A few updates: 1) They did well through the summer with water temperatures peaking at 90F (the reproduction rate did slow a bit during the hottest times). 2) If you're concerned about mosquito larvae, cover the tubs with insect netting. It's cheap. 3) Moina are a different genus than daphnia. So are capuchin and macaque but we call them both monkeys. The phrase "for all intents and purposes" comes to mind, and the culture methods discussed here would be applicable in any case, excluding perhaps the high temperature tolerance.

@ADHDAquatics

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the update

You need green water to do this long term and multiple cultures. My daphnia can survive being completely frozen as they come back every year.

@beatatarczon1402

4 ай бұрын

so I can keep it in my greenhouse 😅

@FatherFH

4 ай бұрын

@@beatatarczon1402 yes 100%

@mr.octopus6972

12 күн бұрын

Just collect the black eggs floating at the top and dry them on a sheet of paper so you will be able to start a new culture in case of a crash. 🥼

Hey, great video. Thanks for doing this. We appreciate it. Just a suggestion to avoid losing your first batch: Split your first batch of Daphnia into 2 or 3 containers (maybe in different conditions). This way, if 1 crashes then the others may survive or thrive and can be used to re-seed the one that crashed. Best wishes.

This has to be the most in depth video on the internet in regards to raising Moina. Thank you for sharing all this knowledge and your personal successes/failures. My fish are quite pleased with the constant food supply of the live variety!

Very informative content sir! More blessings to you and your channel!

What a great comprehensive video. So insightful . keep em coming

Oh yea , I remember when I was in the hobby and used to culture these fellas . They were a treat to all my guppies and my pea puffer , he loved them . I had similar setups like yours , except I used tanks instead , not new ones used but scummy ones I had lying around . I got a hold of two started cultures for 200rs (2.52dollars ) from my Local fish store . I added the Moina in , dosed the tank with yeast and I used water from the most mature tank I had as I read cycled water from mature tanks give good yields . So I did just that , filled the tank up water from one of my mature tanks that was up and running for around 5 months and it didn't do me any good ( not that the moina didn't multiply that so ever ) but the yield that tap water gave me was a much better one . So I continued with tap water instead . I'd dose the cultures once every 3 or 4 days after I'd notice the cultures water returning back to normal from milky tint and after I'd dose it again , population boomed . But the problem I faced is constant dosing ( like I've mentioned every 3-4days ) in order to get myself a good amount of em which did lead to the water going stale and silly me , I didn't change the water . And yes , I had my culture indoors initially but moved them outside as it gave out a fowl odor which I couldn't bear. I didn't notice any change in they're productivity though . HERE'S A TIP - when culturing them ( scooping them out with a net ) have a light source , like a flashlight or your phone's flashlight near the waters surface , they're photosynthetic , meaning they get attracted to light . So yea , get a flashlight near the surface and all of them will accumulate near that light source making it easier for you to scoop out . You can use this method to determine and get a sense of the amount you moina you have in your culture as well . Cheers , felt like sharing my experience with them . Have a good one .

@MakeMoreFish

Жыл бұрын

Good tip, light is very helpful. I often harvest at night with a flashlight

Great video....and thank you. I am thinkin of raising some this coming summer. Keep rockin!

You have some of the best vids I’ve seen as far as real world useful info on so many aspects of the hobby. Enjoyable just to watch.

Thank you for the video. I appreciate that you put all stages of the process in one video. So often I find videos where they set up the tank or add fish/Daphnia in this case, and that’s it. That’s what I enjoy about ask your videos. They are so well thought out

This is maybe the best video I have seen about daphnia so far. Thanks for the effort of good preparation, being consize and informative at the same time. Thanks Lowell

Amazing content as usual.

Great video! Thanks for sharing. Next summer I'll try my hand at keeping daphina following your video.

I’m so glad I subscribed and put notifications on, because you have yet to put a wasted video. I enjoy all your videos. Thank you for sharing.

