How to Harvest Rotifers & Daily Water Change

This is a video on how to harvest rotifers and how to change and setup water in a rotifer culture.
Websites:
The Filter Guys (RO/DI system)
thefilterguys.biz
Rotifers
rotifer.com

[@joeb1906]

Thanks for video. Everyone who is requesting in the comment section , you need a sieve to filter the rotifers from old water.

[@iqbalmesori8577]

I see your about culture and production ..also your production culture in new system of filtering .. i am so happy .. my name=iqbal mehboob almesori .. i am reacher in aquaculture in marine since my job is now president of production feeding for shrimps and fishes and zooplankton .. i havre many of study and reaches .. aroud 33years ..starting my job from 1988 /2022 up to now ..iam on the working now

[@alteredstazeakahullabelew2495]

I'm not sure if your still checking on this post but if you just take the rotifer floss and connect it to some sort of hoop(like the top of the 5 gallon bucket with a hole cut thru in the center) enough where you can easily pour it all thru without creating a mess???? and then just take another clean bucket and pour the whole thing thru the floss. That might save you some time(im lazy and so my free time is very valuable to me :-). This information may on this thread somewhere in this thread but I'm lazy and didn't want to dig any further.

[@fadifanous]

@stolen454 you can, but you have to culture more than you use for the feedings. I used to feed about 1/2 gallon a day and throw away 1/2 gallon. So if you set up the system where it uses the aqualifter to feed 1/2 gallona and replenish it with the float switch, it might work, but you have to manually takeout 1/2 gallon a day and keep up with feeding the nanochloropsis manually. IMO it will be a lot easier to do everything manullay than automate the system.

[@fadifanous]

ya I feed it to my reef all the time, but I would highly recommend you straining them in a coffee filter first

[@chiclids]

Thanks for the tip I just notice my clownfish pair just spawned yesterday in the afternoon so this is there first clutch. I got it on my my channel.

[@fadifanous]

@BelizeGecko I dump the whole cup water and rotifers into the tank but i make sure to keep the water fresh I try to change it every other day.

[@inshafahamed8493]

This video very usde thx

[@neogeo8267]

Would like to grow algae and use it to produce live food for perch fry (freshwater) - if you know of resources for the same I'd be greatly appreciative! Thanks for sharing your setup

[@theamjadjamousable]

i would suspend that bucket and make a hole at the bottom ,then cover it with the finest mesh , and just open a valve to drain some of it, then top off .

[@trueaquarist5107]

I really like your Polish jar "wiejskie wyroby" with is mean rural products :P

[@fadifanous]

@airbus530 The daily harvest can feed up to 4 breeding tanks. I have 2 5g buckets....1 as a backup in case one fails. the salinity should always be between 1.018-1.020.

[@stolen454]

Could you automate the system using a aqualifter on a timer for feedings and another float switch to keep the culture toped off? If so how often should feedings and cleanings be done to the culture bucket?

[@dcskelton]

Would like to see you feeding aquarium with these

[@fadifanous]

@dontTouchMeThere91 you have to setup the tank and let it cycle for a bit before you start breeding because the fish like a stable environment, also I would get a really good protein skimmer and a good heater for both tanks. there is a lot to discuss in a comment though so watch my videos and ask me the questions as they arise

[@fadifanous]

@Richbowker My hands werent really in the water at that point! I just show to wear gloves as a precaution. Rotifers are really hardy!!

[@markbigmuscle4998]

The rotifers make a phylum of microscopic and near-microscopic animals

[@ellvas13]

Last jar = wiejskie wyroby :) Where the hell did You get Polish jar of pickles?

[@pritam65010]

Can you send this product to India ?

[@alexvids9232]

rofl you add enough to keep the water light green. shit is dark green to begin with and does not need anymore! you have a nice setup and equipment at least.

[@mrgoatman2191]

thankyou for the video. I don't care how you pronounce rotifers

[@fadifanous]

Thanks, no problem

[@angmichael9642]

Not sure u are still follow up with this post but after u harvest the rotifers, u’ll just simply dump all of them into ur tank(with fish larvae) directly? Or u will filtered out the rotifers first? And last question. If u filtered out the rotifers, is it possible to reuse the water ?

[@kpiotrowski2]

nice video! couldn't you just dump all the roti in a clean bucket every day before you harvest instead of wiping down the same one and loosening all the waste on the sides? just a thought.

[@ridwanlay]

hi... can u make video, dat show us how much rotifer in 1 glass..

[@Richbowker]

when you harvested you never wore your gloves? good video

[@fadifanous]

you need a small cooler box for rotifers to stay cool and that box will not work

[@Bradley21]

What are rotifers and phyto? Is that something I could throw in my refugium?

[@BelizeGecko]

How do you filter the rotifers out or just dump water and all into clown tank? I tried a screen coffee filter but seems like they get thru

[@myreefaquariumisaabdulrahm4568]

Can i used babies brain shrimp instead feom day one to fewd clown fry?

[@JuanJimenez-xm4cu]

Why dont you just swap buckets? Move all the rotifiers to a new bucket and clean the old one.

[@Mediaboon]

Good question.

[@mariadominguez1942]

And also I'd like to know how to add them to you sump? Do I need to filter them out or just dump the green water into the sump?!

[@fadifanous]

@Springs24 you could but they wont last very long as rotifers only have an 8 day lifespan and get eaten by corals and fish.

[@ridwanlay]

when the 1rst day u culture rotifer, is it easy..? because im going to culture the rotifer from the cycts.. i just worry im gonna fail :( ... coz im living in Indonesia, n i hv to buy it from florida, and it cost alot.. thx 4 ur info

[@josep7063]

Priority mail is only 8.95 to Florida..

