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Re: Feeding daphnia
This is perhaps the most frustrating thing I've yet attempted since taking
up Killikeeping. Thanks to all who contribute their techniques. Hopefully
I'll find one that will work for me. I have a long twenty which is
available but so far sugar and yeast, tanks siphonings and even feeding
excess brine shrimp has failed. at the last Exclusively Killies meeting
one of the guys reported good success using soy flour, guess that'll be my
next attempt. Back to the drawing board...
On Wed, 7 Jan 1998
dlains at dax_centralia.ctc.edu wrote:
> Hello All,
> Heres my $.02 worth on daphnia, I culture mine in a 5 gallon glass carboy
> with about an inch of crushed coral in the bottom. The culture also
> contains ramshorn snails to keep the glass clean, a small population of
> cyclops and a little bit of java moss. It has been running for several
> years with the peak production in the fall and winter and seems to work
> best in a temp range of 50F to 60F. I keep it in an enclosed south facing
> porch. All I add is tap water to replace syphoned off water and heres my
> trick...dry dog kibble at a rate of about 1 kibble per week give or take a
> few days. The kibble sinks and covers the bottom as it disolves, the
> snails grow at an amazing rate and my larger cichlids love them as a treat.
> The daphnia grow rapidly and are all bright red. I've been collecting
> enough to give 10 pairs of killis a gorging on daphnia at least once a week
> if not twice.
> Dave
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