This is so informative! Great job, fantastic reporting!🌻🌼🐝 Keep it up 🙌

We are very blessed/gifted to have all the knowledge you share, fed into our brains, and efforts. Thank you for this. Knowledge shared, is an awesome way to live. ✌🏼🙏🖖🏼🧜‍♀️🐠🐠🐠

Really appreciate every bit of this video. It's exactly what I needed to see to get me ordering some moina. Thank you for taking the time to share this.

@MakeMoreFish

Жыл бұрын

That's great to hear :) I personally recommend splitting the starter culture in half for early crash recovery and also feeding very lightly until you get a feel for it. Good luck!

Cool sharing experience. love your video ❤❤

Thank you for the great information 🙂

Great info, thanks!

great explanation, thank you

Nice explanation thanks for sharing

So informative! Thank u!

Cool explanation dude!! Here in the Philippines they are plenty here. We can get them thru creeks or other bodies of water that is stagnant..your explanation on how to culture is very specific and straightforward. Good job👌

@charliebrown9188

11 ай бұрын

I still managed to mess mine up - I'm new to this.

Hey, Been viewing all your videos lately Really great to hear you speak, you have a very clear and calm voice while still giving very clear and concise informations. But in this video, its the first time you treat us with your face :) . Aah, water reflections ;-) Cheers and thanks for the great work!

@MakeMoreFish

Жыл бұрын

Hey, that's not a fish!

How awesome was the vid😬.. first time coming across your channel.. definitely subbing.. thanks for the vid

Great information 👍

Loved your channel! Great video :) Greetings from Portugal!!

@MakeMoreFish

2 жыл бұрын

Greetings! Thanks for watching

Good stuff!!...thank you

Great video

Thank You.

Great content. I have also found that they are very light sensitive. Daphnia don't like full sun but part shade, about 80% of the day. to thrive.

Thank you very much one of the best tutorials i've ever seen! Excellent explanation. subscribed already 🙂

Thanks!

I have a large stock tank outside and seed that in the spring and let the algae from for hiding room fry. I'm under the strong opinion that air flow over the water helps move things around. Wind does not stay on and is all I use, I could spray water, mist etc if I feel it needs it. Mist or small fan can help inside the house.

Sir, Thank you very much for your video, very specific, I have lost some crops and I think it is due to the use of anti-chlorine chemicals, because the university where I bought them said that they did not support heavy metals or chlorine and that is exactly what seachen Prime says to eliminate. In fact the last culture I put it in a densely planted 3 gallon tank thinking about an optimal place and I only have 2 Daphnia left alive after a week. I'm going to buy the active carbon filter Thank you for your information.

Nice video!

Perfect.

I’ve had good luck with the active dry bakers yeast for both the daphnia and my newborn koi fry.

