Phytoplankton Culture Questions

Hello All! I currently culture phytoplankton, rotifers, artemia and copepods for my reef tank. My entire culture system is a DIY setup with 2L seltzer water bottles, and airstones. I have had success using Micro Algae Grow from Florida Aqua Farms to fertilize my phyto. However I am wondering has anyone here used Miracle Gro as the fertilizing agent? I do routinly dose my reef tank with phyto for the various inverts. I understand Miracle Gro contains Copper. Anyone had problems in their reef tank from using Miracle Gro grown phyto? I was also wondering if anyone has used Schultz brand liquid plant food. Below i have the link to the MSDS pages for Schultz and it makes no reference to containing any Copper. Any help or information would be appreciated! Thanks in advance.
Schultz MSDS: http://www.schultz.com/~/media/Schu...rposeLiquidPlantFood-10-15-10-MSDS-FEB08.ashx
Schultz Lable:
http://www.schultz.com/~/media/Schultz/Files/Labels/All Purpose/072845010124.ashx

 

I think if your doing good with what your doing now dont change it.

 

Ya that thought crossed my mind. However I am always on the look out to improve my cultivation and decrease the cost. The Miracle Gro and Schultz I can buy locally for less than the cost of Micro Algae Grow, plus I dont have to pay for shipping to Alaska. Im just wondering if anyone has tried these? Or had any ideas about it.

 

Anybody?

 

How to grow live marine phytoplankton - YouTube

 

This guy uses it and his stuff looks good

 

I bought some Tetra from a local who had fed with miracle gro and didn't tell anyone. I don't think the surgeon has removed the plastic bottle from the sellers rearview yet.

Exactly why I don't buy from anyone anymore. But yeah it works, his culture was one of the densest homegrowns I'd ever seen. Unfortunately the little bit of algae I had going on at the time became equally as dense after feeding my tank his crap for a couple weeks.

 

Thanks! Well ok then. I may hold off on the Miracle Gro until I can learn of more experiences with it. However I am going to try the Schultz fertilizer. No copper listed and it doesnt have any harsh addetives. So I set up another culture and we will see in 2 weeks what it does. Hopefully some othe people will join in with an opinion or ideas.

 

Also just in case there was any confusion. I know miracle gro will grow phyto. And i know other fertilizers will grow phyto. What i am curious about is if anyone has dosed their tanks with phyto that was grown with miracle grow or schultz fertilizer. I know it will grow it, i just want to know if the tank had any bad reactions to the copper or other bad reactions. Thanks reefmonkey for the info on it causing algae outbreaks. I will keep that in mind.

 

apparently melev used miracle grow, it doesnt explicitly say how it affected tank, but i think its safe to assume it worked if you look at his gallery
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