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Phytoplankton Phyto
56 Golfview Drive,
Dumont NJ 07628
Bergen County
Have 4 bottles unspoken for at the moment.
All 4 for $20!
2 for $12
Coral trades always welcome…
Cash preferred
More so maintaining RODI, fresh mixed Saltwater, Phytoplankton, some macro algae, and soon Rotifers again, for myself.
I only have one person who I assist with the stuff as needed. Others if they ask.
I do have phytoplankton and rotifers posted but don’t get lots of sales online.
A few of my pairs and a rack system I have been trying to get going.
In addition to the pairs in my display tanks I have the following for my
Breeding/Bonded pairs included:
Pair of Gold Stripe Maroons
Standard Occelaris x Snowflake Ocellaris
Pair of Frostbites Clownfish
Pair of LONGFIN...
Then I began a NEW phase of
Eric’s Reefing Adventure.
CLOWNNFISH!!!
I added several more pairs to create a Clownfish STABLE of pairs.
Grabbed about 10 of his 1st Generation Darwin babies that could produce Zombie Clownfish and a couple Heterogeneous Snowflakes that will produce Snow Zombies...
Getting the Rotifers and phytoplankton cultures running was a challenge. Kept crashing things.
Even gave Brine Shrimp a go!
Which also resulted in crashing the rotifers and phytoplankton.
Tried making my own hatch night Vassen Trap.
While it came out GREAT! I found better methods for collecting...
But on July 24, 2022…
As luck would have it something amazing happened!
I came home and in the JBJ were a hundred little baby clownfish.
100% unexpected!
I ran upstairs googled everything I could and tried scooping them out into a hastily made holding tank.
Anyone who knows clownfish breeding...
I have lots of stuff to post since this last update. And I know I tell the story of my perfect storm and the resulting tank crash. Glad I documented it real time!!!
It did crash. Lost everything almost coral wise. No fish affected.
Lost huge Hollywood stunner and red cap colonies, many many...
A little better this morning….
Added a little more magnesium sulfate and then some calcium chloride.
Will just keep slowly adjusting and adding as needed.
I tried multiple salfiert tests which I have been using as my primary test method for years.
I have read if you raise the other 2 it could reduce the Magnesium along the way.
So I have been skipping on water changes a bit or just fewer overall.
I really hadn’t been testing as things were looking good.
Just started getting some algae and some odd coral closures….so tested Tuesday morning.
Oh boy: Alk 6.9, Calcium 320, Magnesium 1260.
So I used the BRS calculator to...