College Probably A Female, and Infusoria Adjustment

[botia]

Batch 05IB is the latest (one week old) batch effort of
Zooplankton/Phytoplankton cultivation with focus on Rotifers (unknown
genus of this animal) within the Infusoria mix. A good page on these
buggers; http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/phyla/rotifera/rotifera.html
First, I am pleased to report a thriving colony of rotifers in 05IB --
and College seems to find this source of food adjustment to be
satisfactory. As well, I am getting a good handle on yeilding good
Chlorella and Diatoms levels within each batch cultivated (thus far).
However, the daphinia population is all but exhausted in Tank Two. It
is my guess that the levels of zoo/phytoplankton introduced for College
are too low to sustain a colony of daphinia in Tank Two. I also
suspect that iodine levels have something to do with keeping the
daphinia out of the game (dosage approx 6 to 8 drops a week over 25%
tank water change about 60 day cycle, sometimes 90 day). College now
takes more time after molting in getting back to filter feeding, almost
14 hours this time (two days ago it molted), and about 10 hours last
time. Judging from the size of College and with the input from a
variety of sources, the shrimp I have guessed to be a female, now a
young adult. For the record, some of the care steps developed have not
been disclosed on this journal at this time.
Present parameters; Tank Two is a 30 gallon tank holding about 25
gallons of fresh water, pH 7.8 and stable. Iodine added 4 drops this
week. 25% water change. Carbonate hardness of 2.3 and stable, water
temp 24C during the day dropping to 22C during night. Low levels of
nitrate, stable. Daphinia population small and instable. Blood worms
population exhausted. Hydra population exhausted. Common water Snails
small and stable. Cyclops population small and stable. Java ferns (4)
stable and barely growing. Java moss (four bunches) stable and barely
growing. Amazon swords (2) flora stable and growing. Lotus (1) flora
stable and rapidly growing. UnID "Spout"grass flora, stable and like
bamboo spouting up other plants. UnID "I" worms population small and
slowly growing. The Atyopsis moluccensis about is about 5.75
centimeters in length.
"That is all."