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Posted: September 27 2005 at 6:31pm |
Suzy wrote:
What if the algae growers just do a bit of sharing? What if i order the coolest ones, we share the cost? Then, if one peters out, we can always try another? |
I think that's a great idea. You and I had talked on the phone about me ordering pavlova instead of tetraselmis anyway.
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Posted: October 04 2005 at 12:40pm |
Suzy, just wondering where things stood with this order?
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Posted: October 04 2005 at 6:34pm |
Me too!
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Posted: October 04 2005 at 8:10pm |
I got hold of Mr Algagen, told him what we wanted! Now, I'm waiting for our tracking number! I'll let you know!
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Posted: October 05 2005 at 3:16pm |
Your getting a lot of them. Way more than you paid for ;)
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Posted: October 05 2005 at 3:38pm |
Yahoo!!!!! Algagen ROCKS the PLanet!!!! Will you help us culture them? My baby seahorses can eat a lot!
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Posted: October 05 2005 at 4:10pm |
Suzy, can I pick mine up tomorrow afternoon? I won't be able to go to the meeting. Will you call me when it gets there? 565-8939
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Posted: October 05 2005 at 5:27pm |
Let me know how to hook up on this. I'm still in line right?
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Posted: October 05 2005 at 7:36pm |
Crap! i don't know if they are going to be here tomorrow....
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Posted: October 05 2005 at 7:40pm |
I would think you'll have them by 10:30 am or so
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Posted: October 05 2005 at 7:51pm |
Very cool! Like watching Santa make his rounds on Christmas...tracking the presents. If all goes well can we split the load at the meeting? I will need to know how much $ to bring. There were so many people posting I'm a little confused who's splitting what. Thanks Bob
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Posted: October 05 2005 at 8:14pm |
Suzy, what kinda of water are you planing to put the pods in?
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Posted: October 05 2005 at 8:20pm |
what kinda of water are you planing to put the pods in?
I'll guess salty.
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Posted: October 05 2005 at 9:22pm |
Andy, I was thinking feeding them diatoms? Do they need different water than my other pods? Salinity 35 ppt or so? Tell me!
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Posted: October 05 2005 at 9:28pm |
Well just make sure you are suing aged, clean water just like you would grow your algae with. Don't use newly mixed up or unclean water. andy
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Posted: October 05 2005 at 9:28pm |
EEK! No stinkin' diatoms! Here's a note from Erik, King o' all things micro: "It will be very important to get the copepods the algae they need. T.Iso and rhodo work very well. The following is important; stock them at 100 per liter approximately. Aerate very gently a few bubbles per second..just barely breaking the surface. 24 hrs light is ok but should not have to be intense light -diffuse is probably preferred (For instance 10 inches to 1 ft from a florescent cool white lamp) Second- feed the T.iso or rhodo combo so the water is a light tea color. Too much algae and they won't eat and not enough and they will cannabilize each other. Periodically change the water and clean out your container(remove all the biofilm from the walls). Do this by pouring the culture into a 75um screen that is sitting in water so that they do not dry out. Clean your container and then partially refill it with clean sea water and then rinse the collected animals back into the jar. Pour in a light tea of microalgae and you are in business. If the culture reaches densities that are too high..the adults have been known to cannibalize the babies. Working densities are approx 0.5-1.0 per mL. Adults can be removed by using a 250um screen and the nauplii can be removed with 100-150um screen. These critters drop up to 80 eggs per day under ideal circumstances but you do not want to over harvest. What I use is a 1 gallon clear jar I got from WalMart, popped a hole in the lid and ran an air line into it from an aquarium pump. I have a fine adjustment attached to the line so I can regulate air flow. I have made screens from various objects to sort the adults from the nauplii but it is hard to keep up with them. A raging culture will clear out the tea color 1-2x per day.....DO NOT OVER FEED and do not use diatoms (chagra, Thal) or nanno. T.Iso and Rhodomonas or T. iso by itself. Remember this is a different critter from artemia, rotifers or the commercially available copepods. It is more sensitive to handling and culture parameters. It can easily get contaminated with other copepods after which you will see more activity on the walls rather than in the water column itself." ************************************************************ ************* Ok, so I should clorox my other pods now before they contamiante my pedigreed pods?!!! This is too exciting!!!
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Posted: October 05 2005 at 11:25pm |
Wow, that looks like a lot of work, I'm glad I'm not getting pods. Good luck to everyone!
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Posted: October 06 2005 at 9:15am |
EEK! The tracking thing says they are not here! Should I cry now?
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Posted: October 06 2005 at 2:07pm |
We'll just have to meet this weekend somewhere in Salt Lake to get everything. No big deal. I think we should meet at Adam's house.
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