping going like this for 2 yr
Do you use fertilizer in your cultures?
So you think that is a good price for a starter kit?
Also when you say you take 1 gal and dilute the other 4 bottles. Does that mean each bottle is a half gallon so they equal 2 gallon all together? Basically taking half from each and add more salt water and wait for them to repopulate?
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