Phytoplankton at Home Is EASY!

Today I setup and run this awesome Pacific Sun Phytoplankton reactor! It take around a week to go from simple culture to concentrated phyto that you can dose to your tank and it could not be easier!
Phytoplankton Reactor from Pacific Sun
pacific-sun.eu/shop/filtratio...
F2 Fert and Phyto Culture from Urban Reefer
www.ebay.com.au/usr/urbanreefer

[@ozarkshomesteadandfarm]

Unrelated but that painting behind you is amazing

[@andrewstrutt6048]

Thanks Marcus, exactly what I have been looking for!

[@cameronbekkers4096]

Love your vids. Some of the best I've seen and very informative and instructive. Please keep up the great work.

[@stevemunn367]

Very interesting, simple and straightforward 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🇬🇧

[@ducklady1993]

The Lamborghini of Phyto culture. You don't need one but sure it is nice to have.

[@ReefNerd]

Certainly is

[@masiehmitra8273]

I love the lapNemo

[@RSmarza]

Hi, great content.. Where is the follow up video? Did you see any benefits from dosing it to your tank? Appreciate your time.

[@ozarkshomesteadandfarm]

Did you ever do a part 2??

[@jjmccloud]

I wish they would have the light covered or not start until it reaches the actual water or pyhto to avoid all the extra light but overall a great product for gear heads, definitely cheaper and super easy to diy but alot of people who have been doing it are over that and want a cool looking piece of equipment even if its overpriced for what it is lol its still an awesome piece of equipment to own

[@scottrousseau8441]

Any update on how this Phyto reactor is going?

[@kkrishna9791]

Nice video sir. Just want to ask does the Algae Turf Scrubber you where using do released phytoplankton or not.

[@ReefNerd]

The algae scrubber wont have much impact on phytoplankton. Reef tanks in general dont really provide the right conditions for Phytoplankton to survive and thrive long term, regardless of whether you have an algae scrubber or not. That is why we need to culture it in a separate reactor and dose it to the tank.

[@kkrishna9791]

@@ReefNerd Thankyou for your clarification on the topic. I had an impression that ATS does the complete ecosystem in marine aquarium.

[@fadiyosef4452]

Welcome . What is the alternative to f2 fertilizer if it cannot be obtained in the country?? Thank you

[@CRUMPETSHERE]

Have you ever seen any macroalgae reactors as big as this phyto reactor?

[@satheeshg15]

I don't have f2 fertilizer or starter culture. Is there anyway to do without this two ? keeping the salt water in sunlight can help ?

[@insanity4224]

Great video once again Marcus. I have a couple of questions though, what model is that air pump and is it noisy? Also, everything is sterilised but then air is pumped in which is full of life so how does this not infect the phyto if sterilisation is so important? Cheers

[@ducklady1993]

I wonder the same thing as pores of micro bacteria are airborne but i guess you qould want the vessel to be as clean as possible to avoid contamination of some sort. Our living environment aren't the same so the advice was made to generalise the method. I have done about 10 batches of phyto using different fertilisers and not once did I disinfect anything.

[@ReefNerd]

My current airpump is a cheap no-name from ebay. I plan to upgrade it to a quieter and better one from Schego soon.

[@jjmccloud]

Agreed, very nice 👌

[@kkrishna9791]

keep the air pump above the water level it wont turn noisy sir

[@billyd0214]

No followup????? I'd like to see how you pulled some out..how you dosed the tank.. how you started the next batch.... how much water and food you added to the next batch. your corals look great so it would be nice to hear how you feed them. you're doing something way better than I am. thanks

[@jjmccloud]

Pro tip: when starting out with something this size make sure your "seed phyto" is a nice real rich and dark green so when you mix it with the water you start decent batch. If only making small batching like 1 liter or something then not as necessary you just gotta kinda figure out how much water it takes go dilute your seeding batch to a real light green color for starting off. If small containers it won't take near as much obviously but for large sizes you'll want some that super concentrated to save the time it would take to start doing full size batches

[@roelhensen8758]

Hi there! Could you tell me why I shouldn't use my (freshwater) tank water as base for my phytoplankton home-farm? I believe it has no chlorine, as it has been filtered thoroughly compared to tap water. Hope to hear from you, thanks for the informative video!

[@ReefNerd]

if the water is clean enough you likely can. As long as your confident it is free from heavy metals, excessive phosphate, chlorine or other contaminants

[@jasonkelsey3868]

Can I get this reactor in the US?

[@gandalfcorvotempesta]

How do you rate this reactor ? Does it worth the price ? Any drawbacks detected during the daily usage or is working perfectly ?

[@ReefNerd]

So far so good, I harvest about 4L from it every week and top it off again with 25ppt and a bit more f2.

[@gandalfcorvotempesta]

@@ReefNerd do you also have zoo?

[@insanity4224]

Also what is the protocol for the fertiliser? I get that it starts with 1ml per 1L but how much and how often after that? Weekly?

[@ReefNerd]

As you split and topup the reactor, re-dose the fertiliser at the same rate of 1ml per liter of topup water

[@insanity4224]

@@ReefNerd 👍

[@Dead_Aim556]

Can you keep refilling or do you have to re sterilize

[@ReefNerd]

Refill it most of the time. I empty sterilise and restart it maybe once every 5-6 months or so.

[@darthcon34]

ive been told lighting is 16 hours not 10?

[@austinjt4264]

If you can't access live culture... what else can you do? I live too far for any Live Plankton to ship. But I used to get this Green Powder from eBay. And seller told me it was harvest using a "Room Temp" drying method, there... powder is able to come back to life and it did... She told me that I can harvest it and dry it as powder and keep it, but I never got to that... And I think I could get it anytime, I never both to keep the stock. Now the seller is gone from eBay. And I can't buy it anymore.

[@ReefNerd]

I am not sure to be honest. I would try and find someone who will ship to you. Its extremely resilient, and will survive shipping hell and still be viable.

[@myexoticanimaljourney5619]

Looks nice! Until i saw the cost of the reactor lol

[@insanity4224]

Yeah the price would definitely not please the wife lol

[@reeferholic652]

What brand reactor is this?

[@insanity4224]

Pacific sun if I heard correctly. But would be easy and MUCH cheaper to diy

[@ReefNerd]

Link is in the description, its a Pacific Sun

[@Robert-dh3xg]

Can u drink it

[@coralreefexplorer]

I think the plankton is too light after a week, there is something wrong with the fertilizer that should be really dark green

[@ReefNerd]

yeah iv found for me the 10-11 day point is the sweet spot where it gets dark enough

[@mattbohn8604]

Did this come from a store or a wholesaler?

[@ReefNerd]

Can buy it from Pacific Sun directly, or order it from any LFS who can get it in for you

[@yoshuasetiawan2029]

why my phyto turns yellow?

[@ReefNerd]

you leave it too long without adding more fertilizer is the most common reason

[@sandroaces]

The hell with all that they sell phytoplankton dead in a bottle

[@user-nq6pv5bg6k]

ترجمه به زبان فارسی

[@garrycole9187]

I had a pacific sun macroalgae reactor and their build quality SUCKS!!! Leaked everywhere. Best is to used a glass container. One of your countrymen, Blue Reef Tank used these nice glass bottles from Ikea with great seals. Much less expensive and better quality than Pacific Sun's crap.

[@sandroaces]

The hell with all that they sell phytoplankton dead in a bottle