cabrego April 9, 2010 Share April 9, 2010 OK, I might be a bit dramatic but for hte life of me poor percula fry I can not maintain a Rotifer culture for longer than 2-4 weeks. The sad part is my perc's laid the biggest clutch I have seen, I have my laravasnagger working great, and now I have no ROTS (culture just crashed again!) and the fry will hatch in about 3 days! I was hoping some of the experts can share their routine on how they go about avoiding rotifer crashes! My routine WAS working....rots are in a 5 gallon bucket: 1. Temp 78 2. Salinity 1.018 3. Feed nano in the morning with a drop of Prime 4. Feed fry in the morning when applicable. 5. Harvest close about a third every other day. 6. View rots under microscope at least once a week. I did best when I did not do water changes or much topping off. Should I be doing water changes everyday or something, ROTs are harder than the fry for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbartco April 9, 2010 Share April 9, 2010 With 1/3 changes, you may be changing conditions too fast? Maybe slow drip the new water into the mix? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabrego April 9, 2010 Author Share April 9, 2010 When I harvest I am straining the water back into the bucket so, I am not actually putting fresh water back in...do you actually do water changes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Lazar April 9, 2010 Share April 9, 2010 The first thing I would check is the ammonia level in the culture. A single drop of prime may not be enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctenophore April 9, 2010 Share April 9, 2010 When I harvest I am straining the water back into the bucket so, I am not actually putting fresh water back in...do you actually do water changes? In the past I have done the 5gal bucket system by pouring the old water out (or into my system) then using tank water run through a paper coffee filter to refill the bucket. You might get some ammonia disks to keep track of ammonia levels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbartco April 9, 2010 Share April 9, 2010 I would do water chanes about once a week. about 1/5 or so with fresh, dripped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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