Cool info

I wish u had merch I definitely would love some❤

Great tutorial. A few details are missing tho. If you see a lot of daphnias with a black body, they are about to lay some protected eggs (these are the black dots that you can find in every daphnia tank) if there are many like this, they are telling you that water is about to turn bad and they need a water change. When times are good they are full of brown transluscent eggs and breed live babies. You can collect those black eggs, dry them on a sheet of paper and keep them to start a new culture after a crash. These eggs are pretty hardy, they can survive freezing temperatures and hot dry summer on a piece of wood. Water changes should be only for cleaning the bottom. Daphnias live and die so fast that the bottom will soon be covered with dead corpses. It spoils the water. Alternatively you can use a bunch of assassin snails or a bunch of cheap shrimps to keep the bottom clean. They won't attack daphnias. You could also use detritus worms to achieve this. Natute takes care of itself. The best way to feed that I found so far is one day yeast one day spirulina. Spirulina will make green water or an algae covered botton so overfeeding is less of a problem than yeast that will fall down, rot and spoil the water. I don't know where you buy your spirulina to find it expensive ? I've been able to buy a pound of it for 8$ Enough to feed for ... YEARS ahead ! Beware not to introduce any hunting predators in your tank. A single cyclop can reproduce and genocide all daphnias to the last in less than 10 days (happened to me). These can be found even in tap water in the form of microscopic eggs. That is why I use only rain water. If you raise daphnias outside, be sure to cover the tank with a screen. Dragonfly larvaes, and water bugs are also feeding on daphnias. They have to be kept out. Daphnias are living in the wild in foul swamps and are used to very acidic water. Tho they wont mind a higher PH I found they thrive more in rain water. It is true that a little chlorine won't kill them. But it still can hurt all the microscopic fauna that has developped in your green water and serve as food to your daphnia. Better not do this at all. You can add aquatic plants floating in the tank to help with oxigenation. Adding houseplants on top will suck up poisons. A piece of wood will help growing yummy algaes and microscopic organism that feed your daphnias. Again you have to be carefull about the introduction of unwanted predators so boil everything you wish to add in there . In fact you could even make your daphnias their own aquascape in a natural Walstad tank. They are pretty fun to watch and very interesting creatures with their behavior. If I didn't had a wife my daphnias would not be in the basement 😅 Have backup live cultures. Crashes do happen overnight even if you take good care of it. Or collect eggs but you will have to wait. Large containers give best yelds. Small ones crashes too often. They thrive more outside even without having to do a thing. If you raise them indoors it's a bit harder. Try to emulate their natural environment as much as you can.

wow nice bro

cool video

Great video about daphnia. Currently i had two 5g bucket filled with some leftover daphnia and duckweed and they just cant die i left those buckets unmaintained for 3 months until the water dries out and when its raining and the bucket fills with water the daphnia just came out from the dead and thriving, too bad all the duckweed died :(

My city, we use chlorella to feed daphnia. Sometime we use the mixed food for it.

@user-vh9wf4ui4b

Жыл бұрын

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I was going to culture these indoors…I think I’ll try it outdoors now! Fantastic thanks so much again!

@MakeMoreFish

2 жыл бұрын

There's pros and cons to both. Tbh if I had an indoor space to do this I would much prefer it just for temperature and mosquito control. With tubs outside I've had to heat them in the winter and cover them with insect netting to prevent a mosquito farm now that it's warmed up. The downside to doing it indoors is that raising a useful amount of daphnia requires a moderately large volume of water and depending on the food you use, the cultures can get pretty smelly. That said, I do keep a small (2 gallon) backup culture inside that I feed just enough to keep them going in case I have a disaster outside and need to restart without buying another starter culture.

@pelhamsaquatics

2 жыл бұрын

Lowell's Fish Lab I was thinking of using a spare 10 gallon tank. I’m just in the beggining stages of attempting to breed apistos and maybe wild type mouthbrooding bettas, and I thought this might be a great idea, thank you much🙂👍🏻

@CrowntailHalfmoon

2 жыл бұрын

@@pelhamsaquatics I'm not expert but I've tried moina indoors.. didn't do well on yeast. daphnia was better. however you'll need to do more water changes if feeding yeast. you can try rotigrow & slow bubble aeration to keep O2 adequate as i think that's why mines crashed. plus keep led light on it... what I'm saying is youll need to experiment until you get best yields. the best thing about moina is they multiply so fast even from crashed cultures its very forgiving compared to daphnia. best of luck.

@pelhamsaquatics

2 жыл бұрын

CrowntailHalfmoon thank you very much! I appreciate any and all information thanks again🙂

@DEXTER-TV-series

2 жыл бұрын

@@CrowntailHalfmoon underfeeding - daphnia will multiply less, grow more slowly, but survive. a lot of food - smell, daphnia can die, water changes. As for me, I'm lazy. So I'd rather less food, clear water, no smell, less daphnia and I just pour daphnia from a plastic bottle straight into the aquarium and add another water from the aquarium.

I recently read that daphnia turns red when there is little oxygen in the water. So if your daphnia is not red, you don't have to worry about aeration at all. 💚😆

I’m a fishkeeper that has no experience in breeding fish whatsoever. But i find myself going back to your channel again and again for that insightful content. I can listen to you talk all day without getting bored 😄 One question though, what do you normally feed newly hatched fry? If they’re really really tiny, what would be the best choice for feeding?

