I've managed to culture Nannochloropsis oculata phytoplankton (Nanno).
The reason I wanted to culture phyto was to culture Tisbe copepods and possibly Parvocalanus and Acartia Tonsa copepods in the future, or maybe to gut load BBS (Note: got no plans to culture Tigriopus copepods).
The thing is though, I've found out that Nanno is not a good feed for many different copepods (seems to work for Tigriopus copepods although I'm not 100% certain) and Isochrysis and Tetraselmis are much better for copepod culture. I also tried feeding the Nanno to 2 of my Tisbe culture but it just isn't working. They are not multiplying at all. Should have done more research before buying the Nanno.
I've ordered Isochrysis to start culturing those and I plan on getting some Tetra soon enough.
I read Nanno could contaminate the Iso and Tetra cultures easily so it's actually a risk keeping them.
So at this point, I'm thinking maybe I don't want to keep my Nanno culture anymore.
The question is, is there still a reason why I should keep my Nanno culture now?
Like, could there be any uses of it for me that I'm not yet aware of? For example, if it can be used to feed Acartia Tonsa copepod culture (not sure if it could be) etc (not growing any corals btw).
It's easy to dump the Nanno culture down the drain but I wanted to make sure I'm not missing anything before doing that.
What is Nannochloropsis really good for anyway? Culturing rotifers and feeding filter feeders?
The reason I wanted to culture phyto was to culture Tisbe copepods and possibly Parvocalanus and Acartia Tonsa copepods in the future, or maybe to gut load BBS (Note: got no plans to culture Tigriopus copepods).
The thing is though, I've found out that Nanno is not a good feed for many different copepods (seems to work for Tigriopus copepods although I'm not 100% certain) and Isochrysis and Tetraselmis are much better for copepod culture. I also tried feeding the Nanno to 2 of my Tisbe culture but it just isn't working. They are not multiplying at all. Should have done more research before buying the Nanno.
I've ordered Isochrysis to start culturing those and I plan on getting some Tetra soon enough.
I read Nanno could contaminate the Iso and Tetra cultures easily so it's actually a risk keeping them.
So at this point, I'm thinking maybe I don't want to keep my Nanno culture anymore.
The question is, is there still a reason why I should keep my Nanno culture now?
Like, could there be any uses of it for me that I'm not yet aware of? For example, if it can be used to feed Acartia Tonsa copepod culture (not sure if it could be) etc (not growing any corals btw).
It's easy to dump the Nanno culture down the drain but I wanted to make sure I'm not missing anything before doing that.
What is Nannochloropsis really good for anyway? Culturing rotifers and feeding filter feeders?