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fla2341 · 04/28/2012, 05:18 PM

Clownfishfan:
Bleach out a 1 gallon glass jar overnight, rinse/dump out the water in am then put that jar in the microwave for 6 minutes.
I add the salt mix to RO water @24-26ppt. Wait til the next day then-
Slow boil it on my stovetop for 10 minutes in a glass cook pot-covered.
Once everything has cooled off I add 1/2 gallon of that water and 1/4 gallon of algae from my last batch and 2.5ml of f/2 per gallon. I have two 18" fluorescent lights on either side of the jars on for 10 hrs each day. For air I have ridged acrylic tubing - no stone - producing a bubble approx every second. The jars are covered with poly fill in the quilt form and held with 1/2" ring of 4" PVC. See pic of my set up above.
Nanno is pretty harty stuff. I've even been able to resurect from frozen. However the frozen was less then 3 months old. Anything past that seems to be hit or miss. From that it might be surmised that that might be the length it can reasonable "hold out" in the freezer before it gets compromised.

04/28/2012, 05:18 PM	#18
fla2341 Registered Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 137	Clownfishfan: Bleach out a 1 gallon glass jar overnight, rinse/dump out the water in am then put that jar in the microwave for 6 minutes. I add the salt mix to RO water @24-26ppt. Wait til the next day then- Slow boil it on my stovetop for 10 minutes in a glass cook pot-covered. Once everything has cooled off I add 1/2 gallon of that water and 1/4 gallon of algae from my last batch and 2.5ml of f/2 per gallon. I have two 18" fluorescent lights on either side of the jars on for 10 hrs each day. For air I have ridged acrylic tubing - no stone - producing a bubble approx every second. The jars are covered with poly fill in the quilt form and held with 1/2" ring of 4" PVC. See pic of my set up above. Nanno is pretty harty stuff. I've even been able to resurect from frozen. However the frozen was less then 3 months old. Anything past that seems to be hit or miss. From that it might be surmised that that might be the length it can reasonable "hold out" in the freezer before it gets compromised. __________________ “Everything is everywhere but the environment selects” – Baas Becking (1934)