Project Orange

I think they are toying with me. Went down to check on things this morning and I'll be darned if both females didn't drop their eggs. Very discouraging. Going to have to do a round of testing to find out if anything changed. Not even a week after developing. Hmmmm....

Three others are saddled so I'll be patient and just wait for the next round. Be nice to at least get the second phase of the project for once. ;o)
 
Disregard. I found both berried females. Not sure how I missed them earlier. I counted all the shrimp and didn't see the berries the first time. Maybe I wasn't fully awake just yet. ;)

Feel much better now.
 
I never read this thread, this sounds very cool! good luck!
 
Oh, good. I was bummed out for you reading your last post on my way into work this morning. Glad to hear they're doing ok, and that at least some of the phyto cultures are working. This is a great thing you're doing here. We need more people in the hobby willing to put in the extra work needed to figure out how better to breed amphidromous species.
 
I am interested in learning more about adding phytoplankton directly to my display tank as a food source. Maybe I will learn fast enough to take some of the excess off your hands by the time your ready to start harvesting.
 
sounds good. do you have a salt or brack tank?
 
sure thing...just drop me a line.
 
Tried to construct the Phyto culture station and slightly miscalculated for my needs. That and it seems the height is just a bit short. Will increase it just a tad and it should be good to go.

Fresh Dunalliela Salina sample should arrive on Dec 2. I'll get that going just as soon as it arrives.

Found another berried female today.

I would like to come up with a better way to house the females while in isolation. Right now it will be just a small critter keeper and and air stone to keep a slight circulation going. This will result in me doing constant water changes. I would like to come up with something that I can keep in tank which will keep the water fresh and at the same time hold the zoe in without them getting into the main tank. But that's for another day.
 
And the Phytoplankton Station is now operational. I cannot take credit for the design as I found it on a Reef site. It was bigger than I was thinking so I had to rearrange some things around. Looks like it will do serve it's function just fine.

Here it is assembled. I still have one station to add to it but I'm waiting to start another culture before bringing it online.
PhytoStation.jpg


And here it sits under the 45g tank. This was the initial setup prior to installing the light and air pump.
PhytoStationPreLights.jpg


Fully functional. Cultures from right to left:
Tetraselmis in 1.026 salinity, Isochrysis Galbana in 1.026 salinity and Nannochlropsis in 1.014 salinity.
PhytoStationOperational.jpg


I need to tidy it up a bit and adjust the tubing. The rigid tubes are held in place with rubber grommets. I may investigate a little more compact design if I can find a couple PVC fittings.
 
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