Daphnia

[neil.anderson at asbury_edu]

For years I have been told the benefits of live daphnia as a food for
freshwater fishes (beginning with my reading of Innes' Exotic Tropical Fish
nearly 40 years ago as a kid).  I was recently reminded of this during an
outbreak of green water.  Although I didn't try it (I cleared the tank with
a diatom filter), some suggested that I introduce live daphnia as a algae
control measure.  I've seen freeze-dried daphnia in the LFS but never live.
Can anyone enlighten myself and others on how one goes about securing and/or
raising live daphnia?  I would think that daphnia strained from local
streams and ponds would be risky in terms of introducing unwanted parasites.


Thanks!


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Dr. Neil D. Anderson
Asbury College
Dept. of Bible and Theology
Wilmore, Kentucky  USA
Office: (606) 858-3511 ext. 2455
E-mail: neil.anderson at asbury_edu
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