5. General Culture Procedures
5.7 Harvesting/Concentration of Rotifers
Small-scale harvesting of rotifers is usually performed by siphoning the content of the culture tank into filter bags with a mesh size of 50-70 mm. If this is not performed in submerged filters damage to the rotifers can be important and result in mortality. Therefore, it is recommended to harvest under water. Very convenient for this purpose are the concentrator rinsers (Fig. 3.10.). Aeration during concentration of rotifers will not harm the animals but should not be to strong as to avoid clogging of the rotifers.
Figure 3. 10. Concentrator rinser for harvesting rotifers.
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Introduction
2. Morphology
3. Biology and Life History
4. Strain Differences
5. General Culture Procedures
