Re: [Killietalk] RE: Feeding Daphnia

["Bill Shenefelt" <billshenefelt at hotmail_com>]

Thanks DAve and Wright;
I'll just have to get the snails going and toss in some cyclopese.  I have a 
6 ft diameter kids wading pool I set up in the summer for the daphina but 
never seems to provide much using strained baby food and powdered milk 
alone.
Bill Shenefelt
http://sheneskillies.com/
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wright Huntley" <whuntley at verizon_net>
To: <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 7:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Killietalk] RE: Feeding Daphnia


> *"Bill Shenefelt" <william_shenefelt at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> *
>
> > As I seldom have dead critters laying around that I would trust to 
> > handle, how about a little hamburger? Might htat work for the 
> > daphina/bacterial growth?
> > Bill Shenefelt
>
>
> I doubt it, Bill. You need the skin to slow the process or you will do 
> exactly what I did when I overfed a Daphnia barrel about a week ago. I was 
> using a commercial Daphnia food, but it is as rich and stinks about like 
> the Cyclopeeze. The tank is now a noxious 40-50G of foulness, and IDK how 
> long it will take to clear. Sure killed off most of the pulex I had in 
> that tank. :-(
>
> It might work if you could slow the bacterial growth to a more modest 
> rate. Maybe you could try wrapping it in an old handkerchief and sinking 
> that in the tub. [I take no responsibility for the results. Do at your own 
> risk.]
>
> I still like green water best. A little Miracle Grow and some summer sun 
> seems to make it grow fast. The urea and ammonia in the fertilizer can 
> kill your Daphnia, so be careful.
>
> Wright
>
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