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Re: KillieTalk Digest V2 #9
KillieTalk at AKA_Org wrote:
> KillieTalk Digest Thursday, January 8 1998 Volume 02 :
> Number 009
>
> In this issue:
>
> Re: KillieTalk Digest V2 #8
> A World of Killies. Atlas of the Oviparous Cyprinodontiform
> Fishes....
> Re: Feeding daphnia
>
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> Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 18:39:58 EST
> From: USAF SP1 <USAFSP1 at aol_com>
> Subject: Re: KillieTalk Digest V2 #8
>
> Hello Barry
>
> Ted is right Barry Abrahams is mlondon at aol_com
>
>
> Chuck
> Stiefel
>
>
> Yorkvi
>
> lle Illinois
>
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> Date: Wed, 07 Jan 1998 16:59:44 -0800
> From: "R. Scott Page" <rs_page at owt_com>
> Subject: A World of Killies. Atlas of the Oviparous Cyprinodontiform
> Fishes....
>
> A World of Killies. Atlas of the Oviparous Cyprinodontiform Fishes of
> the
> World VOL I and II. When will these books be reprinted? Does anybody
> know?
> Does anybody else care? Is there a waiting list? I would LOVE to use
> the
> secure online server to facilitate this transaction. ;-)
>
> Would anyone like to sell theirs??
>
> R. Scott Page
> Hanford High School
>
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> Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 05:15:52 -0500 (EST)
> From: R Frank Louden <flouden at netusa1_net>
> Subject: 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...
> An additional half cent's worth. Nix the snails and the rest. You
> need a source of soluble calcium to maintain daphnia health and you
> need water changes about every 1-2 weeks -- just about the period of
> time it would take for a healthy culture to crash. For over three
> years I have been using those 18 gallon rubbermaid tubs. Eventually I
> elevated them slightly and using some plastic/nylon spayer fittings
> placed a hole near the bottom of the tub to facilitate draining but up
> maybe an 1 1/2 inches from the bottom to avoid drawing the crud out
> when I take out water. I found some large plastic stopcocks to make
> the job easier but anything tro pinch the drain tub shut will then
> work. Instead of crushed coral I use crushed oyster shells which you
> can pick up very cheaply at any farm supply place (it is used in the
> diet of chickens in egg production). The only food I feed is the
> dried yeast you can pick up in bulk (I get that at Sam's Club). I
> usually mix 2-3 teaspoons into a pint jar of warm water. To a working
> culture I add 1/4 to 1/2 cup of the solution and add more only when
> the water clears. I got my original culture from a place selling pure
> cultures for toxicity testing and they recommended the yeast but also
> mixed with pulverized trout chow (algae/plant matter). I do keep a
> light on over the tubs 24/7. I harvest the daphnia when I change
> water which from a productive tub should feed 50-100 killies. The
> water I use is collected from water changes on my fish and fry and I
> try to keep it slightly hard (~150ppm).
> 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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> | R. Frank Louden | AKA #07581 | e-mail: flouden at netusa1_net
> |
> | | | HomePage: www.netusa1.net/~flouden
> |
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