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RE: Live Foods Digest V3 #113
What size tubs do you culture your Daphnia in ?
Gay
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Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 17:48:12 EST
From: Billinet at aol_com
Subject: Re: Live Foods Digest V3 #111
Many daphnia problems come from overfeeding, particulary of
yeast, which can
outgrow and outcompete the daphnia once the yeast gets too
far ahead.
Also, if you had a bloom and didn't harvest most of it, that
can cause a
crash. Why?
Maybe a rapid buildup of wastes in the water?
I have two tubs in my furnace room that produce more daphnia
than I can use.
To prevent overpopulation I harvest and freeze the excess.
I feed about a
half teaspoon of a mixture of yeast and soy flour, dissolved
in water, about
5 days a week, when the water gets relatively clear. I
don't aerate.
Good luck!