who grows there own food

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i use aquamedic reactors for my phyto and rotifers,and narrow brine shrimp hacheries.you can get away with inverted pop bottles(green tea ginger ale works best for colour and shape,but with a large opening(cutting the bottom off a pop bottle)your inviting contaminates.large jars or water jugs with rigid tubing work,but you end up smothering anything that settles on the bottom-hence dead cultures and eventual crashes.i have also tried a small pump at the bottom to move things but it doesn't work that well.a cone shape on the bottom,with an airline and drain work the best-no siphoning out product.if you use mirical grow for culturing-make sure you use the fruit and vegetable ones.personally i use micro algae grow from Florida aqua farms