@MakeMoreFish

Жыл бұрын

I use fine powder foods pretty often and for some species, live paramecia.

I am getting ready to retry Daphnia Magna. I have slightly larger fish and want to feed them a variety of different sizes. I ordered around 200. I setup 2 10 gallons, 1 38 gallon tall rubbermaid and I was going to use tote like you showed in the video. I was initially going to split them into 4 different tanks to lessen the risk of losing them all. I was also going to feed dry bakers yeast like you do. I didn't think about the cost of adding spirulina over long term, so that was very helpful. Is there any specific light that works better than others? I have a simple clip-on timer led bulb on the rubbermaid, 1 shop lights on the 2 10 gallons and I was going to put a old style t8 on the tote. I was also wondering I would have as much success keeping them inside vs. outside?

LOVED THIS!!! Very helpful.. ❤ Can you explain your pvc pipes in your tub?

@MakeMoreFish

2 жыл бұрын

I can! The pvc pipes are part of an air uplift system that automatically dispenses daphnia into two fish ponds on either side of the daphnia tub. It's all explained here > kzread.info/dash/bejne/a3yXmrl_c9fXn7g.html

Long time ago I read in a book, says pour chicken blood , leafy veg in prawn pond , where water is reddish it has daphnia where its greenish there are Artemia

@bubblerings

Жыл бұрын

Wow. I would like to learn how to have a brackish water prawn pond. 😁

The last time i collected daphnias there's a suburbs canal that's being blanketed by them due to their sheer numbers even tho the water was contaminated with detergents

I loved the video. Definitely something to add to the arsenal. I did have one question. I noticed the PVC pipes and water movement. Is that filtration or just a circulating pump?

@MakeMoreFish

Жыл бұрын

Those are an air uplift system running on a timer to dispense daphnia into adjacent tubs with fish in them

My experience in breeding Moina is you need to sift on size. I bought a 4-set of BBS-seeves in the LFS and I´m feeding my Betta wrigglers with them. Only feed the smallest size and give back the bigger size to the Moinaculture. This way I avoid using BBS, since BBS are a lot harder to breed and frankly, they´re not as nutricious as baby-Moina. There´s another pré for baby-Moina.... BBS lose nutrition after a few hours, Moina don´t. And they don´t die as quickly as BBS since you don´t need salt to keep them alive. My Betta´s color faster and have more speaking colors when fed with Moina, over feeding them BBS. I see only advantages when using Moina over BBS. Great vid!!

Seems like you have a open enough surface area for air exchange so aeration's not required. I mean, if you're using a tall slim bottle for example, may need it if population gets high.

Nice video! As always is so nice to see your projects. Maybe you can try cultivating green water to complement your moina cultures. I cultivate them for a hatchery of food fish, and found out better results with green water. I also wanted to cut the artemia cost, but found out much better results with moina than artemia, which I think are due to the fact that artemia only lives a couple of hours in freshwater

@MakeMoreFish

2 жыл бұрын

I haven't fed them with green water yet but I would really like to. Sounds like I need more tubs!

Love this tutorial! I don't have a good set up / get a lot of sun in my backyard; and I'd rather not do this in my front yard. If I throw an LED light on a container indoors, do you think it'll suffice for the light source?

@MakeMoreFish

2 жыл бұрын

Yes you can, no problem. They don't need bright light they just need some light and more specifically, a day/night cycle. 24 hour lighting seems to work fine too but my understanding is a day/night cycle is beneficial. For what it's worth your backyard lighting should be fine even if heavily shaded. Best of luck

wowwwwww

I went outside and fed my daphnia!

Thanks for the detailed video. I am thinking of a culture. During Winter do you keep the culture outdoors and add a heater OR keep it out without a heater?

@MakeMoreFish

10 ай бұрын

Depends how cold your winters are but I heat mine to the low 60s to keep them reproducing.

