Microfood culture: phytoplanktons, Rotifers, ciliates, Artemia, and copepods - Page 7

aomont · #**151** 09/18/2006, 01:14 AM

Just to keep some threads linked to this stick, here are some going around now.

Substitute rotifers for clowns

rotifers feedings

Greenwater Techniques vs. Selcon Enrichment of Rotifers for larval rearing

Anderson.

jake levi · #**152** 10/15/2006, 06:23 AM

So who has calanoid copepod culures to sell/swap ?

IrisundUdo · #**153** 10/19/2006, 04:25 PM

Hello, some here now Moina salina? Moina salina is good to breed Seahorses an other larvae

IrisundUdo · #**154** 10/19/2006, 04:32 PM

and more

GreshamH · #**155** 10/19/2006, 06:17 PM

Nice

please post more about your set-up, I'd love to hear about this (from looking at that last pic

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aomont · #**156** 10/19/2006, 09:45 PM

How small is this species ?
Anderson.

IrisundUdo · #**157** 10/20/2006, 01:31 PM

Hello

i feed the Cultur with Spriulina Flakes, omega one marin Flakes, DT Phytoplankton Premium, Nanochloris Salina. The best way is, when are bentic copepods with moina in the same Tank.
The Size from adult are 3 -4 mm and the female are bigger then the male. I Cultur the moina at 35% salinity

redcray · #**158** 10/21/2006, 08:19 PM

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Originally posted by IrisundUdo
Hello i feed the Cultur with Spriulina Flakes, omega one marin Flakes, DT Phytoplankton Premium, Nanochloris Salina. The best way is, when are bentic copepods with moina in the same Tank.
The Size from adult are 3 -4 mm and the female are bigger then the male. I Cultur the moina at 35% salinity

Iris,
Does Moina salina produce resting eggs? And can they be co-cultured with Tigger Pods (Tigriopus californicus)?

IrisundUdo · #**159** 10/22/2006, 05:25 AM

Hello Matt, i dont now if they produce resting eggs i never look at this. I cant test moina with Tiger Pods we dont have these copepods in Germany

GreshamH · #**160** 10/23/2006, 11:34 AM

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Originally posted by IrisundUdo
we dont have these copepods in Germany

That can be arranged. PM me and we'll go from there

IrisundUdo · #**161** 10/23/2006, 12:04 PM

Your PM Box is full

GreshamH · #**162** 10/23/2006, 12:30 PM

shoot, sorry

try now

Phyto · #**163** 10/23/2006, 12:37 PM

killer thread!

spawner · #**164** 10/23/2006, 02:39 PM

You know of all the people in the world, Germans are by far the most advanced on harp copepod taxonomy. Figured you would have plenty of sources for them around.

Drake1 · #**165** 12/02/2006, 12:23 PM

i was planning on culturing DT's and feeding it to my fuge/main tank. I am curious if this gives you algae blooms in the tank since that what it is. sorry if this is the wrong forum but this is the only real thread on cultures
thanks jeff

aomont · #**166** 01/30/2007, 12:20 PM

Is it possible to culture mysis successfully on dry food ? Is it cheaper or artemia nauplii is still the best way to go ?

Anderson.

IslandCrow · #**167** 01/31/2007, 12:15 AM

I don't think you can culture DT's. It's actually a blend of three different types of phyto (Nano, Iso and Tetra I believe). The way I understand it, people were doing just that, so they changed their formula to keep people from using theirs as a starter culture to make their own. That last may just be an urban legend, though.

Luis A M · #**168** 01/31/2007, 10:50 AM

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Originally posted by aomont
Is it possible to culture mysis successfully on dry food ? Is it cheaper or artemia nauplii is still the best way to go ?

Anderson.

I don´t think so,though I´ve never tried

Travis L. Stevens · #**169** 01/31/2007, 11:00 AM

No, it is multiple phytoplankton. One will outcompete the others until you have a single strain. Dt's contains Nannochloropsis oculata, Phaeodactylum tricornutum, and Chlorella. I have a fellow COMAS member that ended up with (most likely) the P. tricornutum

Kmiec123 · #**170** 01/31/2007, 04:19 PM

He's askin' about mysis not Phytoplankton, where did the DT's come from?

I myself never tried.

Travis L. Stevens · #**171** 01/31/2007, 04:30 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Kmiec123
He's askin' about mysis not Phytoplankton, where did the DT's come from? I myself never tried.

My reply was to this statement

Quote:

Originally posted by IslandCrow
I don't think you can culture DT's. It's actually a blend of three different types of phyto (Nano, Iso and Tetra I believe). The way I understand it, people were doing just that, so they changed their formula to keep people from using theirs as a starter culture to make their own. That last may just be an urban legend, though.

Luis A M just snuck in a post before I got to post mine, or I would have quoted IslandCrow

Kmiec123 · #**172** 01/31/2007, 04:32 PM

oooo' I c.

ok

aomont · #**173** 02/01/2007, 11:08 PM

Thaks Luis,
Have read an article where it was tried but was unsuccessfull. But it´s not recent though...
Anderson.

daddyyankee · #**174** 04/13/2007, 08:00 AM

I'm still a newbie. I don't know if this was already answered, but how can you tell if you currently have copepods in a tank?

Travis L. Stevens · #**175** 04/13/2007, 09:06 AM

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Originally posted by daddyyankee
I'm still a newbie. I don't know if this was already answered, but how can you tell if you currently have copepods in a tank?

You look for them at night with a red lense flashlight

Most likely if you have live rock in your tank, then you have copepods.