Where to get rotifers??

[chwkreefer]

Hey all, I am trying to figure out how to get a rotifer culture started. Where can a guy get rotifer eggs?

My clowns have recently started spawning (like every two weeks) and I am considering trying to rear the young. I have bred and reared hundreds if not thousands of freshwater fish, but never needed any food smaller them artemia. If anyone here has any experience or advice on an alternative food for the clown larvae, I am certainly interested to know.

Thanks,
Bill

[stephane]

Rayjay culture them for a long time in Canada maybe you chould ask him because I have never heard about starter kit here in Canada,I know florida aquafarm have it in us and probably brine shrimp direct


Do a research on www.mops.ca (http://www.mops.ca) in the reef board
because I dont know if rayjay he currently reply here
tell me if you dont find him I will find him for you

Good luck!

[ 18 June 2002, 19:43: Message edited by: stephane ]

[chwkreefer]

thanks, I'll take a look

[Delphinus]

Florida Aquafarms will sell to us Canucks ... they did to me, anyways...

[Delphinus]

Pardon me. Where I got mine was from http://www.aquaculture-supply.com/

It isn't much of a e-commerce site, but you can download their catalog in PDF format and then call them up and order from them.

[chwkreefer]

I just ordered some rotifer cysts from them today. I guess they can't sell "live" rotifers over the border. I also ordered the Plankton Culture Manual from them as well. The prices were quite reasonable too.

I doubt I will get everything in time for this batch of approx 75 clown larvae. I think they are only 3 to 4 days from free swimming.

Well, I'll be ready for the next batch.

Bill

[Taoism]

I know that Flame*Angel is doing culturing now, and she is in NB... you could go to her site and maybe email her to find out where she buys her stuff from...

Her site is:
http://www.sjwilson.net/reef/

Cheers,
Keith.