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RE: Daphnia
Hi Joel,
I use sweet potatoes on daphnia and adult brine shrimp cultures and feed
both the same way. I throw some into a small dish, mix in some water to get
a liquid slurry and throw that into the culture. No big deal.
I tried spirulina powder for the first time the other day on my adult brine
shrimp culture. I just threw a spoon full of powder into the drum and it
proceeded to float on the surface for about 12+ hours and then disappeared.
I do have a good air bubble current churning the culture. Too soon to tell
if it helps anything. Mixing with sweet potatoes sounds like a good idea
because it is a light flour-like powder.
mike
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joel Antkowiak [SMTP:mrkillie at optonline_net]
> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 3:18 PM
> To: KillieTalk at AKA_Org
> Subject: RE: Daphnia
>
> I noticed that several people feed their daphnia sweet potatoes (baby
> food).
> With an infant in the house now I won't look so silly buying that! But the
> question is how do you feed it? Do you just spoon it into the culture? Or
> mix it with water and shake to break it into small particles?
>
> I still haven't heard anything from anyone about feeding spirulina powder
> to
> the daphnia. Anyone try it? Maybe I can mix the powder with the sweet
> potatoes. Can these be fed to copepods?
>
> I also noted that several of you use plastic containers to culture
> daphnia.
> The so-called experts say glass only. I tried plastic, and lost the
> culture,
> so I am using glass this time (10 gal tanks).
>
> I just got some starters of magna and pulex and would appreciate some
> help,
> as my daphnia have always crashed in the past.
>
> Joel Antkowiak
>
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