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Culture Journal, Species: Brachionus plicatilis
Tuesday, May 8, 2012 12:46 AM
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Culturing Journal DataSheet General Species: Brachionus plicatilis Species description: L Rotifer Culture source (link if possible ): Reeds Culture Establishment Date: 10/01/2011 Continuation Date: still going as of today 5/8/2012 Culturing Vessel Details Salinity: .20 Temperature: 70 f pH: not sure I don't check Vessel description: 5 gallon buckets Lighting description: whats in room Lighting cycle: whats in room Aeration description: medium high bubbles Methodologies Split methodology: not sure Culture medium description: I use RGComplete and harvet 25% daily and keep afew brine in the buckets to control ciliates per Frank Hoff plankton manual....seems to work haven't seen one in the cultures since October 2011. Cell count: I don't measure anymore, just eyeball and go, but KathyL said it was 300 per 1mil, she's smarter than me so I trust her on that. Reference links: Additional Information (No Pictures or Videos in the Section Please) Notes: 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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Re:Culture Journal, Species: Brachionus plicatilis
Tuesday, May 8, 2012 12:47 AM
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I will take a grand picture of the buckets in the morning
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Re:Culture Journal, Species: Brachionus plicatilis
Tuesday, May 8, 2012 6:45 AM
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Hi, How much RG complete do you use a day, and how often do you give it? These kind folks gave me some rotifers recently, when both mine and the University's rotifers crashed, and they were amazingly dense. Still going strong.
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Re:Culture Journal, Species: Brachionus plicatilis
Tuesday, May 8, 2012 8:37 AM
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