I have been gathering a lot of information and starting to plan some live cultures. I haven’t been able to find the answers to these specific questions— any help would be greatly appreciated.
Would this light be sufficient to use for 64 oz Phyto cultures? https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B077QN3BBF/ref=cm_cr_arp_mb_bdcrb_top?ie=UTF8
Would a whisper air pump 20-40 gallon be sufficient with a gang valve for four 64 oz Phyto cultures, a 5 gallon rotifer, and 5 gallon copepod culture or should I get the bigger pump?
Would this much Phyto sustain the other cultures or be cutting it close?
I’ve read that tap water is fine for cultures, but wouldn’t this cause problems down the line when adding to reef tanks?
It looks like for rotifers specifically a lot of feeds/companies use an ammonia reducer, which is reef safe/recommended to minimize problems when adding to reef tank?
I haven’t found anywhere a step by step instruction for making sure cultures are clean/sanitized when starting (to reduce contamination’s)— anyone have any resources on this? I imagine could use chlorine and declorinate - if so which product is one that won’t cause problems down the line in a reef tank?
Would this light be sufficient to use for 64 oz Phyto cultures? https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B077QN3BBF/ref=cm_cr_arp_mb_bdcrb_top?ie=UTF8
Would a whisper air pump 20-40 gallon be sufficient with a gang valve for four 64 oz Phyto cultures, a 5 gallon rotifer, and 5 gallon copepod culture or should I get the bigger pump?
Would this much Phyto sustain the other cultures or be cutting it close?
I’ve read that tap water is fine for cultures, but wouldn’t this cause problems down the line when adding to reef tanks?
It looks like for rotifers specifically a lot of feeds/companies use an ammonia reducer, which is reef safe/recommended to minimize problems when adding to reef tank?
I haven’t found anywhere a step by step instruction for making sure cultures are clean/sanitized when starting (to reduce contamination’s)— anyone have any resources on this? I imagine could use chlorine and declorinate - if so which product is one that won’t cause problems down the line in a reef tank?