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rotifer control

Started by Guest_FirstChAoS_* , Jul 27 2009 10:55 AM

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#1 Guest_FirstChAoS_*

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Posted 27 July 2009 - 10:55 AM

when i go my new fish in the mail a few weeks ago I also got a plankton pack to feed them.

A side effect of that is the water intake of my powerhead filter is now growing rotifers.

Are these little things harmful? Is their a way to control their growth? What kind of fish will eat them? (algea eaters dislike the taste and do not clean algea off the intake due to them).

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#2 Guest_jchampagne_*

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Posted 27 July 2009 - 02:13 PM

Just out of curiosity, how do you know that you have rotofiers? I thought they were mircoscopic? I am asking becuase I actually would like the benefit of have rotifers in my tanks.

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#3 Guest_FirstChAoS_*

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Posted 27 July 2009 - 05:53 PM

Just out of curiosity, how do you know that you have rotofiers? I thought they were mircoscopic? I am asking becuase I actually would like the benefit of have rotifers in my tanks.

i just assume so due to their shape looking like the rotifers in the "culturing live fish foods" book i have, and the fact the plankton pack i added had rotifers in it.

These are very very tiny but not microscopic. At first they look like a white fuzz on the intake tube, but a closer examination shows they have a stalk and a fan shaped top, they are too tiny for me to make out any more detail than that.