AcquaPortal Forum Acquario Dolce e Acquario Marino - Inoculi di copepodi per dsb: in arrivo oggi da UK

Nel kit spediscono loro il "mangime".
Ho chiesto spiegazioni anche io ma hanno tagliato corto dicendomi di aspettare il kit e leggere le istruzioni (hanno ragione in effetti).

"Hi Davide,
Thank you for choosing our copepod culture pack.
Please find your copepod culture fact sheet attached to this email which contains all the information you need to get you started.
Please be advised that copepods need time to mature before you start to harvest from them, so you will be looking at approx 4 weeks of careful nerturing before you can start seeing the rewards.
We will contact you again in a couple of weeks via email to see how you are getting on with your culture, but in the mean time if you have any questions no matter how minor, please don't hesitate to get in touch.
We have a new customer support portal, on a ongoing basis we will be adding useful information about our products and great tips on how to get the best from your live food. Click here to visit our new support center"

Queste sono le pre-istruzioni del kit inviatemi via mail:

CULTURING LIVE COPEPODS
1. Culture vessel: This can be anything such as a 5 or 10 gallon aquarium, Tupperware container, etc. that holds
water. Deep containers are not recommended.
2. Culture water: You will need some freshly mixed clean seawater, do not use water from an existing aquarium or
culture as this will contaminate your new culture. For best results aim for a specific gravity of 1.020 for our strain
of copepods.
3. Small air pump, and airline tubing (Do not use an airstone).
4. Cover to keep dust and contaminants out and evaporation down.
5. A food source, such as Reefphyto copepod feed.
Fill your container half to two-thirds full with the clean seawater. Attach the airline to the air pump. Put the end
of the airline into culture vessel, and plug in the air pump. Make sure you use a drip loop and check valve to keep
water from getting into your pump and electrical outlet.
Add a very small amount of copepod feed to lightly color the culture water. Do not add too much, or the water will
foul. Add your new copepod culture, loosely apply the lid, and you are done!
Over the next few weeks, your copepods will reproduce. It may seem at first that they aren't reproducing as fast
as you would like, but once they get to a certain population level you will see an "explosion" of copepods in your
culture vessel. Feed with Reefphyto copepod feed as necessary to keep the water lightly tinted, and monitor water
quality.
Crashes from overfeeding that leads to high ammonia and nitrite are possible, water changes of 50% can help if the
water quality declines too much.
To harvest your copepods, a plankton collector/strainer of some sort is very helpful. You can siphon your copepods
through the collector, insuring that when you feed them to your aquarium you are only adding copepods, not
culture water.
Make sure you do not dip your strainer in the copepod culture, and then in your aquarium, and then back in your
culture vessel without cleaning it first. Likewise, keep siphon tubing and other equipment you use on your culture
separate from equipment you use in your aquariums or larval tanks to avoid contamination.
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Nel testo suggeriscono "A food source, such as Reefphyto copepod feed", ma nel sito vendono "Copepod Feed - £4.20"