LF: Live Phyto Culture and F2 Fertilizer. Richmond

[Frogger]

The secret I have found to the Tisbe is having rotifers with them. This is the way that Canada Copepods ships them out. That way the food doesn't go uneaten.

[Whuggles]

Thanks for all the information Do the rotifers not outcompete the tisbe pods eventually, or do you just need to harvest regularly to keep their numbers in check?

[Frogger]

I have been keeping mine since 2017. I bought them from Canada Copepods and the rotifers do not out complete the copepods they seem to keep in a stable equilibrium. I keep the water tinted at all times so there is food for everyone. Copepods don't breed like rotifers and I have found their populations are not high enough on their own to keep their water from polluting. I think the copepods actually eat the phytoplankton and the rotifers as the rotifers are much smaller. You can clearly see the copepods but you need magnifiers to see the rotifers as there are tiny little spots. I have read the copepods are cannibalistic.

[kyl]

Come to think of it, my last round of tiggers had rotifers in there too, completely forgot about that. Yes they both seemed to do well with each-other, I have a bit of a video of them buzzing around as I held the macro lens up against the vessel one evening.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfBfk12Egyg

That's probably why that culture seemed to do really well, rotifers picking up the "food slack" so to speak.

Anyway, sorry OP to derail too much. I think James may still be doing a phyto strain locally.

[Frogger]

I gave James some of my rotifer copepod mix a couple years ago. Not sure if he still has it.

[Dash]

Dang. All this talk is making me want to start a copepod culture too

[Frogger]

Originally Posted by Dash

Dang. All this talk is making me want to start a copepod culture too

I just sold you some so you should be good to go, its real easy to keep those mandarins fat.