Bioluminescence

[clifg]

Saw this bioluminescence kit available. Wondering if anybody has ever had any of these species in their tanks.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Saw this bioluminescence kit available. Wondering if anybody has ever had any of these species in their tanks.

That's from Gulf Specimen Co. I've dealt with them for 50+ years, good folks.

However, this is a demonstration kit, most of the animals are not meant to be kept alive longer than it takes to run the demos. The Ctenophores, for example, fall apart fairly rapidly unless you have a specialized jelly tank to house them. I've tried the Renilla, sea pansies, but they did not live more than a few weeks for me.

Jay

 

[Court_Appointed_Hypeman]

That's from Gulf Specimen Co. I've dealt with them for 50+ years, good folks.

However, this is a demonstration kit, most of the animals are not meant to be kept alive longer than it takes to run the demos. The Ctenophores, for example, fall apart fairly rapidly unless you have a specialized jelly tank to house them. I've tried the Renilla, sea pansies, but they did not live more than a few weeks for me.

Jay

Awwww that's a bummer. I'd feel bad doing one of these kits then.

 

[penguinexdeus]

I just got a kit of bioluminescent plankton (i'm hesitant to call them dinos due to stigma around dinos) from pyrofarms.com. Neat thing to have near the tank.

 

[Enderg60]

You want to go for a cloudy tank that glows?

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

I just got a kit of bioluminescent plankton (i'm hesitant to call them dinos due to stigma around dinos) from pyrofarms.com. Neat thing to have near the tank.

I once grew a culture of this bacteria - very cool!

https://www.carolina.com/teacher-resources/Interactive/care-guide-vibrio-fischeri/tr23902.tr
Jay

 

[Kasrift]

I just got a kit of bioluminescent plankton (i'm hesitant to call them dinos due to stigma around dinos) from pyrofarms.com. Neat thing to have near the tank.

Are you going to culture them? What these plan with them. I've been debating buying the same set from pyrofarms and culturing it.

 

[Ben549]

That's from Gulf Specimen Co. I've dealt with them for 50+ years, good folks.

However, this is a demonstration kit, most of the animals are not meant to be kept alive longer than it takes to run the demos. The Ctenophores, for example, fall apart fairly rapidly unless you have a specialized jelly tank to house them. I've tried the Renilla, sea pansies, but they did not live more than a few weeks for me.

Jay

Have you tried the parchment worms? Could be interesting.

 

[penguinexdeus]

Are you going to culture them? What these plan with them. I've been debating buying the same set from pyrofarms and culturing it.

Yes planning to culture. Right now just for curiosity. Might try to feed small amount to tank but haven't decided yet

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Have you tried the parchment worms? Could be interesting.

Sorry, no I haven’t tried those.

Jay