looking for algae in all the wrong places

[Dman]

Anyone know where I can find algal paste? Preferable without having to resort to buying it by the liter, or from the USA. Specifically I'm looking for Nannochloropsis oculata
I'm also on the search for Rotifiers
Any help would be appreciated
Dman
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[stephane]

I dont tink it's available here in Canada I
realy dont know why because I realy prefert
the algea paste who is as good as DT's but 100 time sheaper
brine shrimp direct have it and ship it here in Canada I know you look here but I tink no body have it anyway if you found some here tell me because im in

here is brine shrimp adresse http://www.brineshrimpdirect.com/brineshrimpproduct4.htm#tahitian


Hey AJ Why dont you carry it ???????????I try this stuff and it's as good as the live one!!!!!!

[Dman]

Stephane,
Thanks for answering a question for me, I tried to get ahold of someone at Brine Shrimp Direct but they have hours that would shame a bank :>
Specifically I was wondering if I they would ship to Canada. Now I know.
I can get Nannochloropsis here in Canada and save myself the Customs hassles and duties etc.....
My biggest hurdle right now is finding some Rotifiers as baby Brine shrimp are a little too big for the larval stage.
If anyone out there is culturing rotifiers I would greatly appreciate it if you dropped me a line.
TIA
Dman
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[stephane]

There this tread where someone in Canada asking the same http://www.canreef.com/ubb6/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=000812

Ask rayjay about rotifer on Mops he culture them for a long time I dont know if he curently come here often but I know he go on Mops and I even see a tread from him yesterday there. Here is email ray.jay@sympatico.ca


Now I know. I can get Nannochloropsis here in Canada and save myself the Customs hassles and duties etc.....

Where have you found them?

[Dman]

Stephane,
Thanks for the link but I couldn't get it to work this morning, perhaps I will try it later.
Derek

[cinci]

did you try http://www.florida-aqua-farms.com/ they have kits to grow your own. they are in the states. i am interested in growing some phytoplankton myself. i emailed them yesturday about shipping to canada

[rayjay]

Sorry, but I'm looking for rotifers too. I culture DT's phyto and I grow brine shrimp to adult stage and reproduction, but have been unable to find a source of rotifers here in Southwestern Ontario.
Jayson at Saltwater Connections sold me algae discs but I didn't like them as well as the DT's phyto that I also got from him. He also sells the fertilizer for the phyto growth.

[Dman]

rayjay,
I have found rotifers here in Canada, on the west coast, but it is fairly prohibitive. If you wanted to go splits or something like that shoot me an email, perhaps anyone else interested in getting in on this, I wouldn't mind organizing something.
Dman
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[rayjay]

What is "fairly prohibitive"? What are the chances of survival to be shipped this far?

[Taoism]

Dman,

Flame*Angel ( www.sjwilson.net/reef ) is cultivating phyto, shrimp and rotifers...maybe dropp her an email and ask her where she gets her supplies? (She is in NB I think - east coast for sure, so I know she is in Canada)...


Cheers,
Keith.

[Dman]

Rayjay,
Fairly prohibitive as in I have to buy way too much from one of the only suppliers I've found here in Canada. Basically I am looking at just over 200CDN not including shipping for more Nanno and rotifers than I can shake a stick at.
Taoism, Flameangel is here in Canada, Nova Scotia or New Brunswick. I will shoot her an email, thanks for the tip.
Dman
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