D. magna respond much more positively to aeration. Moina are more hardy and grow in denser populations.

Link to the net you’re using please? Very useful video.

@MakeMoreFish

9 ай бұрын

amzn.to/3rfGBSw is the one I use

Some people told that green water is a must its true or not?.Thank you for your simple but effective cuturing video

@MakeMoreFish

Жыл бұрын

Not necessary in my experience.

@toxicyt3127

Жыл бұрын

@@MakeMoreFish thank you so much

I do have a couple of questions. 1) How big was the initial colony that you spiked that 30 gallons with? I tried and they just did not make but I think my spike colony was to small. I just ordered it from Carolina Biologics. I was thinking of getting a larger starter and using less water initially

@MakeMoreFish

2 ай бұрын

The group I added to a fresh tub in this video would have been much larger than a starter culture bought from carolina biological. If your starters are having a hard time taking root in a large water volume, I think that's a great idea to start out in something smaller and let them replicate to a larger number.

Only question I have is about pvc tubes and their purpose

Great info thanks What’s the white pvc pipes for in the tubs?

@MakeMoreFish

2 жыл бұрын

Those are just in the original tub and they're part of my mad scientist method to autofeed daphnia to my pond fish. There's a whole other video about it: kzread.info/dash/bejne/a3yXmrl_c9fXn7g.html

@gavogr

2 жыл бұрын

@@MakeMoreFish oh yes I remember that video Cheers

Have you ever considered culturing paramecium to feed fry? IIRC they will eat yeast as well.

@MakeMoreFish

3 ай бұрын

Yes, I love paramecium

For baby fish use oat microworms

Start with dirty tank water and hit it with the light. Turn it good and green. No yeast water until after they claer the green water And no heavy feedings . You dont want it to smell like a sewer.

I used to feed daphnia to my fish, but then I realized that the fish live longer based on eating plants and natural foods with a soil and sand base with everything I can get from outside. Also, I didn't like to see them get eaten. Spiralina produced loads now daphnia, and sooner, and that's because that's overall healthier. Remember, you are what you eat. So, if you want higher quality foods, then feed them higher quality foods. That's just how it works, for those that use daphnia as feed.

@descargaelbano

5 ай бұрын

Sounds like something a vegan would say.

Question: How do you change the water? Do you just toss out the sludge on the bottom? What about the eggs mixed in with that bottom sludge? Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Best wishes.

@MakeMoreFish

Жыл бұрын

I have holes drilled in the tubs to act as an overflow when I change water. I keep them plugged with coarse foam to keep bugs out. I do sometimes siphon waste off the bottom but not very often.

Excellent advice Sir. i haven't had much success with moina cultures indoors feeding yeast. I'll try outdoors. Sir how often you harvest them once the population density is adequate? Also you recommend using snails & guppy grass to help maintain water parameters? you mentioned water changes do you siphon of bottom or top ? will rain water or just replace evaporated water levels be sufficient?

@MakeMoreFish

2 жыл бұрын

How often I harvest is completely a judgement call. Depending on temperature and how much I've fed I could be harvesting once a day or other times only once or twice a week. If I see a dense population I harvest. If I don't, I let them multiply for a little longer. Right this second there are some pond snails living in the culture but only because the water is fairly fresh. Over time it will become toxic even to pest snails long before it becomes toxic to the daphnia. Submerged plants wouldn't survive either. Light would be blocked out by the opaque water and they would be covered by slime. I most often change water by flushing with fresh water from the hose and allowing it to overflow out a small hole I drilled near the top of the pond. I have also siphoned off the bottom.

@CrowntailHalfmoon

2 жыл бұрын

@@MakeMoreFish Thank you Sir for sharing. Have you tried feeding greenwater?

@CrowntailHalfmoon

2 жыл бұрын

@@MakeMoreFish Ooh i forgot to mention I often harvest at night using light. The moina are attracted like bbs so this gives me ideas of how large population. I collect them & put in small specimens container with some vitachem or selcon liquid vitamins overnight then feed in morning.

