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Old 03-08-2008, 05:28 AM
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Does anyone have any idea why my phyto culture does'nt seem to be growing? I made the pop bottle set up with air bubbling through acrilic tubes preped water at 1.019 sal. mixed .5 cup of Phyto Feast phytoplankton, 1ml of Kent additive and 5ml of miracle grow. Just like the reciepy I've read about online, and it's been 1 week now and I have not seen any difference in the color or consistency.
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Old 03-08-2008, 05:36 AM
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You didn't mention the lighting...I think it is 16hrs on..8hrs off. (something like that) It took about 3 weeks for me to achieve a good dark batch.
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Old 03-08-2008, 05:45 AM
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Oh ya. The lighting 2x 6500k pc 16/8 hours, but I thought I'd see some difference in 1 week. But if it took you 3 weeks I guess I'll gust have to be patient.
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Old 03-08-2008, 03:17 PM
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What is it doing now? What color is it?
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When I cultured I used a regular Flourescent tube from Home Depot (don't even remember the color temperature)

16 Hours on, 8 hours off with vigorous bubbling as well and had no issues. I was using Florida Aqua Farms Fertilizer and Starter Cultures which may be the overall issue here?
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Old 03-09-2008, 07:10 AM
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Right now it's light green, the same color and consistency as the first day I started the culture. I'll be patient I guess and wait and see what it does in the next few weeks.
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