MaizeandBlue
Craig Snowgold
@MaizeandBlue · 14 hours ago

Using the cultivating kit I purchased from Reef by Steele, I can now turn 1 16 ounce bottle of phytoplankton into 7 bottles. You do the math $19 for one end up with 7 bottles. Take one of the 7 bottles start a new culture. It will last in the refrigerator for about two weeks as long as you shake the bottle gently daily and burp it. Feed your copepods and your corals. Look at that beautiful dark green phyto.

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User Avatar @Red_Ripple_54 13h

4 weeks in the refrigerator no problem for a not fully grown culture 😉.

User Avatar @MaizeandBlue 13h

Well, I probably should’ve clarified my two weeks comment. Yeah it might last in the refrigerator for four weeks if you’re just feeding it, but I wouldn’t leave it in there for longer than two weeks if you’re going to re-cultivate it. This last batch the bottle was in the refrigerator for 17 days, but I wouldn’t stretch it out that far normally.

User Avatar @evanloop 8h

Phyto math wins 👌

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