Yachaq March 8, 2020 Share March 8, 2020 Hi WAMAS!! I will start next week to grow phyto and pods using the copepod system from Poseidon. Has anyone tried to grow pods either using this system or any other DIY option? What is your experience growing pods? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn.reef.nerd March 9, 2020 Share March 9, 2020 @A.ocellaris has been growing pods for a quite a while. I would hit him up for his experience. I do have someone that uses the same system as you to grow phyto. He is not on WAMAS, but if you hit me up on Facebook, I can introduce you to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacobra1 March 9, 2020 Share March 9, 2020 I can tell you growing phyto isn't as easy as it sounds, I have been trying it for the last month and have crashed it 2 times and just stated again yesterday. Everything has to be very sterile which I thought I did a good job of with the last culture that crashed. Just make sure everything that touches the water is sterile and best of luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffvt1999 March 9, 2020 Share March 9, 2020 Keep a close eye on the fertilizer as well, and never use your pod or rotifer turkey baster to do anything in phyto culture or they’ll get a nice snack on all the phyto ?. Follow fertilizer dosing very carefully, keep and eye on evaporation (salinity) and adding fresh water occasionally just like regular tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanM March 10, 2020 Share March 10, 2020 what phyto and what pods are you growing? I always wanted to try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yachaq March 10, 2020 Author Share March 10, 2020 11 hours ago, jeffvt1999 said: Keep a close eye on the fertilizer as well, and never use your pod or rotifer turkey baster to do anything in phyto culture or they’ll get a nice snack on all the phyto ?. Follow fertilizer dosing very carefully, keep and eye on evaporation (salinity) and adding fresh water occasionally just like regular tank. Working on it. Seems that evaporation may be slower than with an open container, but will keep an eye open on the water level Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yachaq March 10, 2020 Author Share March 10, 2020 51 minutes ago, AlanM said: what phyto and what pods are you growing? I always wanted to try. I just started with the Poseidon Copepod system. It comes with 2 phyto starters (Nannochloropsis oculata) and 1 Tisbe (Tisbe biminensis?) copepod starter. Setup was a breeze. Let's see what results do I get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshb April 7, 2020 Share April 7, 2020 Any update Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yachaq April 8, 2020 Author Share April 8, 2020 Success!! I have harvested 3 rounds of pods and 2 of phyto. The phyto culture crashed the last round (my fault),, but I will be re-starting it this week. Other than that, it requires a little bit of work once a week. It takes me less than 20 mins to harvest and have the next batch ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanM April 8, 2020 Share April 8, 2020 Can you post any pics or videos of the little tisbe pods swimming around? What are you feeding with them? Gonna raise clowns or banggai cardinals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yachaq April 9, 2020 Author Share April 9, 2020 Certainly. I will post a video of the next harvest. Right now I have a mandarin in the system that enjoys them. I have a couple of clowns that I hope will lay some eggs at some point.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highfivem3 April 9, 2020 Share April 9, 2020 i got the same system about a month ago! great stuff! i have so much extra phyto now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yachaq April 12, 2020 Author Share April 12, 2020 I know!!! I just got the 4th harvest of pods (sorry @AlanM, forgot to take the video before dumping them in the sump) and re-started the phyto with a new starter culture. Almost don't know what to do with the rest . Thinking on trying other culturing other types of pods just because. At the price one pays for a bottle of pods, this system pays by itself in just a few months. I will take a video of the harvested pods next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacobra1 April 12, 2020 Share April 12, 2020 What pods are you culturing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yachaq April 12, 2020 Author Share April 12, 2020 Tisbe pods Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacobra1 April 12, 2020 Share April 12, 2020 That's what I'm growing too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJKK April 12, 2020 Share April 12, 2020 Do you know if the system would also support amphipods culture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yachaq April 13, 2020 Author Share April 13, 2020 I believe that will be trickier, depending on the need for filtration and additional structures for a benthic organism. I believe a small tank with the adequate filtration system and lighting could work. This is more of a "grow in a bag" approach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJKK April 13, 2020 Share April 13, 2020 5 hours ago, Yachaq said: I believe that will be trickier, depending on the need for filtration and additional structures for a benthic organism. I believe a small tank with the adequate filtration system and lighting could work. This is more of a "grow in a bag" approach. Thanks for the feedback. Yeah, safer bet is to get a small tank to culture amphipods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanM April 14, 2020 Share April 14, 2020 This is really great that you're having success. I don't have a tank at the moment, but have always liked the tiny life the best and would be tempted to just start a culture operation of rotifers, a few types of phyto, pods, etc. Just hand them out to people in the club for their tanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime April 14, 2020 Share April 14, 2020 I know!!! I just got the 4th harvest of pods (sorry [mention=2633353]AlanM[/mention], forgot to take the video before dumping them in the sump) and re-started the phyto with a new starter culture. Almost don't know what to do with the rest . Thinking on trying other culturing other types of pods just because. At the price one pays for a bottle of pods, this system pays by itself in just a few months. I will take a video of the harvested pods next week. I’ll happily dump pods into my curing rock bins if you make them! I’ll grab some starter pods! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yachaq April 23, 2020 Author Share April 23, 2020 Yesterday I got my 5th harvest of pods and phyto. After reseeding the culture bottles I was left with a little more than 1 liter of phyto. The pods collection on the other hand, was smaller than expected. I believe they just run out of food earlier in the process as the water was completely clear a few days before harvest. I plan to add more phyto to the pods culture if this happens again. Pods - 1.m4v Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanM April 23, 2020 Share April 23, 2020 Great video of the little swimmers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nburg April 23, 2020 Share April 23, 2020 (edited) Nice, I hope to try this at some point in the future. Tagging if I need to ask you any questions or for advice in the future. Edited April 23, 2020 by nburg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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