What do you think the shelf life on yours is if refrigerated? He says a week and I have not noticed any issues with it. I was going through a half gallon in about 10 days dosing it daily. I dont have a microscope so no idea if it was dead at that point. Didnt smell bad or anything.
That’s what I use. I never believed live phyto was any superior to feeding corals. It needs to be shaken multiple times day to prevent the cells from settling and smothering.
It still needs to be refrigerated. I ain’t going through all that when the preserved product is just as good and cheaper.
In all my reading, 6-8 weeks. I checked under the microscope a month later and plenty of life. A good test without a microscope is smell. As cells start to die (which starts right away), it will develop rotten egg smell. When the smell is too much to handle, most likely lots of dead cells in there.
Cool. Then why not stick with the live version? If I had the choice between preserved or live, I’d choose the latter, but the effort is not worth it for me.
Stirring every few days is fine. There’s no need to do it multiple times per day.
I’ve read up on the banana peel pod culturing. It’s too hot & cold here in the Midwest to do outdoors. Was wondering if it would work inside but seems mixed reviews on doing it indoors. I might try with a 10 gallon tank and see what happens. The Anthias would love the extra pods I’m sure.
I bought bottles from algae barn, stored it in the fridge, and despite shaking it every day, I still saw settling on the bottom.
It starts to settle, but doesn’t mean they start to die right away.
Dang squirrels
are you just starting it? Trying to green the water?
Ohhh. I just use the regular phyto feast. I didn’t know they sold a live version.
Wow really 6-8 weeks! I also only shake mine up a bit before I dose. Near day 8 there is some settling in the bottom of the jug but I would guess that is from the lower amount of fluid in the jug, not die off.
Haha. That’s creative.Banana setup, version 2.0:
