RE: Green Water

[David Sanchez <barbax2@yahoo.com>]

Sorry for the belated response Jason. Yes your
observation is correct. Just leave the jar in a well
lit location and you will have greenwater for a long
time. And as you have already concluded thats when the
smell gets more tolerable. These things are funny they
seem so easy to us once we get it. However when were
tring to figure it out no explaining from anyone seems
to help till we do it ourselves. 

Truthfully I have not used greenwater in the past for
rams. Until your post that is. I am currently raising
a batch in a 4 gallon tank with greenwater for the
last 2 days. I have used a combo of greenwater and
APR. I like the results so far. I like to try diffrent
things. I usually use microworms and APR untill I get
them to bbs. Good luck with the rams.

Dave
--- Jason Sullivan <jsull97@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Thanks Dave.
> 
> An additional observation--
> 
> After a week or two, all the green material sinks to
> the bottom of the jar,
> cloudy on top, green at bottom.  I usually restart
> the culture at this point
> with the logic that the "green" in the water no
> longer has food, dies, and
> sinks to the bottom.
> 
> Have I been replacing the culture at just the right
> time to start feeding
> from it?
> 
> =======================
> Jason Sullivan
> 
> Wayne, NJ
> mailto:jsull97@earthlink.net
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:owner-apisto@admin.listbox.com]On Behalf Of
> David Sanchez
> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 12:32 PM
> To: apisto@listbox.com
> Subject: Re: Green Water, etc
> 
> 
> Jason Greenwater doesn't have to smell so bad. Your
> using to much organic material to seed the culture.
> I
> use a one gallon glass jar. I add some old tank
> water
> and about 3-4 grains of rice. I let this sit in a
> sunny spot for a week or two and Bada Bing
> greenwater
> and not stinky either. The smell clears up after the
> cuture is mature. I find that after the week or two
> it
> takes to make the greenwater the smell is gone. Hope
> it helps. I use greenwater for Daphnia and little
> fish.
> 
> Dave
> --- Jason Sullivan <jsull97@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > Little ram everywhere (well, in tanks anyway)...
> >
> > After 4-5 days with the same batch of green water,
> > the culture starts
> > smelling something fierce.  I am concerned that
> > feeding with such rank water
> > will include too many pollutants and therefore
> > degrade water conditions more
> > than provide a good food source.  Have others seen
> > this and, if so, noted
> > any negative effects?
> >
> > Thanks.
> > J Sullivan.
> >
> > =======================
> > Jason Sullivan
> >
> > Wayne, NJ
> > mailto:jsull97@earthlink.net
> >
> >
> >
> >
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