Culture Journal, Species: [parvocalanus crassirostris]

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aquatictec
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Culture Journal, Species: [parvocalanus crassirostris] - Sunday, June 14, 2015 1:43 PM
Culturing Journal DataSheet
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General
Species: Parvocalanus crassirostris
Species description:  small, pelagic calanoid copepod. The nauplii (newly hatched larvae) are small measuring in the 40-100 µm range, making them a suitable feed for small-gape fish larvae. Adults are in the 200 to 400 µm range
Culture source (link if possible): 
If algae, CCMP # (Optional): 
http://ccmp.bigelow.edu/
Culture Establishment Date: August 2014 
Continuation Date:  June 2015

Culturing Vessel Details
Salinity:  1.021
Temperature:   room temp kept at 73-78 
pH:  8.2

Vessel description:  5 gallon white buckets with loose lid with hole top
Lighting description:  overhead room light only
Lighting cycle:  10 hours per day
Aeration description:  slow bubble 1-2 per second

Methodologies
Split methodology: harvest copepods daily
weekly we strain the culture with a 55 micron screen and use what we have left to start a new 5 gallon bucket

Culture medium description: 
We feed approximately 250 ml of isochrysis 1 to 2x per day to keep culture lightly clouded
Cell count: 
 up to 80 / ml

Reference links:  

Additional Information
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Notes: 
We have 7 cultures going
We have never lost any
They do not do well if you let the culture go too long


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