[@Dub1919]

Hey thanks a lot for this vid post more about rotifers I want to grow my own soo it's very helpful ....question tho... ThT bottle how long dose it last you???

[@fadifanous]

It lasts a pretty long time if you keep it in the fridge. Depending on how many rotifer cultures you have maybe it will last up to 2 months

[@jnln2011]

You make a point to use that glove with your hand in the bucket but then you take it off. Would you not be worried about your dipping cup being contaminated with your fingers dipping the rots out and new water in? Or even the mesh back into the bucket?

[@killsecured6464]

I've been on Seabass station on my ojt days. Rotifers are fed on seabass fry. Its been a half kilometers where nanno production to rotifer to avoid contamination. But luckily its been contaminated by our co ojts. And yeah we screwed up. Hahaha. R.I.P. 60 tons of nannochloropsis oculata.

[@James27272]

is it necessary to use a light when culturing the rotifers? Also how many mls of micro algae do you add to your rotifer bucket daily I have The RG Concentrated phyto type and I use a 5 gallon bucket with no light and I cover the top with a lid not sealed though , with an air stone in the bottom of the bucket I remove 4 cups of water from it daily and replace it with 1.019 newly mixed water am I doing this correctly? also I should note the bucket is just over half full of water kind of like yours Is, I am going to restart it today with a new bottle of rotifers from the store $20 since my culture seems to have crashed or at least I see hardly any in there!! any advice??

[@reefman46]

is it ok when your changing the water on the rotifers to throw it ur system for the corals i hate to see that water go to waste lol

[@ridwanlay]

first thing first... where do u get the live rotifer, be4 u can even culture it..?

[@hammau23]

What do u do for phyto i would like to see your set up if you do your own

[@fadifanous]

I honestly do not know but I know that a quart probably has 10 million in it

[@starwindaquariums6309]

Nice I like it

[@fadifanous]

@CandyFishRave I bought the food from the link at rotifer.com

[@biingjyh]

how you control temperature ? by changing water daily, would you ever still having high ph or ammonia problem ? thanks

[@fadifanous]

the temperature of the room is pretty constant, but the rotifers can survive in a variety of temperatures unlike fish and corals. the water changes should take care of the ammonia and every now and then I restart the culture to start all over fresh and it keeps everything under control

[@zacc988]

wow that looks like a nice batch of rotifers cant wait to see you raise some clowns!! :D

[@ricdwe]

What is the point of harvesting rotifers? What purpose. What is the benefit?

[@shevyalvia6491]

they are used to feed fish larvaes.

[@freetilly7756]

Rotifers reproduce rapidly. If you don't, they will stop reproducing sexually and the population will crash the system. Rotifers are sensitive to ammonia.

[@fadifanous]

@MysteryoftheGods check out the websites in the description box

[@CandyFishRave]

nice this is so cool man you are doing such a great job!.. and where did you buy the Rotifers to start out with and there food?... =] *^_^*

[@pavankumarkanna8411]

is it used in vannamei culture

[@ducle7473]

Where do u get the reef gloves? R they on some kind of website?

[@rgsenergia3588]

you use salted water? What is the PH value of it?

[@fadifanous]

@kpiotrowski2 yes you could

[@ahmadal_shanqeety802]

hmmm can I ask why do you guys groom and keep rotifers ?? isn't it bad for your health?

[@fadifanous]

because you need clean water.

[@richieflexz]

can you use any floss to clean the bucket? also my culture is at 1 day that I started it and it doesn't look dark green like yours. it is light green. is this ok?

[@richieflexz]

what is micro algae or what does it do?

[@richieflexz]

in my rotifer culture, I always get green thing floating around. what is it and is it bad for the clownfish fry?

[@1Xander100]

I like the random water melon lol

[@fadifanous]

it costs too much to ship

[@fadifanous]

What doesnt look right about it?

[@justindzina1131]

Get a roti-clean filter

[@2jwells]

How long does the culture last

[@bentleyboy72]

+2jwells ideally itll continue to reproduce forever. just gotta keep up on the maintenance daily.

[@freetilly7756]

As long as you keep feeding and harvesting each day, indefinitely. When you don't have baby fish or corals, dump a portion of the rotifers in toilet or trash (sounds cruel, but the culture will die if you don't.

[@luisaguilar6085]

How do you seperate the Marine phytoplankton from the water? I want to start growing my own to ingest for Omega 3 benefits among others. I'm just not sure how I'd seperate the phytos from the water, I want to turn it into a powder

[@alexvids9232]

he is growing rotifers not algae....

[@josep7063]

Did you even thinking on selling rotifer on eBay because you can make some money..

[@Dresmor]

09:53 WATERMELUN

[@mariadominguez1942]

I thought you have to keep some kind of light to keep them alive?!!!

[@freetilly7756]

Rotifers are attracted to light, but they don't need light to survive.

[@TheDaddy2003]

I didn't see any Rotifers

[@sparkle_1111]

TheDaddy2003 they're microscopic

[@95mnbvcxz95]

how r the clowns

[@alexvids9232]

this is the most stupid method ever. just sieve the rotifers out into a clean bucket.

[@the1000expert]

I heard it is pronounced row ti fers not rot i fers.

[@fadifanous]

Tom"a"to tom"ahh"to

[@the1000expert]

Hahhah. Im talking about scientific type people saying row not rot

[@decarli4280]

dude WHAT'S UP WITH THE WATERMELLON? over all it wasn't bad but you REALLY need to EDIT!! listening to you putting on gloves well you lost my interest. I know your trying and it is working but you really need editing. good luck

[@fadifanous]

The watermelon is essential to the vid didn't you know that lol. This was one of my old videos when I was new to filming and it's been getting a lot of views so I kept it.