plankton, brine and rotifers

[skozzy]

I know what photoplankton and zooplankton are, and also brine shrimp, but
what exactly is rotifers ?

I imagine for some this is a stupid question, but for me and a friend that
are only new to the salt water tank stuff it's all new to us.

I want to start off a photoplankton culture but no shops here seem to sell a
starter kit or anything for it.
As for Brine shrimp, it seems hard to find a packet of eggs that arn't
damaged from the gamma radiation things they go through at customs. They
only started this extra radiation a few months back I was told.

I have seen on the Flame Angel site the setup there, it's quite simple and
looks tidy, I would like to do similar, but I can't seem to find a source
for photoplankton.

So, is there anyone in Australia seeing such stuff ?

[Richard Reynolds]

> I know what photoplankton and zooplankton are, and also brine shrimp, but
> what exactly is rotifers ?

zooplankton

:)

itty bitty zooplanktons good for feeding fish fry, and corals

> I imagine for some this is a stupid question, but for me and a friend that
> are only new to the salt water tank stuff it's all new to us.

> I want to start off a photoplankton culture but no shops here seem to sell a
> starter kit or anything for it.

cruse over to reefcentral.com (register if not already registered its free) cruse into the
breeders forum and hunt for breeders in australia there are a few, I dont live there but
aparently this stuff is a little harder to come by.

> As for Brine shrimp, it seems hard to find a packet of eggs that arn't
> damaged from the gamma radiation things they go through at customs. They
> only started this extra radiation a few months back I was told.

look on RC for them too.



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Richard Reynolds

[iinet]

>
> So, is there anyone in Australia seeing such stuff ?
>

not sure if this is what you are after, but this is as close as i have found

http://www.reefculture.com.au/ , hope this helped!

kiwi