Breeding Preparation - Rotifers

The following post is simply a place for me to get thoughts into the physical world and to compile information found from multiple places into one.  This post is a work in progress.

Items Needed:

• 53 micron screen

Equipment needed:

• 5 gal bucket or water jug
• Air Pump
• Air Stone
• 1/4" tubing for air with valve
• 1/4" tubing for drain with valve
• 1/2" or 3/4" tubing for feeding with valve
• 1/2" or 3/4" tubing for dispensing rotifers with valve

Environmental requirements:

• Salinity - 1.020
• Water temperature -
• Lighting - 12 hours, preferable ambient
• Water Changes - once a week, 50%

Thoughts:

The jug will be of similar design as the phytoplankton:  

• An airline tube inserted into the bottom
• A "cleaining" tube also inserted into the bottom for draining any gunk that collects on the bottom
• A dispensing tube inserted about a fourth of the way up the jug.  For dispensing rotifers.
• A feeding tube inserted toward the top of the jug.  For adding ASW or phytoplankton.  Will also serve as a vent.

Since rotifers live in the water column they can be pulled from the jug with a tube located below water level.

By having valves on each of the tubes, rotifers can be dispensed to containers at equal or greater height than the jug.  By closing all valves except air and dispensing valves, air pressure could be used to transport rotifer water where ever it needs to go.