Do you culture any live foods at home? If yes - what kind?

@Al3x3-hh1jk

17 күн бұрын

I'll try with mosquito larvae.

@AquascapingCube

17 күн бұрын

@@Al3x3-hh1jk Cool!

@rgilroy1909

17 күн бұрын

the tiniest of springtails

@vikkirountoit497

15 күн бұрын

Great video - well filmed and easy to follow. Yes - but currently about 80% of my live food is mosquito larvae all summer from 2 pots on back deck. I have had 2 white worm cultures for several months but one has crashed and the other is slow to produce so I don't feed from it often - haven't got that system down yet. I have a small blackworm culture that produces slow but steady and my fish love them. I have 2 daphnia cultures that I'm just starting to pull from - very fun! Oh and I have scuds too. Live food is a really fun part of the hobby for me.

I thought culturing live foods was going to be complicated but this video was very straightforward and easy. Thanks!

@AquascapingCube

2 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Very nice video. Thank you

@AquascapingCube

11 күн бұрын

Glad you liked it

Cool! It really looks easy…

@AquascapingCube

17 күн бұрын

It is! :D

Thank you! I think I will try this :D 🤩

@AquascapingCube

14 күн бұрын

Great! 👍🏻 Have fun!

Nice 👍🏻

@AquascapingCube

17 күн бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

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When you say you should rinse the water that the daphnia are in before giving them to fish, what do you mean? I understand that you want to avoid putting yeast in your tank, I’m just not sure how you avoid it. Thanks!

@vikkirountoit497

15 күн бұрын

Something I do is wait to pull daphnias until water is clear from food being mostly eaten. Then I pull 25% of water along with daphnias through a coffee filter during a water change. Feed the daphnias to fish and add yeast with 25% water addition. I hope others reply for more ideas.

@AquascapingCube

14 күн бұрын

I take the Daphnia from this container with big pipette and then pour everything through dense sieve. This way you get Daphnia on your sieve and you can rinse it with clean water.

I have white worms, scud, snails, and daphnia for my pea puffers! But my daphnia just arent producing much, I think maybe a restart would be good. Thanks!

@AquascapingCube

17 күн бұрын

Wow, Sounds great! Thanks for sharing!

What happens if you put daphnia in a shrimp (neocaridina) only tank. Do the shrimp manage to catch them? I know the shrimp swim sometimes, but most of the time they graze and eat stuff that doesn't move.

@AquascapingCube

14 күн бұрын

No, that shouldn't be able catch them. Shrimp will eat dead daphnia and will definitely go for their molts, but that is it.

All my wild daphnia are dying. maybe it is too hot.

@AquascapingCube

17 күн бұрын

Yes, it's very possible. In high temperatures their reproductive capacity really goes down and entire colony might just die.

Water changes aren't really required.. specially every 2 days..

@AquascapingCube

10 күн бұрын

Maybe, but I have much better results and stability with them. When I was testing with no water changes, my colony was half the size at best :/

@AK1248

10 күн бұрын

@AquascapingCube I started mine 6 months ago.. the container is outside and only water change in 6 months has been when it's raining.. it's now winter here with overnight temperature lows in single digit centigrade... they are still thriving.. I'm feeding them yeast twice a week exactly how you showed it... I'm guessing different strains of daphnia may have slightly different requirements..