Culture Continuation Report Form

GENERAL
Name:	Kate Blanchard ( kbb0118 ) Site: Twin Cities Marine Aquarium Society
	Brachionus plicatilis ( Class: FC1 , Points: 5 )
Establishment Date:	08/08/2009
Continuation Date:	08/08/2011
Culture Source: (link if possible)	Reed mariculture
Link to Journal:	http://www.mbisite.org/Forums/tm.aspx?m=45568

Culturing Vessel Details
Temperature:	72 ° F
pH:	8.1
Specific Gravity:	1.018
>Vessel Description:	Same old black bucket as always. Aeration of a slow bubble, Roti floss.
Lighting:	Ambient - but I have a cover on the bucket to keep the spiders out, so really none.
Lighting Schedule:	Fish room lights go on at 1:30pm and off at 9:30pm.

Methodologies
Feeding Tactics/Medium:	Once a day I squirt about a teaspoon of Reed's Roti Grow Plus and stir up the surface.
Split Cycle:	Whenever a local breeder needs a culture starter I "split" the culture. Otherwise I will take about 2 cups a day and feed to larvae or my reef.
Split Yield:	1.5 to 2.5 million?
Number of Cultures:	1
Number of Splits:<	probably 2 dozen over the last 3 years
Density:	3 to 5 million per 5 gallon bucket? Never really counted.
Harvest Methodology:	Rotifer seive.
Adjustments Made:	Roti floss, a cover for the bucket.

Other Details
Other Information:	3 years sure goes by fast. Having a lot of trouble posting photos from TCMAS to MBI culture journal. Here is the photo http://www.tcmas.org/forums/picture.php?albumid=177&pictureid=7266

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cmpenney
8/8/2011 9:00:49 PM

Kate, I'm sorry it appears there was a bug in the form that caused some of the data in the fields to be cut off. Please respond here after you have updated.

Thanks.

kbb0118
8/9/11
9:27:10 AM

Hey Chad, I filled them back in. Let me know if that works out. Thanks, Kate

thejrc
8/11/2011 7:33:43 PM

curious what the micron is in the rotifer sieve

kbb0118
8/12/2011 10:07:16 AM

53 micron

fishtal
8/20/2011 9:22:41 PM

Kate, can you add some rotifer pics to your journal? Thanks

kbb0118
8/20/11
9:41:59 PM

Sorry I'm having trouble. I tried attaching to a post multiple times. The URL is http://www.tcmas.org/forums/picture.php?albumid=177&pictureid=7266

fishtal
8/27/2011 4:33:50 PM

If you have pics on photobucket you can easily add them using the IMG code.

kbb0118
8/31/11
8:33:55 PM

Photobucket and Firefox worked. Does the site have problems with IE9 or just my IE9? Anyway I'll just use firefox. Thanks!

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