Re: [Killietalk] Daphnia and chloramine

["George Davis" <george at fishroom_net>]

    As wet as it has been here in Wilmington, I would just use rainwater. 
You might buffer it a bit with crushed oyster shell or limestone.  You
also have access to creek water.  Anyway, I have daphnia outside in
the summer in pure rain water.

George Davis
Wilmington, De

> Hi,
>
> I have a tap water that is much less than 0.5 ppm chloramine, but slightly
> over 0.1 ppm (numbers come from the test's color chart). Is there an easy
> way to culture daphnia in this water? Use a dechlorinator like AmQuel (or
> something similar) that also neutralises ammonia, or use a simple
> dechlorinator and let the ammonia be ammonia?
>
> The setup I plan to have is a 38G trash bin outside; no aeration; about 10
> hours/day direct sun exposure.
>
> thanks in advance,
> wm_crash, the friendly hooligan
> AKA #08840, SAA #162, SVAS #120, HOOLIGAN #1
> Wilmington DE
>
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