Rotifer Crash

[Rudimenta]

At min 10% change a day, some do up to 30

 

[surfnsalt]

Im only a week and a half in, and it's only a gallon culture. I do a 20% a day wc and use this homemade screen to see how around much I get. Hopfully I can keep em going. Great eats for my corals.

 

[Blue Lip]

At least you figured it out. I stopped using the filter from reed mariculture & they aer growing great in my buckets.

 

[Bunnee911]

Hmm. I like the glass jar. Then I could see at a glance if they need groceries.

 

[surfnsalt]

Ice tea/lemonade jars with spouts are a great way to see and do cultures. You can probably get a 3 or maybe even a 5 gal. One.

 

[Bunnee911]

So, I did a big water reduction after this last crash and the culture recovered. That is what I needed to know. It can recover.

 

[Bunnee911]

Wilkerson writes in her book about recovering rotifer crashes. Need to re-read.

 

[Bunnee911]

So, they did not come back this time. I will wait and see if the clowns lay before replacing. I have frozen the remaining RGComplete.

 

[Rudimenta]

I keep some dormant Rotifer eggs in case of crashes, but you guys can easy order overnight ;)

 

[Rudimenta]

Also I have two 5 gallon buckets and 1 or 2 500ml going on the side, sort of backups

 

[Bunnee911]

My clowns have yet to lay. I am going to wait until they do and order rots from @Carolina Clownfish. The feed is expensive.

 

[N8Allen]

I'm about to deal with this myself. Caught my maroons mating/egg laying yesterday.
Goldflake Mating/Laying Eggs
https://www.reef2reef.com/index.php?threads/Goldflake-Mating-Laying-Eggs.240866/

 

[Carolina Clownfish]

I'm about to deal with this myself. Caught my maroons mating/egg laying yesterday.
Goldflake Mating/Laying Eggs
https://www.reef2reef.com/index.php?threads/Goldflake-Mating-Laying-Eggs.240866/

We keep very dense L Type Rotifer cultures! Check us out at carolinaclownfish.com when you need them!

 

[Bunnee911]

Car