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    Posted: August 20 2008 at 3:17pm
I got my shipment of live rotifers today from Reef Nutrition and holy geesh they are tiny!  Yeah he said they were 100 microns but that means nothing to me really.  I hope my fish can even see these to eat them!  I'll be safe at first and feed them on top of the rotifers, I honestly don't see how a fish the size of a foxface will be able to see these in the water.

Anyway, their new "bucket" is all set up, course, I didn't realize I have to match the ph with their bag and the bucket, I don't have a ph test so not sure how to do that.  I'm debating acclimating them slowly to match the ph to the bucket water.

I have about 4 days before I can harvest them and help others start a "farm".  Only downfall is I'm in Roy so that's a long drive for most.  I won't sell rotifers but you know me, I never turn down frags Wink

Wish me luck!  I planted 12 zucchini plants last year and didn't get a single zucchini, so these may not live Embarrassed
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Best of luck with them and please lets all know how things turn out. 
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your fish dont eat them. Your corals do. small fry eat them. like clownfish, but not full grown fish. Good luck. when I ordered a rotifer start it arrived dead. It never did grow.
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Awww :(  I know they were alive, it was one huge swarm of tiny particles moving all over.  The question remains to be seen if I can keep them alive though.  You said you had some now though, how did you get your 2nd batch?  Or maybe I'm thinking of someone else.

Hrm, I could have sworn he said fish ate these too, oh well, my coral will be happy.
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small fry will. doubtfully full grown fish.
 
i do have some. I got my start from amie
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Well at least some made it through the night, the water was a very pale green this morning instead of the dark green from last night so there's someone kicking around enough to eat.

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how is your rotifer culture doing?
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