@MakeMoreFish

2 жыл бұрын

I haven't but I would really like to. At the moment the space I could dedicate to a green water source is better used by another daphnia tub. In other words I would rather have two tubs fed by yeast than one tub of daphnia fed by green water produced in another.

@kwajrod

2 жыл бұрын

@@MakeMoreFish Have you tried floating plants in the daphnia bins? Nitrogen-hungry plants like water hyacinth, water lettuce, or salvinia might work. Plants can tolerate much higher levels of ammonia/nitrates than fish or snails can.

I live in an apartment, and I've been feeding frozen daphnia, but I've been wanting to find a way to grow live daphnia, and there's two questions I'm hoping someone will answer. Do you think it would be possible to grow them indoors in smaller containers? I was thinking along the lines of a Rubbermaid dishpan that can be kept on a shelf. Second, is there a strong odor from growing daphnia like this? In other words, if I were to do this indoors, is my apartment going to get stinky?

@MakeMoreFish

Жыл бұрын

I keep a 2 gallon backup culture indoors so I know they can be maintained in a small amount of water I'm just not sure how productive it would be. It can smell, depends what and how often you feed. I don't usually notice anything

not related to the videos but I saw you have chili rasbora. have you ever try to breed them?

@MakeMoreFish

10 ай бұрын

Yes but not successfully

Does heating it cost much in winter? My outdoor water gets to about 50 in winter. Will they die or just slow down? Also, Are there any problems, in summer, with mosquito larvae eating daphnia or moina, or copepods if you have experience with these? Is it better to have a screen lid? I’m trying to do cultures in 2x 20 gallon plastic containers. Thanks.

@MakeMoreFish

3 ай бұрын

A little, but I have mild winters and covered the tubs with greenhouse panels to insulate during the winter. Mesh screen in the summer to limit mosquitos

How can you regulate the temperature outside, so it doesn't too hot or cold? I live in the Southwest desert in the US, and the temperatures in the summer time can get to over 100F or 37C. In the winter time, the temperature can go as far down as 50F or 10C. Most of the time the temperature year round is never around the 70's. 3/4 of our years are really hot.

@MakeMoreFish

Жыл бұрын

I have similar weather and it's been working out well for me. I keep the tubs in shade so they don't get baked during the summer and during the winter I actually heat them and cover them with greenhouse panels to trap heat.

Why dont you get a reverse osmosis machine ? Its cheaper if you buy a small machine to use the desalinated or in your case de-chlorinated water ? I am in UAE we have desalinated tap water that is pure enough to even drink it.

7:27 that little guy really wanted to be on camera

I might have missed it but how do you do a water change without sucking them up and how much of a water change?

@MakeMoreFish

10 ай бұрын

I siphon off the bottom. I'm sure I lose some but they reproduce quickly.

I need someone to do it for me lol 😂

Would it possible to breed them in a tropical tank but inside a fry box without the separation middle slit bit at 80? what’s the ideal temp

@MakeMoreFish

3 ай бұрын

They are happy around 70 but it's a wide range. I would recommend a dedicated space for them

Bull food store sell spirilina cheap.

How are the summer 'hot' tubs going?

@MakeMoreFish

Жыл бұрын

Early in the summer the reproductive rate actually increased for a while then dipped during day time high at or above 100 degrees. They can handle the heat but they don't love it

@bubblerings

Жыл бұрын

@@MakeMoreFish very good. Thx! 🍻

What if you also put in food for the yeast? Like sugar or oatmeal or something. Wouldn’t that cut down on cost for the yeast aswell?

@MakeMoreFish

Жыл бұрын

I've tried that in paramecium cultures that I also feed with yeast. I can't tell if it helped or not but it did seem to cause the yeast to congeal into floating masses. I wasn't a fan of that. I really don't have enough information to say one way or another but I think it's an interesting idea to explore.

