Re: [Killietalk] moina, Japanese daphnia

[Lynn <the_limit at comcast.net>]

Saturday, May 1, 2004, 5:15:41 PM, you wrote:


PJnue> Has anyone ever tried raising the daphnia,
PJnue> moina?  They are very small in
PJnue> size, a smidge smaller than brine shrimp. 
PJnue> They are excellent food for
PJnue> annual killie fry.  I hear that the Asians
PJnue> use them for food for fry.  It
PJnue> sounds also that they would be cheaper and
PJnue> more economical than buying
PJnue> brine shrimp.  One can raise thousands in
PJnue> a one gallon container and do
PJnue> this the entire year without much trouble.
PJnue> They are easier to raise than
PJnue> raising magna daphnia.  They are very
PJnue> nutritious - just think you can feed
PJnue> these daphnia all sorts of good foods
PJnue> (carrots, peas, yeast, whole wheat
PJnue> flour - all mixed with water and only a
PJnue> few drops a day will produce a lot
PJnue> of daphnia.  And all the time and money
PJnue> you will save from hatching out
PJnue> brine shrimp.  Or you could use brine
PJnue> shrimp as an extra nutritious food.
PJnue> Just think, these little critters will
PJnue> even multiply in the fry tank.  You
PJnue> will never have to worry about overfeeding.

I have a culture that is limping along .. that is to say,
I haven't lost it yet, but it's not all that productive,
either. And I don't think they're as small as that .. I
suppose they might have been mismarked, but they came
from a trusted source.

I have no real experience with daphnia, so it's probably
me; I'm hoping to get them outside and see if they do
better there. My standard daphnia are doing a bit better,
though.

Moina is often available on AquaBid ..

Lynn
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