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  Change Page: < 1234 > | Showing page 3 of 4, messages 41 to 60 of 72 - powered by ASPPlayground.NET Forum Trial Version Reports tied to this Journal Author Message GreshamH Total Posts : 757 Reward points : 600 Joined: 4/27/2011 Location: SF Bay Area, CA Status: offline MBI: 0 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Culture Journal, Species: Tigriopus californicus Wednesday, June 8, 2011 2:41 PM (permalink) That would be my assumption given how they live in the wild.  In their tidepools, the ones with more decaying matter or more diatoms tend to have WAY more copepods in them.  They love eating decaying matter, especially seabird guano.   #41 Fishtal Total Posts : 5467 Reward points : 2908 Joined: 8/31/2006 Location: Waterford, MI, US Status: offline MBI: 585 Pnts MBI Site: MarineLife Aquarium Society of Michigan Re:Culture Journal, Species: Tigriopus californicus Wednesday, June 8, 2011 2:49 PM (permalink) I'm sure there is some bird poop in there. Today I noticed that the Enteromorpha algae has showed up again. Just in one tub though. http://www.fishtalpropagations.com/#!home/mainPage "Making captive breeding easier."   #42 KathyL Total Posts : 2639 Reward points : 1504 Joined: 6/6/2010 Location: St. Louis, MO, US Status: offline MBI: 1605 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Aquarium Societies of North America Re:Culture Journal, Species: Tigriopus californicus Saturday, July 2, 2011 1:44 PM (permalink) The Great Outdoors! I've also started a 17 gallon round black tub outdoors with just saltwater for a couple of weeks, then poured in a starter culture of rots and tigger pods and green/wild ?isochrysis?. The tiggers are doing great! No food or other attention.  I did put a bird net over the top to keep out squirrels, birds, and small children intent on drowning themselves. We've had a couple of 98 degree days, yet the pods are fine, and the culture keeps getting more dense.  Carefree and very productive.  I wonder if can just throw some fish larvae in there and see if they survive.  Wouldn't that be a hoot? Carefree captive breeding!   #43 Fishtal Total Posts : 5467 Reward points : 2908 Joined: 8/31/2006 Location: Waterford, MI, US Status: offline MBI: 585 Pnts MBI Site: MarineLife Aquarium Society of Michigan Re:Culture Journal, Species: Tigriopus californicus Saturday, July 2, 2011 1:48 PM (permalink) I find that an extended period of heat will cause a decline but not a complete collapse. By extended I mean a week or so of temps in the 90's like we had last year. This year has been much better.   I've considered tossing some larvae in there too, just not sure if they could handle the heat. http://www.fishtalpropagations.com/#!home/mainPage "Making captive breeding easier."   #44 GreshamH Total Posts : 757 Reward points : 600 Joined: 4/27/2011 Location: SF Bay Area, CA Status: offline MBI: 0 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Culture Journal, Species: Tigriopus californicus Monday, July 11, 2011 11:20 PM (permalink) Their tidepools tend to be pretty high in DO due to the live macro and micro algae.  Perhaps in your tank, in the heat, the DO is dropping too much?   #45 KathyL Total Posts : 2639 Reward points : 1504 Joined: 6/6/2010 Location: St. Louis, MO, US Status: offline MBI: 1605 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Aquarium Societies of North America Re:Culture Journal, Species: Tigriopus californicus Sunday, July 17, 2011 8:24 PM (permalink) We've had 95+ for several days in a row, and the culture has declined.  To my dismay, however, I seem to be cultureing mosquitos as well. Husband may put the kaibosh on this project.   I thought that mosquitos would not put their eggs in saltwater…...   #46 Fishtal Total Posts : 5467 Reward points : 2908 Joined: 8/31/2006 Location: Waterford, MI, US Status: offline MBI: 585 Pnts MBI Site: MarineLife Aquarium Society of Michigan Re:Culture Journal, Species: Tigriopus californicus Sunday, July 17, 2011 8:32 PM (permalink) Mine have declined with the heat too, like last year. I'll probably shade them tomorrow as we're supposed to hit 100° this week.   