culture

I imagine that the brand of bleach you use likely doesn't matter as long as there are no surfactants or perfumes in the bleach, but I was wondering what various brands of bleach people tend to use for their culture to get a good idea of what has been sort of "vetted" already.

I wanted to improve my phyto setup and I was hoping to improve my setup. I was watching a video and a guy stated that you can snugly fit a 1/4" tubing over a hard 3/16" air line tubing. However, what I don't quite understand is if 1/4" airline tubing would actually fit on a standard Tetra...

I know this diatom is quite common in aquaculture, mainly for shrimps, but I can't seem to find any decent source for a culture for me to start from. In addition, places like AlgaeBarn blend them in with their phyto feeds they sell.... but thats clearly not pure.The most promising seems to be...

Hello fellow salties, I finally dipped my toe into the wonderful world of salt. It's a 5g brackish setup so I don't know if it qualifies for the build thread section but nonetheless I love mixing up my bucket of salt and checking it with my refractometer and making sure it matches my tank. It...

Anyone have any idea what has made its way into my culture of nannochloropsis? Here is a quick video or 2 under the microscope: Link: AND DIRECT UPLOAD BELOW (IF IT WORKS)

Hi all, Curious if anyone has any experience culturing their own copepods? My question is, how do you control nitrates & ammonia from copepod waste? Is a bi-weekly harvesting/water change enough to replenish & keep the colony alive? Any/all advice & experience welcome! Thanks in advance :)

Hey guys so this is my first culture I’ve tried to be as sterile as possible and and followed instructions to a T. This is day 4 think it crashed? Have a live culture and f2 Mixed to 1.024 SG Using the bags and air filters from Poseidon reef systems phytotank but with my own vessels.

What do you use to enrich rotifers prior to feeding the fry? Also, please walk me through your enrichment method.

A while ago (Oct/Nov of last year; 7-8 months ago) I set up a little pod/phyto culture in a 2.5 gal tank. It's just regular reef tank water, a bubbler with a wooden air stone that I weighed down with a piece of dry rock and the whole thing is lit by a 9 watt 6500k pendant LED for 8-16 hrs a day...