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  1. J

    Seed shrimp: food for Utricularia

    I'm wondering if anyone has ever tried using seed shrimp as food. Seed shrimp are vernal pool crustaceans with over lapping generations. They can be found in long lasting puddles and can beed in large quantities if given the right conditions, I fin. They are a bit larger than daphnia other wise...
  2. P

    Exotic Aldrovanda, maybe?

    Some time ago, I began trying to obtain seeds of Australian Aldrovanda. After a smashing episode in the mail, I got in some seeds of the Esperance population, and attempted to sprout them. Using various ways, places, containers, inside/outside, in a container with a banana peel for ethylene...
  3. A

    Another problem aquatic moth

    In recent weeks I have had troubles with my ponds here in Townsville (yet not at my parents a couple hours north), for some reason they are all of a sudden turning basic (as opposed to acidic), but I have now fixed this, the new issue is that over half of my plants (several kilos of U.gibba...
  4. RL7836

    LF: Daphnia starter

    Before I go the commercial route, just thought I'd check if anyone has enough for me to start an outside summer culture (prefer smaller species). They would seem to be a more benign alternative than the mosquito larvae I'm currently using. As for possible trade material, this would obviously...
  5. NatchGreyes

    Aquatic Utric for Water Tray?

    Hey everyone: I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions for an aquatic utric that would grow in a standard 2-3 inch water tray that I keep full (mostly) to water some of my other CPs. It'd get light from T5 grow lights and I'd be sure to introduce daphnia. Suggestions? Thanks, -N
  6. Lil Stinkpot

    Aquatic micro fauna

    I've been increasingly interested in aquatic micro fauna lately, especially as the pondarium began to flourish with micro life last summer. Dang, I need a microscope! In the terrarium I started a giant clam shrimp culture in a deli cup. I have the little babies swimming around, plus a couple...
  7. LeafKirby

    Daphina on my Genlisea

    Spelling failure. So, it looks like Daphnia have appeared all over the inside of G.Aurea's. I can see them try to climb up the condensed water on the cup. Will this be a problem since the plant is probably not big enough to consume them. I also don't like how they can swim(?) on the plants...
  8. P

    cultured live fish foods?

    i been looking into culturing various live foods. but i have questions about the pproduction of a given type of culture i have the following cultures at this point . Red Wigglers White worms (just now getting established) vinagar eels microworms Black worms (in middle of getting established)...
  9. Halt

    Looking for Aquatic Utrics / Daphnia

    Anybody have any type of temperate Aquatic utric (anything that will do good in S.Cali full sun) that they can trade off? As well as any Daphnia (water fleas) just enough to get a culture going. PM me for what I have to offer...
  10. swords

    daphnia, fairy shrimps and other infaunal organisms

    Like the title says, I'm curious how many of you are growing these and how it's going? Do they become easily established in planted tanks? If you have a planted tank go all "pea soup" on you, will adding a few hundred live Daphina clean it up for you as well as feed the fish? Will those...
  11. Cindy

    Aldrovanda traps - fed with daphnia

    I was trying out this for fun and found it very tiring (oh my eyes!). :crazy: Freeze dried daphnia (~1-2mm each)and pointed tweezers. For the effect, these pics were also made into a short video clip.
  12. limeslide

    CO2 for aquatic utrics

    Hey everyone, I am having some major algea problems with my utrics, I saved two strands from the two species I own and left the others to be invaded. I threw away the top layer of plants just to get rid of the ugly green slime on the actual utric tank, it's growing back. It's been a long time...
  13. Taliesin-DS

    help id unknown water bug

    hi, i found some interesting bugs in local surface water but i cant find out what they are. The biggest ones (adults?) are maybe 1-1.5mm large. They have a flat underside and rounded upside, like tiny ladybugs. Not sure how many legs they have or if they are even legs, but they got small moving...
  14. swords

    Giant Triops & aquatic plants/live food

    Hey folks, I've got some giant species of the popular "instant pet" Triops coming. I will be attempting two large species: T. cancriformis (4.5") and T. australiensis green form (4.25") Triops australiensis Not my picture: I was curious for those of you who have kept regular Triops (or...
  15. dustin

    Are these daphnia?

    Ok, i have a large bin of water in which i was going to propagate aquatic plants in. at the moment its in the house and i might be moving it outside or dumping it, but at the moment its serving as a live food culture for my bettas. In the beginning i walked by and noticed mosquito larvae. I...
  16. Adam

    U. Gibba for trade

    I will trade U. Gibba for the following utrics: Reticula Inflata Purpurea Minor Vulgaris Macrorhiza And i will also trade for Daphnia to feed it My Utrics, when you look from above, fill up the top of a 3.5 fl oz cup. I know that gibba is the most common, so ill settle for a little less than my...
  17. CP30

    Looking for daphnia

    I am looking for a daphnia "culture" that I could use to feed my aldrovanda (and betta, too). If you have some available that will grow well in 90F+ water (monia?) I would be willing to trade cp's for them. If you have another variety, let me know as I might still trade for them.
  18. ChronoKiento

    Utric Questions

    I have 2 (possibly 3) terrestrial utrics, those being U. lateriflora, U. livida, and U. longifolia (POSSIBLY). Now my problem is that they're ugly! The leaves are all spaced out from each other and I feel that I've had them long enough (6+ months) that the whole pot should be green by now. I am...
  19. D

    aldrovanda

    I need suggestions on what sort of SMALL plants/animals I can put into the aldrovanda container to keep nutrients/algae down. I tried w/ daphnia but they all died (eaten)? Anything that would be good?
  20. D

    daphnia

    for those who use daphnia with your aquatics, how do you stop them all from getting killed? Ive only had them for a couple days, and now there arent as many left.
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