How do I make green water?
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Topic: How do I make green water?
Posted By: fish freak
Subject: How do I make green water?
Date Posted: July 17 2005 at 7:44pm
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Does any body know how I could grow/make green water? If so could help me out and if not that then does any body have any green water I could buy? Thanx, Spencer ------------- 120G reef |
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Posted By: Suzy
Date Posted: July 17 2005 at 8:27pm
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Search "So, you wanna grow"
anything! I can get you started! |
Posted By: Xacttech
Date Posted: July 17 2005 at 10:13pm
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also visit Melevsreef.com
A great source for a ton of reefkeeping DIY plans and advice. |
Posted By: Bob Kripfgans
Date Posted: July 17 2005 at 11:07pm
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Hey Spencer, I can give you some when I hook you up on the xenia. Bob ------------- WMAS is da place! Save the Banggai's! Tooele,Ut. |
Posted By: Vash
Date Posted: August 22 2005 at 6:06pm
| I have never heard that you could grow your own thats sweet i need to start what all do i need to get to started? |
Posted By: Adam Blundell
Date Posted: August 22 2005 at 6:41pm
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How do I make green water? Eat more spinach? Adam ------------- Come to a meeting, they�re fun! |
Posted By: dnellans
Date Posted: August 22 2005 at 6:43pm
| adam, you're so cheeky... |
Posted By: Adam Haycock
Date Posted: August 22 2005 at 7:11pm
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Heres what Id get, but there are many methods to grow it. Light source (fluorescent tubes work well) containers (ie 2L bottles) air pump silicone air tubing rigid air tubing Starter culture from WMAS member
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: August 22 2005 at 7:22pm
Don't forget the fertilizer. |
BananaTropics wrote:Posted By: Adam Haycock
Date Posted: August 22 2005 at 7:38pm
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...and Guillard F/2 fertilizer. Posted By: dnellans
Date Posted: August 23 2005 at 12:15pm
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Does anyone else grow green in larger amounts (10+ gallons) like i do or does everyone do the pop bottle method? I have honestly never had a culture crash and it seems like you all are putting in so much more effort with the pop bottle method... Just wondering if i'm really that lucky or if there are others doing it in larger batches successfully as well. -dwn |
Posted By: SandRider
Date Posted: August 23 2005 at 12:24pm
| I set up a 10 gal tank about 2 weeks ago. It's a wonderful shade of dark green |
Posted By: Adam Haycock
Date Posted: August 23 2005 at 1:48pm
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Ive grown nannochloropsis in a 20 gallon aquarium with an open top. It never crashed but the density was pretty low after a while. But most people that do the 2L bottle method start out with contaminated cultures that have been in the club for a long time so I don't think it really matters what method you use. Try dumping some of the large-batch culture into a 2L bottle. You may be surprised how much light shines through. A good culture should be somewhere between dark green and black while holding it in front of a fluorescent light. When it comes down to it though, you just need to add more of the low-density culture and theres probably nothing bad about that if you keep up with your water changes. -------------
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Posted By: Shane H
Date Posted: August 23 2005 at 5:13pm
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I just increased my set up from the two liter bottle method to two five gallon glass jugs. After two weeks everything is as green as ever.
I find I don't use the green water as often as I used to. How often / how much are most people using? |
Posted By: Adam Haycock
Date Posted: August 23 2005 at 5:19pm
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When I had my 90 gallon, I added about a gallon a week. Where did you get your 5 gallon glass jugs?
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Posted By: dnellans
Date Posted: August 23 2005 at 6:36pm
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5 gallon glass carboy's can be had at any of the local homebrewing
shops. they come in a variety of sizes from 1gal up to 7.5
gallons. 5 and 6.5 gal are the most common. -dwn |
Posted By: rstruhs
Date Posted: August 23 2005 at 7:09pm
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I use the pop bottle method AND I have a 10 gallon tank and a 20 gallon tank that I try to keep green water in. My cultures have crashed at times, sometimes all of it!, sometimes just one method (ie., pop bottle or tank). My tanks seem to be more susceptible to contamination than the pop bottles. Glass jugs just seem like the pop bottle method only bigger! I use 3 liter pop bottles when I can get them. ------------- Rodney, Sandra, Jeffery, and Laura Struhs South Jordan, Utah 98th South & 40th West. (801) 282-2744 75 gallon reef 55 gallon reef 55 gallon FOWLR 20 gallon FOWLR |
Posted By: Bob Kripfgans
Date Posted: August 23 2005 at 8:36pm
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Help! My cutures crashed. Does anyone have any extra. Thanks Bob ------------- WMAS is da place! Save the Banggai's! Tooele,Ut. |
Posted By: SandRider
Date Posted: August 23 2005 at 9:06pm
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I have some Layton Ray |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: August 23 2005 at 9:37pm
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Bananatropics, If I had known that you are interested, I would have brought one of the five gal jars for you last night. I have one and can get more. I don't know how much Dave Tea wants for them but Shane and I got ours from Dave. He has many more, perfect for growing phyto. Imagine a canning jar in the five gallon size. That's what these look like. Bob, I have a lot of phyto if you want to come get some. Did yours go yellow or did it go clear with billions of rotifers?
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Posted By: Bob Kripfgans
Date Posted: August 23 2005 at 11:33pm
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Mark, Looks like the rots got it. Will you be around tomorrow? BTW I ordered a Tetraselmis disk and F/2 solution tonight. If you need any let me know. ------------- WMAS is da place! Save the Banggai's! Tooele,Ut. |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: August 24 2005 at 8:49am
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May I have some of those rotifers, a gallon perhaps? Did you order a gallon of F2? If so, may I buy a pint. ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member
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Posted By: Bob Kripfgans
Date Posted: August 24 2005 at 7:16pm
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Mark, I am waiting on Part B of the solution. One gallon of A & B will make 7, 000 gallons. I will definately give you plenty. It's made by Kent and I found it at Aquatic ECO Systems. As soon as I get it I'll give you a call. It's been a while since I looked at you tanks. Almost forgot, I can bring the rots tomorrow if you will be around. ------------- WMAS is da place! Save the Banggai's! Tooele,Ut. |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: August 25 2005 at 9:49am
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I'm working at home Thur. and Fri. Call first to be sure I haven't stepped out to run an errand when you arrive. ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member
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