A closed marine culture system for rearing Octopus joubini and other large-egged benthic octopods

@article{Forsythe1980ACM,
  title={A closed marine culture system for rearing Octopus joubini and other large-egged benthic octopods},
  author={John W. Forsythe and Roger T. Hanlon},
  journal={Laboratory Animals},
  year={1980},
  volume={14},
  pages={137 - 142}
}
The system consists of 2 adjoining 150 litre aquaria, one functioning as the water-conditioning tank and the other as the principal rearing tank. Water quality remained high with biological and mechanical filtration, physical adsorption and ultraviolet-light disinfection taking place exclusively in the conditioning tank. The pH ranged from 7·58 to 8·00 and ammonia and nitrite levels never exceeded 0·004 mg/l and 0·198 mg/l, respectively. Nitrate levels were maintained at 40 mg/l or less with no… 
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