Green water and making a log grow algea on it in the sun?

[Hypanheaven]

Hi all,

so im trying my luck at breading royal whip tails and am experimenting with food. I usually go for vege's and crushed wafers, but have heard of people leaving some drift wood in a bucket out side full of water in the sun and then putting the log in after a while.

How long do you need to leave the wood in the water in the sun for?
I used tank water (NOT tap) in the bucket, is this correct?

anything on how to do this would be appreciated.

Cheers
Brad

 

[bigbird]

Hello,

Well with the warm weather at the moment, I get a large bucket, put inside tank or tap water and still use water conditioner for both. The I soak my driftwood for about 3-4weeks , place outside wher I get half sun and voila, covered in green wonderfull growth and algae. Even mosquito larva are fine and it works wonders. cheers jk :thumbup:

 

[Zebra Pleco]

Just wish we could do this in Scotland. What is "Sun" and where can I get this from, no results on ebay. We just have rain and snow here.

 

[foti]

im interested in this as well for shrimp what is the best way to create algae? is it just simple as leaving water out with a peice of timber in it ?

how long are we talking about?

also is green water good?

 

[froggie]

I used the same method to grow algae, in a bucket of water in the sun for a week, my BN loved it, however my one fish picked up bloat and died so I stopped the practice.
This might just be coincidental.

 

[bigbird]

i think for feeding shrimp, there are enough good pellets around and I would use these instead of green water algae. I have never had any problems with curing the logs though. cheers jk:thumbup:

 

[Hypanheaven]

Well the little log I'm using is a break off of a larger log I used for years so it's well soaked

 

[foti]

i think for feeding shrimp, there are enough good pellets around and I would use these instead of green water algae. I have never had any problems with curing the logs though. cheers jk:thumbup:

true true!
i was just told some shrimpets love the small particals of algea that floats around in the water which makes the water green
can you or someone else advise me on a great shrimp pellet?

 

[Hypanheaven]

my shrimp eat everything! they even clean my apple snails on the move

 

[bigbird]

the japanese make the best pellets. Check out Mosura CRS special pellets. Check the web plenty of info there. Also rock salt and crystals used for shrimp...cheers jk :thumbup: