Artemia reactor...

[reefoman]

Couple days ago I finished my new idea ... artemia reactor .
It is very easy to make and help a lot (for me) .
24" long 3" big acrylic tube , some 1/4" fitting and 1 hour free time ...
After 24 hours I feed first time my fish and corals also I made few pictures .
enjoy..

 

[reefoman]

My fish like fresh food and corals also

 

[reefoman]

and last one

 

[jhale]

awesome shots.

do you feed the brine shrimp anything to make them more nutritious?

 

[reefoman]

No jhale I just feed straight , you think I can add something ?

 

[jhale]

I have read that people do feed them, let me look for the articles I'm thinking of.

the baby ones may have more nutritional value due to the egg sack they carry.

 

[spykes]

people feed selcon to their brine.

 

[bad coffee]

sweet, just be careful of the extra nutrients you're dumping in your system. You could end up with some bad algea.

How about some more pics of the actual 'reactor'

B

 

[reefoman]

Hmm ,
Bad coffee I begin to worry about this what you talking guys , I just check what's going on ...
Last time when we meet in your house you promised me to stop by in some day ...
If you do this you can check this reactor in personally , but if you need more pics LMK
I'll try to do something .

 

[bad coffee]

Some day I will stop by! Right now (okay until june at least) I'm out on tour with a job and won't be back in town until at LEAST june. I'll check it out then!

BC

 

[ulmo]

Hi reefoman,

Awesome pictures! Please get a picture of your entire tank. Everyone will want to see that picture.

 

[joseney21]

it's definately an awesome tank, and with the knowledge this guy has he's comparable to a genius.awesome shots of the coral and fish. i know it's a little off topic but what camera are you using??

 

[R32Brightliner]

Great shots Reefoman!

Hit us off with a shot of your entire tank.
By the way, what type of camera/focal length/shutter speed are you using to get those great shots???

 

[[JWS]wasabi]

n00b question...
is the purpose of the artemia reactor just to have a large supply at all times? what would happen if I were to just pour that spoonfull of artemia cysts into my fuge? wouldnt they just hatch and eventually get eaten anyway.. like in nature?

 

[dreko]

Isn't brine shrimp like 'junk food' for fish? corals?
Just curious...
by the way, nice reactor...

Andre

 

[jhale]

Isn't brine shrimp like 'junk food' for fish? corals?
Just curious...
by the way, nice reactor...

Andre

Not so much junk food as much as it just lacks nutritional value, it's like us eating a head of iceberg lettuce. it's not bad for you but your not going to get much out of it. That's why people feed the brine shrimp things like spirilina and soak them in selecon a vitamin additive.

 

[pmui]

you don't want to put the cycst into your tank. the shells are not digestable.

 

[jhale]

n00b question...
is the purpose of the artemia reactor just to have a large supply at all times? what would happen if I were to just pour that spoonfull of artemia cysts into my fuge? wouldnt they just hatch and eventually get eaten anyway.. like in nature?

I doubt they would not hatch in the tank. They need a more controlled environment.

check this out,
http://www.melevsreef.com/brineshrimp.html

http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/food/bbs/how_to_bbs.html

 

[delv]

Nice...is your reactor any different than an inverted 2 litre soda bottle with and air stone? The work looks nice on it...

Brine shrimp can be carriers of nutrients...you need to enrich them with Selcon and/or uni/multicellular algaes.

d.

 

[reefoman]

Thank You guys for nice words about my tank and pictures...
joseney21 & R32Brightliner I using Nikon D100 with cheap lens Sigma 28-80 1:3,5-5,6 macro . I don't remember the shutter speed because I change it every couple minutes with change white bal...

delv my reactor working different than 2 litre soda bottle .