Culturing Journal DataSheet
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General Species: Parvocalanus crassirostris
Parvocalanus Species description: ReefPods™ Parvocalanus is a live culture of the calanoid copepod
Parvocalanus crassirostris. Parvocalanus adult copepods live in the water column and eat microalgae. They produce a small nauplii which is an excellent food for hard to feed aquarium filter feeders and fish larvae. The adults are eaten by very small plankton eating fish.
Culture source (link if possible
): http://www.algagen.com/prod/?p=125 New culture obtained from Reed Mariculture If algae, CCMP # (Optional
): http://ccmp.bigelow.edu/ Culture Establishment Date: 07-20-11
New culture started 11-1-11 Continuation Date: Culturing Vessel Details Salinity: 1.020
Temperature: ambient
pH: not tested
Vessel description: 20 gallon black round tub
2G black bucket Lighting description: Daylight
None Lighting cycle: Daylight
None Aeration description: none
Airstone with low flow Methodologies Split methodology: As needed Culture medium description: T-Iso paste from Reed Cell count: (if known)
Reference links: Additional Information (No Pictures or Videos in the Section Please) Notes: I'm going to try to culture these in my outdoor BRT's like my tiggerpods.
Outdoor culture never established. New culture was started indoors and is in
Bold above. New culture is being fed RGComplete very sparingly and doing great.
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