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Re: Gutloading Daphnia
>> >Hello
>> >
>> >I would like to know the proportions (receipt) of yeast and spirulina and
>> >also amount fed to the Daphnia culture
>> >
>> >Gay
>>
>> Well, I put about 2 tbsp of brewer's yeast and 2 of spirulina in 2 cups of
>> water, blend furiously and then I just add drops of this to my 13G cultures
>> to make them cloudy.
>I'm always puzzled by "Brewer's Yeast." Is the stuff you use real, live
>yeast, or the dead stuff peddled by pet shops and their companions in crime,
>the health-food stores?
>
>Wright
Well, hmph.
It's the health food store variety, but it appears that these are for
imperialist daphnia rather than freedom loving daphnia :-).
I'm a little confused, because I thought I'd gotten the recipe from you,
and as I recall there was a mention of avoiding the live yeast. Well, I
guess that's my fertile imagination running away again. Watch out Wright,
since it seems to be attributing you as a source! Well, it's worked well
for me, but I haven't used it heavily. I mostly rely on putting plant
fertilizer in my outdoor tubs to keep the algal bloom going. I think
that's really why the daphnia are doing well. I'm not sure what I'll do
when winter gets here. Move subcultures into a window I guess.
I do know I managed to kill off one of my brand new moina subcultures with
the stuff, so watch it (the other two seem to be doing well).
Doug
Doug Karpa-Wilson
Department of Biology
Indiana University
Jordan Hall
1001 E. 3rd St.
Bloomington, IN 47405
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