I've never had a problem with mosquitos. http://www.fishtalpropagations.com/#!home/mainPage "Making captive breeding easier."   #47 THEJRC Total Posts : 1006 Reward points : 555 Joined: 10/23/2009 Location: Colorado Springs, CO, US Status: offline MBI: 210 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Culture Journal, Species: Tigriopus californicus Sunday, July 17, 2011 10:00 PM (permalink) hrm I too am having temp / DO problems this season given the high temps.  I've managed to keep my populations out of decline by shading them with some regular window screening, unfortunately it does not help with oxygenation or allowing rainwater to top off the pond so I've had to be extra careful to check water level and open the top when it rains.  for the DO I've been using a hydor bubble maker... pretty cheap and simple and so far so good.  Though I've been monitoring daily, things might change while I'm out and at the workshop Pelagically yours, ~J         #48 ReeferGoalie Total Posts : 42 Reward points : 74 Joined: 5/23/2011 Location: Neenah, WI, US Status: offline MBI: 135 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Culture Journal, Species: Tigriopus californicus Friday, July 22, 2011 2:25 PM (permalink) What about setting up one of those windmill aeration devices for some oxygenation? I'd imagine more or less free after the purchase cost.   I checked my cultures in the basement last night for the first time a week or so, and they're definitely propagating. At least half the pods I could see were trailing big sacs of bright green eggs. Plus I noticed a lot of smaller, white pods in there, assuming these are copepodites?? as they looked similar to the adults just weren't red. The cultures were started with fresh water and just the tiggers.   For a note, it does appear that the culture I dropped a few pellets of fish food in seem to be doing better than the one with flake and the one in the 2L bottle with the PhytoFeast for food...   #49 GreshamH Total Posts : 757 Reward points : 600 Joined: 4/27/2011 Location: SF Bay Area, CA Status: offline MBI: 0 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Culture Journal, Species: Tigriopus californicus Tuesday, July 26, 2011 3:31 PM (permalink) Joe you are some one I can not believe does not have a O2 generator   Your average hobbyist, meh, don't need one.. The JRC, needs one   #50 THEJRC Total Posts : 1006 Reward points : 555 Joined: 10/23/2009 Location: Colorado Springs, CO, US Status: offline MBI: 210 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Culture Journal, Species: Tigriopus californicus Tuesday, July 26, 2011 3:46 PM (permalink) lol... nah just luft pumps...  I do run Co2 from time to time for the alga....  hrmmm   Damn you for putting ideas in my head Gresh!!!  Reed got any used gear for sale? Pelagically yours, ~J         #51 GreshamH Total Posts : 757 Reward points : 600 Joined: 4/27/2011 Location: SF Bay Area, CA Status: offline MBI: 0 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Culture Journal, Species: Tigriopus californicus Tuesday, July 26, 2011 4:47 PM (permalink) We used to sell them a few years ago but we lost our supply   It would be a good idea for us to find a new supplier, come to think of it I am pretty sure we did find one.  Going to email   #52 THEJRC Total Posts : 1006 Reward points : 555 Joined: 10/23/2009 Location: Colorado Springs, CO, US Status: offline MBI: 210 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Culture Journal, Species: Tigriopus californicus Tuesday, July 26, 2011 4:59 PM (permalink) as always Gresh you guys are way too helpful! Now if you can come up with a way for me to sneak the purchase past my wife. Hrm maybe ill tell her its an add on to the air conditioner to help it run cooler, shes big on the ac working Pelagically yours, ~J         #53 GreshamH Total Posts : 757 Reward points : 600 Joined: 4/27/2011 Location: SF Bay Area, CA Status: offline MBI: 0 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Culture Journal, Species: Tigriopus californicus Tuesday, July 26, 2011 5:01 PM (permalink) I think we can come up with some technical jargon that will convince her it's a AC booster