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Culture Journal, Species: [Brachionus plicatilis ]
Saturday, June 13, 2015 4:19 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: Rotifers L Type - Brachionus plicatilis Species description: 160-360 micrometers Culture source (link if possible ): http://reedmariculture.com/support_rotifers_feeding.php If algae, CCMP # (Optional ): http://ccmp.bigelow.edu/ Culture Establishment Date: Over 10 years ago Continuation Date: still going 06/13/2015 Culturing Vessel Details Salinity: varies Temperature: varies 70-84 pH: 8-8.2 picture of our 2 rotifer culture tanks: http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/ac132/aquatictec_photos/rot1.jpg Vessel description: 10 gallon tanks Lighting description: varies - fluorescent tubes overhead Lighting cycle: 24/7 Aeration description: rigid airline 2 tubes per tank Methodologies Split methodology: weekly on Monday harvest 8 gallons take 10 gallon tank down to 2 gallons set up clean tank on Monday, Wednesday and Friday we add 2.5 gallons of saltwater per culture Culture medium description: fresh saltwater not sterilized made from Red Sea salt We feed daily with cultured phytoplankton nano or iso Cell count: varies - as low as 40 and up to 1000 or more /ml 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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