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Culture Journal, Species: Oxyrrhis marina
Monday, November 8, 2010 4:11 AM
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Culturing Journal DataSheet This first post should be updated regularly to include new information as events take place or changes are made to your system General Species: Oxyrrhis marina Species description: heterotrophic dinoflagellate; tiny -18um per http://www.int-res.com/articles/ame/10/a010p307.pdf Culture source (link if possible ): If algae, CCMP # (ref http://ccmp.bigelow.edu/ ): Culturing Vessel Details Salinity: 1.025-26 Temperature: ambient (74-78) Vessel description: inverted 4 gallon water jug Lighting description: ambient Lighting cycle: 14 hrs on/10 hrs off Aeration description: slow bubble through rigid airline Methodologies Split methodology: remove 40-50% daily; fed to A. panamensis copepod Culture medium description: fed with algae paste twice daily (every 12 hours); use enough to tint water light green. Cell count: Unsure but very, very dense; grows extremely quickly Reference links: http://www.int-res.com/articles/ame/10/a010p307.pdf Additional Information Notes: this algae is brown so the culture vessel may appear smokey or tinted even when the algae paste is depleted; sieve through small screen (27-53 um) to remove any larger contaminants; clean vessel weekly You will be required to provide photographic evidence and as much detail as possible about your project in this thread. If your thread does not contain detailed enough photos and information the MBI Council will not be able to approve your reports.
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