hey, awesome, im glad you are gettign this going..
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Originally Posted by Shadowramy 1. Did you start your culture from someone else or did you order the culture discs? If you ordered them, is something that you need to do to prepare them. I read that you drip some culture medium on them and let them sit in the frig for 24 hours, does this sound right? |
you can start from the disc or from a liquid, Erik from
algagen offers both types as "starter cultures" the discs are a bit more work. as you mentioned, yes, you haev to wet them and let them sit for a day before you use them. then you have to use a sterile swap and scoop the phyto off the disc and get it into the container. This too can get to be a bit troublesome.
all-in-all, the discs are a good way to go, but if you can start from a liquid starter culture i thing it woudl be easier.
you can support Talkingreef by getting the starter cultures from
Algagen.
seahourcesource.com is one of there distiributers, adn the products are here
http://www.seahorsesource.com/cgi-bi...y=Foods-Algaes
if you have question dont hesitate to ask him, hes very helpful
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2. Since I am now using the rubbermaid container like you, how many mililters are you adding? I also purchased the 2 gallon rubbermaid container to mix my medium. From what I read it is something like 5ml to 1 liter, just wondered what you did?
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mililiters of what to what? not sure what you are refering to here.
if you can clarify, i will let ya know..