device :lol:     #54 randomfish Total Posts : 3 Reward points : 28 Joined: 9/10/2011 Location: colorado springs, CO, US Status: offline MBI: 0 Pnts MBI Site: The Southern Colorado Marine Aquarists Society Re:Culture Journal, Species: Tigriopus californicus Sunday, September 11, 2011 10:56 PM (permalink) this is great and now for the newb question where is the best place to get the cultures as im getting ready to setup my 90 reef and it will be all dry rock and i have a pair of red mandarins in my nano that i feed store bought tiggers another question will the store boughts propagate in a reef tank or is it to warm thx (tom)   #55 Fishtal Total Posts : 5467 Reward points : 2908 Joined: 8/31/2006 Location: Waterford, MI, US Status: offline MBI: 585 Pnts MBI Site: MarineLife Aquarium Society of Michigan Re:Culture Journal, Species: Tigriopus californicus Monday, September 12, 2011 11:49 AM (permalink) I started with Tiggerpods from Reef Nutrition. You should be able to find them at your LFS. Mine do best outside at cooler temps. In a reef tank, depending on environment, they will get eaten pretty quickly by a hungry Mandarin and it may be too warm as you mention.   I'd say it would be best to culture them separately and add them as food if you can.  http://www.fishtalpropagations.com/#!home/mainPage "Making captive breeding easier."   #56 randomfish Total Posts : 3 Reward points : 28 Joined: 9/10/2011 Location: colorado springs, CO, US Status: offline MBI: 0 Pnts MBI Site: The Southern Colorado Marine Aquarists Society Re:Culture Journal, Species: Tigriopus californicus Monday, September 12, 2011 2:08 PM (permalink) outside i can do and i would think the southern texas fall and winter should be good for this is it best to use salt or freshwater and once i have enough culture is it best to strain and store in the fridge well with clean tank water   #57 GreshamH Total Posts : 757 Reward points : 600 Joined: 4/27/2011 Location: SF Bay Area, CA Status: offline MBI: 0 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Culture Journal, Species: Tigriopus californicus Wednesday, September 14, 2011 12:23 AM (permalink) Originally Posted by Fishtal I started with Tiggerpods from Reef Nutrition. You should be able to find them at your LFS. Mine do best outside at cooler temps. In a reef tank, depending on environment, they will get eaten pretty quickly by a hungry Mandarin and it may be too warm as you mention. I'd say it would be best to culture them separately and add them as food if you can.  Too hot?  Hogwash.  Our best production is in warmer weather.  You will be hard pressed to find anyone to date that has grown the amounts we have.  We grow so much now we have large amounts of surplus, so much so keep an eye out this winter for the launch of Tigger-Feast, a concentrated Tigger-Pod product with ~50 bottles worth of Tiggers in our same media you'll find in Arcti-Pods.   #58 Fishtal Total Posts : 5467 Reward points : 2908 Joined: 8/31/2006 Location: Waterford, MI, US Status: offline MBI: 585 Pnts MBI Site: MarineLife Aquarium Society of Michigan Re:Culture Journal, Species: Tigriopus californicus Wednesday, June 20, 2012 4:38 PM (permalink) Just took a look at one of my outdoor tubs. It's been in the 90's for the last two days so I wasn't sure what to expect.   This is about four square inches in a 30 gallon tub:  <message edited by Fishtal on Wednesday, June 20, 2012 6:41 PM> http://www.fishtalpropagations.com/#!home/mainPage "Making captive breeding easier."   #59 EasterEggs Total Posts : 1946 Reward points : 735 Joined: 9/22/2011 Location: Saskatoon, SK, CA Status: offline MBI: 590 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) Re:Culture Journal, Species: Tigriopus californicus Wednesday, June 20, 2012 4:52 PM (permalink) Jeez, my culture sure doesn't look like that!  Awesome for you!  What do you use them for? Don't let fear and common sense stop you! =]   #60 Online Bookmarks Sharing: Facebook Digg Google del.icio.us StumbleUpon Change Page: < 1234 > | Showing page 3 of 4, messages 41 to 60 of 72 - powered by ASPPlayground.NET Forum Trial Version

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