Chlorine will evaporate after a few days so you could have some spare containers filled up ahead of a water change.

hey man any chance you could show the filter on ur garden hose and is it a straight up just bolt on and have declorinated water ?thanks in advance

@MakeMoreFish

Жыл бұрын

sure, here's a link: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007I6MN72/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

@MakeMoreFish

Жыл бұрын

it really is that easy. Hook it up to a hose and you're good to go.

@draksonc

Жыл бұрын

@@MakeMoreFish thanks man youre a life saver 🙏

So, Just need to Feed them twice a week, and do water changes only If you feel That maybe something is wrong? Or do water changes regulary too?

@MakeMoreFish

Жыл бұрын

For me, yes. If I were better at my job I would feed them smaller amounts more frequently but twice a week seems to work just fine. I don't think there is a need to water change regularly but it does help to give them fresh water every once in a while

since you're culturing outside, what do you do to prevent mosquito larvae or other pests from getting in the culture?

@MakeMoreFish

2 жыл бұрын

During the winter it wasn't an issue. Now that it's warming up I'm covering the tubs with insect netting

@jeffchambers449

2 жыл бұрын

@@MakeMoreFish There are mosquito larvae in the cultures in the video. They will prey on the moina I believe.

@bubblerings

Жыл бұрын

As will has fish after netting them out. 😊

@bobs5596

Жыл бұрын

@@bubblerings yes, mosquito larva is excellent fish food. but fry are too small to eat them. uneaten mosquito larva turn into mosquitoes inside your house. hey lowell, if you see this, how do you know when to feed the culture? do you wait till the water clears, or just feed once a week? that's what i need to know.

is there a way to enrich daphnia like gutloading? also true aeration gives me bad results and daphnia in my surroundings (where i get them) seem fine with stagnant water

@MakeMoreFish

Жыл бұрын

Sure, any good food you can powderize they'll eat. Doesn't get much better than spirulina

@bobs5596

Жыл бұрын

try feeding them a load of green water(chlorella) the day before you need them.

Does that make your TDS low as well? That carbon block filter?

@MakeMoreFish

8 ай бұрын

Probably a little

Where can I find a large black tub like that?

@MakeMoreFish

Жыл бұрын

I bought the round ones from lowes. They are 20 gallon pond liners. The larger rectangular ones are just storage totes. Any large hardware store ought to have them.

Why you used yeast for feeding ? what are they inside the yeast ?

@MakeMoreFish

Жыл бұрын

yeast is nutritious and fits the profile for what daphnia like to eat. Not my idea but it certainly works.

Will it work during winter?

@MakeMoreFish

Жыл бұрын

Sure, just depends how cold your winters are. In my case I heat them at least to the low 60s

In nature where they are well established and billions of them go through their life cycle every year, after thousands of years... that is where we get diatomaceous earth from well them and smaller crustations.

how to avoid mosquito larvae in this culture?

@MakeMoreFish

10 ай бұрын

Insect netting or some other covering

How do you prevent mosquitoes and other outdoor insects from accessing and breeding in this outdoor tub?

@MakeMoreFish

Жыл бұрын

Insect netting covering the tops

Could you write down the variety of daphnia you're breeding? I don't recognize the name you're saying and I'm having trouble googling it.

@MakeMoreFish

Ай бұрын

Moina. They are in a separate genus but are a "daphnid" so sometimes are referred to as daphnia moina. They're small and I like that.

@clatshaw

Ай бұрын

@@MakeMoreFish Thank you. After I saw your video, I actually found and bought some moina eggs and started my own culture and they're doing very well! (And I'm breeding some CPDs based on advice from your videos, too.)

Does your yeast ever settle out of solution?

@MakeMoreFish

10 ай бұрын

I'm sure some amount settles out but it takes a while. Blending helps to keep it in suspension

How are you dealing with mosquitoes???

@MakeMoreFish

2 жыл бұрын

I have insect netting over them now. Not a fan of the mosquitos

@CrowntailHalfmoon

2 жыл бұрын

plus it free food for bigger ones. but the screen works best. the yeast co2 emitted attracts them.