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GENERAL
Name:	Kathy Leahy ( KathyL ) Site: Marine Aquarium Societies of North America
	Apocyclops panamensis (Marsh, 1913) ( Class: FC1 , Points: 5 )
Establishment Date:	08/12/2011
Continuation Date:	11/12/2011
Culture Source: (link if possible)	kind gift of Jim Welsh
Link to Journal:	http://www.mbisite.org/Forums/tm.aspx?m=59386

Culturing Vessel Details
Temperature:	73-75 ° F
pH:	8
Specific Gravity:	20 ppt salinity
>Vessel Description:	1 gallon square clear plastic jar with hole drilled in cap for rigid airline to bottom.
Lighting:	5500K fluorescent bulb
Lighting Schedule:	14 hours day, 10 hours dark

Methodologies
Feeding Tactics/Medium:	1 part rotigrow+ mixed with 6 parts N-Rich from Reed Mariculture. about 12 drops of that twice daily. About 1/2 cup of my O marina culture once daily
Split Cycle:	Weekly decant to a clean jar leaving the sediment behind.
Split Yield:	unknown
Number of Cultures:	1
Number of Splits:<	weekly with jar change
Density:	unknown
Harvest Methodology:	filter through 53 micron mesh. Backwash into clean container.
Adjustments Made:	If the culture is really growing I tend to feed a little more, and change the water more frequently. I've had a couple of crashes, usually when I was not paying attention. I've been able to recover. I'm trying to use some live phyto recently, and that seems to do well. I am using wild green phyto on the O marina, and my weak isochrysis as a direct suplement to the A. panamensis

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Thread

JimWelsh
11/14/2011 9:42:22 PM

Kathy, Can you please provide a picture of the culture taken on/after the continuation date?

kathyl
11/15/11
6:16:16 AM

Hi Jim, I just uploaded them. Thanks for the reminder!

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