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    FS Phytoplankton: Nannochloropsis

    Yea, how many oz do you need? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Anyone have sea apple experience?

    I have an aggressive reef tank and nothings bothered mine for a long time now. Been feeding him everyday. He's healthy and fat :) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Anyone have sea apple experience?

    There are three ways that a sea apple commonly dies 1) starvation 2) unstable parameters 3) stress from other tank mates To prevent 1) even phyto and/or copepods daily. Sea apples natural behavior in the ocean is to open at night. Since it's in a tank and there aren't enough "food" for it it...
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    Labeled as "Red Spider Crab"

    Does anyone know what its binomial name or just anything about it? I feel like they made up a name to make it seem like it was "rare" I tried searching up Red Spider Crab and can't find anything about it. My best guess was it was a baby arrow Crab however I saw a photo of a baby arrow Crab and...
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    Phyto culture

    Well I only have one culture running now cuz of my agar cultures so I barely even maintain it It's been running for almost 2 months and I still haven't harvested aha I hope it doesn't crash Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Phyto culture

    Aw man I'm sorry to hear about that Every third to fourth harvest I empty out my containers and restart the culture again to keep things fresh. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    DIY biosphere

    I found these glass ornaments in my art teachers back room and decided to try something Algae , ornament and base Putting the algae in the ornament Putting phyto and 2 weeks old brine shrimp Drill hole in base and apply some superglue And bam instant biosphere Made a few more Sent...
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    Culturing Phyto on a Petri Dish

    :/ i took a video of when I watered down the Petri dish but my phone died and when I turned it on the video wasn't there.... Anyways I have a pic of the results I watered down the concentrated solution until I got a one cm reading doing the straw test I ended up with 35ml which is just over a...
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    Culturing Phyto on a Petri Dish

    I started a new batch. The first batch is in the fridge for storage. I'll use one when I get home for a demonstration of how much it's worth in liquid form and I'll post pics Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Phyto culture

    I have a gallon of fresh saltwater dosed with f/2 medium set aside. Every time I harvest (every 3-4 weeks) I replace the harvested water with the water in that gallon container Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    what is this weird anemone thing? Friend or foe?

    The biggest one in my tank is in my sump which is 1.5cm but it's cuz I feed them my phyto that I culture [emoji23] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    what is this weird anemone thing? Friend or foe?

    They're strawberry nems I got a few in my tank Doesn't like the light and haven't hurt any of my corals Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Culturing Phyto on a Petri Dish

    Sorry for the lack of updates All of them grew a thick layer of phyto except one Here's a few that grew And here's the one that didn't (It's actually darker in person, the lights in my bathroom are really bright) Just right now I was about to rinse it out however I got curious of how much of...
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    Phyto culture

    solitude127 Elo500 Fizzman NCP means nannochloropsis. The numbers represents millions per ml I like to harvest mine at 1cm The straw test isn't as actuate as purchasing a density stick however it's pretty close Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Phyto culture

    Lights are on Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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