MBI Event Reporting Form

GENERAL
Name:	Mike Doty ( Mdoty ) Site: Lake Superior Marine Aquarium Club
Species:	Moina salina ( Class: FC1 , Points: 5 )
Establishment Date:	03/31/2012
Culture Source:	http://www.liveaquaria.com/
Link to Journal:	http://www.lsmac.org/smf/index.php?topic=502.0

Culturing Vessel Details
Temperature:	room temp mid 60's ° F
PH:	8-8.2
Specific Gravity:	1.020
Vessel Description:	plastic storage box with lid, 6 quarts filled half way
Lighting:	Very little from ambient light in room
Lighting Schedule:	none

Methodologies
Feeding Tactics/Medium:	I dose with equal parts chloramX and Phyco Pure reef blend from Algagen. I use about ten drops of each which turns out to be between .25 and .5 ml with my pipet. I also use isochrysis at the same dosage as the phyco pure, I am alternating every other day. As the culture ramps up ill add more of each.
Split Cycle:	I havnt split yet but I plan to just pore some into a new container and add water made to 1.020.
Split Yield:	I have not split the culture yet
Number of Cultures:	1
Number of Splits:	none yet
Density:	I think I have about 50 adults
Harvest Methology:	I will harvest with a filter made of filter floss and pvc plastic, pore though to collect and back pore into tank.
Adjustments Made:	I started the culture just feeding phyco pure reef blend but realized that I should be using phyco pure copepod blend (recommended by algagen). I now am doing an every other day pyhco pure reef blend and isochrysis.

Other Details
Other Information:	Im planing on doing water changes weekly using a drip method to keep from shocking them. Depending on how quick they reproduce I will be splitting them into multiple cultures.