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Daphina
- Thread starter Colieo
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PlantAKiss
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Try your local pond. Take a scoop and check it out and you will probably find some swimming around. Of course you will get other critters as well. I just add this water to my utric water to seed it. Not too much or you may throw off the chemistry of the tank you are growing your Utrics in. One problem I've encountered is algae from the pond water so I also add a few pond snails.
If anyone thinks I'm nuts or has a better way to feed aquatic Utrics please let us know.
If anyone thinks I'm nuts or has a better way to feed aquatic Utrics please let us know.
Hi Cole,
I raise Daphnia magna for my fish. I don't know how well it would ship though. I'm in Texas. Carolina Biological Supply sells daphnia and a place in Mississippi <www.lfscultures.com> sells daphnia, rotifers and even cyclops. If you decide to get it I can tell you how I grow mine.
Bobby
I raise Daphnia magna for my fish. I don't know how well it would ship though. I'm in Texas. Carolina Biological Supply sells daphnia and a place in Mississippi <www.lfscultures.com> sells daphnia, rotifers and even cyclops. If you decide to get it I can tell you how I grow mine.
Bobby
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The cheap way is to get a jar or bucket full of pond water and filter it through a drip-type coffee filter (not attached to the coffee maker). The downside is that it is somewhat time consuming but it works.
Just my $0.02 worth.
The cheap way is to get a jar or bucket full of pond water and filter it through a drip-type coffee filter (not attached to the coffee maker). The downside is that it is somewhat time consuming but it works.
Just my $0.02 worth.
Hi,
The main trouble with collecting your own daphnia is all the other little beasties you may get in the process. Just be sure you know what daphnia you are looking for -- there are many many different species. My local species is a very small species and one that is impossible to culture as it has enormous blooms and busts in its life cycle. Daphnia pulex is a nice small species too but is for cooler water than I have and has erratic population cycles too. I like D. magna because its bloom/bust cycle can be sort of balanced and it gets good size so it feeds alot of different fish plus the babies can feed the plants.
Bobby
The main trouble with collecting your own daphnia is all the other little beasties you may get in the process. Just be sure you know what daphnia you are looking for -- there are many many different species. My local species is a very small species and one that is impossible to culture as it has enormous blooms and busts in its life cycle. Daphnia pulex is a nice small species too but is for cooler water than I have and has erratic population cycles too. I like D. magna because its bloom/bust cycle can be sort of balanced and it gets good size so it feeds alot of different fish plus the babies can feed the plants.
Bobby
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Yes, Daphnia is the genus name. And yes many pet/hobby stores do use incorrect names for the things they sell. I just can't stand it when they try to correct customers that are using the appropriate terminology. I heard one salesman vehemently tell a patron that fruit flies are actually called Dorosiphila, not Drosophila (as she was correctly using).
Yes, Daphnia is the genus name. And yes many pet/hobby stores do use incorrect names for the things they sell. I just can't stand it when they try to correct customers that are using the appropriate terminology. I heard one salesman vehemently tell a patron that fruit flies are actually called Dorosiphila, not Drosophila (as she was correctly using).
