george1098
12-21-2006, 04:41 PM
Hi guys
I'm just starting up my first phyto culture, and I had a few questions. I bought a Tetraselmus culture kit from Florida Aqua farms, and it has plenty of info and materials to get me started, but I had some questions about how to keep my culture going.
1) when 'fertalizing' my culture, I plan to use Miracle Gro all purpose plant food. I hope I bought the right stuff, it is all purpose water soluble powder, 24-8-16 (nitrogen, phosphate, potassium). anyhoo, my question is, how much should i disolve in a 2 qt's of sterile culture water?
2) Once the culture is prepared, can I store it in the fridge? I would like to kindof stock up as I am planning a long trip (3 months) later this year, and I was hoping I could keep lots of phyto in my fidge and have my girlfreind feed about a cup or so at a time to the tank once every 2-3 days. Can I keep it in thr fridge? or would the culture die off. would it be better to keep at room temp? if so, in the dark or the light?
so far that is it for the ???'s, I will probably post more in this thread as I think of them. thanks dudes!:showoff:
I'm just starting up my first phyto culture, and I had a few questions. I bought a Tetraselmus culture kit from Florida Aqua farms, and it has plenty of info and materials to get me started, but I had some questions about how to keep my culture going.
1) when 'fertalizing' my culture, I plan to use Miracle Gro all purpose plant food. I hope I bought the right stuff, it is all purpose water soluble powder, 24-8-16 (nitrogen, phosphate, potassium). anyhoo, my question is, how much should i disolve in a 2 qt's of sterile culture water?
2) Once the culture is prepared, can I store it in the fridge? I would like to kindof stock up as I am planning a long trip (3 months) later this year, and I was hoping I could keep lots of phyto in my fidge and have my girlfreind feed about a cup or so at a time to the tank once every 2-3 days. Can I keep it in thr fridge? or would the culture die off. would it be better to keep at room temp? if so, in the dark or the light?
so far that is it for the ???'s, I will probably post more in this thread as I think of them. thanks dudes!:showoff: