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Culture Journal, Species: Arctodiaptomus salinus (Tangerine pods)
Monday, February 3, 2014 3:07 PM
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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: Arctodiaptomus salinus Species description: Calanoid copepod Culture source (link if possible ): http://www.algagen.com/?p=114 If algae, CCMP # (Optional ): http://ccmp.bigelow.edu/ Culture Establishment Date: 1-31-2014 Continuation Date: 5-1-2014 Culturing Vessel Details Salinity: ~1.021-1.024 Temperature: Room temp, 68-80F pH: Not measured
Vessel description: 1 gallon container, clear Lighting description: Fluorescent strip light, and ambient light from southern facing window Lighting cycle: 6AM-9PM Aeration description: Rigid airline, continuous bubble but not a "boil" Methodologies Split methodology: When the copepods are needed, I pour part of the culture through a 53uM mesh and then replace the dumped water with new ASW. Culture medium description: I used sterilized ASW (0.5 mL/liter bleach for at least 30 minutes, neutralized with 1.5mL/liter of 1M sodium thiosulfate) for culture water and add live phyto plankton (Isochrysis or Tetraselmis) as needed, just enough to tint the water slightly. Lately, I have been using RG complete (Reed) for feeding, and add a couple drops every other day or so. Cell count: Not measured (if known) 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.
<message edited by shannpeach on Wednesday, June 11, 2014 8:05 PM>
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Re:Culture Journal, Species: Arctodiaptomus salinus (Tangerine pods)
Monday, February 3, 2014 3:24 PM
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  I have to get some pics of the actual pods tonight if I can remember. So far I have just been increasing the culture volume every day and I've added in some Isochrysis
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Re:Culture Journal, Species: Arctodiaptomus salinus (Tangerine pods)
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 6:33 PM
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Finally got around to taking some microscope pics:   She dropped the eggs when I put her on the slide: 
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Re:Culture Journal, Species: Arctodiaptomus salinus (Tangerine pods)
Thursday, May 1, 2014 11:07 PM
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Re:Culture Journal, Species: Arctodiaptomus salinus (Tangerine pods)
Sunday, May 18, 2014 1:35 PM
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I decided to start a large scale, outdoor culture of this copepod. I took one of the two indoor cultures I have and dumped that into ~7 gallons of ASW and dumped in a bunch of Tetraselmis. The 15 gallon barrel is placed in a spot with indirect sunlight, and is covered with plexiglass-like material to limit changes in salinity.
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Re:Culture Journal, Species: Arctodiaptomus salinus (Tangerine pods)
Friday, June 6, 2014 9:28 PM
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I didn't realize they'd given the "Tangerine" pod a name - where did you get the info on that?
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Re:Culture Journal, Species: Arctodiaptomus salinus (Tangerine pods)
Tuesday, June 17, 2014 8:01 AM
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Yeah, I have a culture of that going, and wanted to submit reports! Good news!
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Re:Culture Journal, Species: Arctodiaptomus salinus (Tangerine pods)
Tuesday, June 17, 2014 9:35 AM
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Luis AM had sent them to be identified. I'll try to find the link tomorrow evening.
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