MBI Event Reporting Form

GENERAL
Name:	Mike Doty ( Mdoty ) Site: Lake Superior Marine Aquarium Club
Species:	Tisbe biminiensis ( Class: FC1 , Points: 5 )
Establishment Date:	01/09/2014
Culture Source:	http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=2190+3058&pcatid=3058
Link to Journal:	http://www.lsmac.org/smf/index.php?topic=890.msg7135#msg7135

Culturing Vessel Details
Temperature:	room temp roughly 70f ° F
PH:	never tested but I'm using fresh saltwater that starts at 8.0-8.2
Specific Gravity:	1.025
Vessel Description:	6qt plastic storage box with transparent sides
Lighting:	ambient
Lighting Schedule:	none, ambient daylight period roughly 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM

Methodologies
Feeding Tactics/Medium:	about 1ml of rotigrow plus every other day and about 4ml of AlgaGen PhycoPure™ Copepod Blend every other day opposite the rotigrow, also add chloramX about 1 ml a day. After about a month I ran out of the PhycoPure copepod blend so I have been using just the rotigrow plus and it seems to be working just fine.
Split Cycle:	not a set schedule but every couple weeks as the cultures recover from the last harvest.
Split Yield:	unknown numbers but at least a couple hundred adults per culture
Number of Cultures:	three
Number of Splits:	two so far
Density:	unknown numbers
Harvest Methology:	I harvest by pouring one culture through a sieve and then use my two remaining cultures to make three again. I then add fresh saltwater at 1.025 to make three full cultures again.
Adjustments Made:	The only adjustment made since starting is I am now out of the Phycopure blend so I only feed them the rotigreen plus. This hasn't shown to cause any change.

Other Details
Other Information:	I started with three cultures to test what will work best. One culture is in the basement where it is about 60f-65f degrees . The other two are on the main floor under a tank. These are at about 70f and one of them I added rotifers. After a little over a week the cultures upstairs seem to have more activity. The culture in the basement is slower to recover after a harvest but it does recover to full.

Other Details

Other Information:

I started with three cultures to test what will work best. One culture is in the basement where it is about 60f-65f degrees . The other two are on the main floor under a tank. These are at about 70f and one of them I added rotifers. After a little over a week the cultures upstairs seem to have more activity. The culture in the basement is slower to recover after a harvest but it does recover to full.

• Register