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Culture Journal, Species: Colurella adriatica
Monday, June 3, 2013 2:50 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: Colurella adriatica Species description: Tiny rotifer. A ciliated protozoan. Culture source (link if possible ): Eric Cassiano and his colleagues at the Tropcial Aquaculture Laboratory If algae, CCMP # (Optional ): N/A http://ccmp.bigelow.edu/ Culture Establishment Date: 6/1/2013 Continuation Date: Culturing Vessel Details Salinity: 35 PPT / 1.026 SG Temperature: Upper 70s F pH: Not Measured
Vessel description: Several 1000 ml Erlenmeyer flasks Lighting description: N/A - Ambient fish room light Lighting cycle: N/A - Ambient fish room light cycle Aeration description: Appx. 1 bubble per second from a rigid airline. Methodologies Split methodology: Culture medium description: ASW at 35 PPT Cell count: Not known or measured. Very dense, relative to my other rotifer cultures. Reference links: http://risingtideconserva...aquaculture-lab_7.html (search for "Colurella") Additional Information Notes: They arrived in a co-culture together with the copepod Oithona colcarva. I will attempt to isolate a pure Colurella culture at a later date.
<message edited by JimWelsh on Monday, June 3, 2013 1:42 PM>
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Re:Culture Journal, Species: Colurella sp.
Monday, June 3, 2013 1:31 PM
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Is this the rotifer that Eric talked about at the conference last year? I tried finding my original notes from the conference but cannot find them at the moment. 
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Re:Culture Journal, Species: Colurella adriatica
Monday, June 3, 2013 1:38 PM
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Yes, it is.
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Re:Culture Journal, Species: Colurella adriatica
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 1:40 AM
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I got some crappy images using the scope in the lab today. I was in a hurry. Sorry for the poor quality. These rotifers are tiny, and are also very flattened in shape. There is a "wide" aspect, and a "thin" aspect. I managed to get some rough measurements from both angles. 100x:  100x, measured in the thin dimension:  400x, measured in the wide dimension and length: 
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Re:Culture Journal, Species: Colurella adriatica
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 12:13 PM
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Awesome pics!
Do you have something specific planned for these little guys?
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Re:Culture Journal, Species: Colurella adriatica
Monday, July 15, 2013 6:02 AM
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Hi Jim, how are you doing with these? What food are you using, are they as easy as other more common types of rotifers?
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Re:Culture Journal, Species: Colurella adriatica
Saturday, August 24, 2013 3:58 PM
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Any updates on these Jim?
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Re:Culture Journal, Species: Colurella adriatica
Friday, August 30, 2013 5:55 PM
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Yes, updates would be great. Any luck with the culture?
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Re:Culture Journal, Species: Colurella adriatica
Saturday, August 31, 2013 3:28 PM
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The culture is still alive, but not thriving. I'm currently at MACNA 2013, and got some great tips from Matt Wittenrich on culturing them that I'll try once I get back home.
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Re:Culture Journal, Species: Colurella adriatica
Thursday, September 5, 2013 9:55 PM
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Nice! Good luck with them.
--Andy, the bucket man. "Not to know the mandolin is to argue oneself unknown...." --Clara Lanza, 1886
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Re:Culture Journal, Species: Colurella adriatica
Sunday, September 15, 2013 10:59 PM
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Hey Jim;
Hope all is well. I have been researching both the C.Adriatica and Oithona Colcarva as possible prey items for Midas Blenny Larvae. L-type rotifers haven't worked on several occasions, larvae die in about first 48 hrs. I am going to try B. Rotundiformis I am gonna to order from ReedMariculture and give them a try. Wondering if your culture(s) of forementioned are doing? Have you been able to isolate them? And lastly, if they are thriving, would you please share some , or tell me where I could get some? Thanks.
Rich from Miami
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Re:Culture Journal, Species: Colurella adriatica
Monday, September 16, 2013 1:20 AM
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would also like an update Jim... how are these doing?
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Re:Culture Journal, Species: Colurella adriatica
Friday, April 18, 2014 9:33 AM
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 Originally Posted by JimWelsh
The culture is still alive, but not thriving. I'm currently at MACNA 2013, and got some great tips from Matt Wittenrich on culturing them that I'll try once I get back home.
Jim--what were the tips (if you can tell us)? I think I may have found some of these in a larval "tank" of my Stenopus and want to try to get a culture going if I can.
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Re:Culture Journal, Species: Colurella adriatica
Monday, April 27, 2015 3:37 PM
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Any updates on these ?
Jake We are all in this together
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