Culturing Journal DataSheet
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General Species: Colurella adriatica
Species description: Tiny rotifer
Culture source (link if possible
): Unknown, found it while size sorting
If algae, CCMP # (Optional
): http://ccmp.bigelow.edu/ Culture Establishment Date: 4-18-2014
Continuation Date: Culturing Vessel Details Salinity: ~1.023 currently, slowly lowering it
Temperature: Room temperature
pH: Unknown
Vessel description: 500mL bottle right now
Lighting description: Ambient light from southern facing window
Lighting cycle: Sunrise to sunset
Aeration description: Rigid airline tubing, consistent bubble--not a boil
Methodologies Split methodology: Culture medium description: I try to keep the culture container lightly tinted with either RG complete, or live phyto (tetraselmis or nanno so far, but I also have Iso and Dunaliella available that will be fed at some point)
Cell count: (if known)
Reference links: http://risingtideconserva...l-aquaculture-lab.html Additional Information (No Pictures or Videos in the Section Please) Notes: I found this glorious little critter while size sorting for small ciliates to try to feed to some tiny fish larvae. I found them in a S. scutellatus larval rearing container (3L). I first put the water through a 120uM mesh sieve and caught the bbs, then I put it multiple times through a 53uM mesh sieve to catch the ciliates and any rotifers/copepods. Last, I put the water through a 27uM mesh sieve, backwashed, and found these
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