Post by DrBlueThumb on Apr 19, 2016 15:50:38 GMT
My plans for now are small, but I have huge plans that may take 10 years.
For now I am setting up just the 35G filled with coral's. Over the next 6 months, I will have a phytoplankton station, in which I will particularly be culturing a Nannoplankton strain called Nannochloropsis oculata. Then with in a year, I will have 2 x 55G set up aswell, just might be a few corals inside these for a while. The 2 x 55G will be prop/display aquarium too. They are all going to be the same style tanks, natural biological filtration, tap water, simple set ups, mostly for propagating and displaying, along with testing my phyto for purity before I sell them locally. Even my phyto will be made using tap water.
Here is an image of a sliced Florida Recordia:
Here is an image of my shroom cuttings garden:
As you can see, there is a mouth just growing in one of the images, meaning I sliced them into 4 then grew out a bit and then sliced the 4 into half, totaling 8 pieces, propagated from one large shroom. Even if you slice a shroom without a mouth, as long as you care for it right, and have great husbandry, you can do this.
Here are some images of my Diy shroom container:
The only thing I would have done differently, is to drill a few holes right above the gravel line to allow the detritus out and to supply slightly extra current.
Here is an image of a frag plug I designed:
Here a few images that do not belong to me, of Harpacticoid copepods:
This species is called Tigriopus Californicus, they are what I want to culture, with in the next year as well. They are great reef cleaners.
They help control water quality by eating unused food. They are "detritivores", meaning they will scavenge leftover fish poop, fish food, bacteria and non motile micro algae called phytoplankton. They are known to be benthic which means substrate dwelling.
Tigriopus Californicus I love the name. If anyone has any tips please share them, thanks, Clint Johnson from Windsor
For now I am setting up just the 35G filled with coral's. Over the next 6 months, I will have a phytoplankton station, in which I will particularly be culturing a Nannoplankton strain called Nannochloropsis oculata. Then with in a year, I will have 2 x 55G set up aswell, just might be a few corals inside these for a while. The 2 x 55G will be prop/display aquarium too. They are all going to be the same style tanks, natural biological filtration, tap water, simple set ups, mostly for propagating and displaying, along with testing my phyto for purity before I sell them locally. Even my phyto will be made using tap water.
Here is an image of a sliced Florida Recordia:
Here is an image of my shroom cuttings garden:
As you can see, there is a mouth just growing in one of the images, meaning I sliced them into 4 then grew out a bit and then sliced the 4 into half, totaling 8 pieces, propagated from one large shroom. Even if you slice a shroom without a mouth, as long as you care for it right, and have great husbandry, you can do this.
Here are some images of my Diy shroom container:
The only thing I would have done differently, is to drill a few holes right above the gravel line to allow the detritus out and to supply slightly extra current.
Here is an image of a frag plug I designed:
Here a few images that do not belong to me, of Harpacticoid copepods:
This species is called Tigriopus Californicus, they are what I want to culture, with in the next year as well. They are great reef cleaners.
They help control water quality by eating unused food. They are "detritivores", meaning they will scavenge leftover fish poop, fish food, bacteria and non motile micro algae called phytoplankton. They are known to be benthic which means substrate dwelling.
Tigriopus Californicus I love the name. If anyone has any tips please share them, thanks, Clint Johnson from Windsor
