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Re: raising daphnia
- To: Live Foods Digest <Live-Foods at actwin_com>
- Subject: Re: raising daphnia
- From: Wright Huntley <jwwiii at pacbell_net>
- Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 18:10:24 -0700
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> Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 11:38:36 EDT
> From: LeeH920226 at aol_com
> Subject: Re: raising daphnia
>
> Does anyone have any information on the ideal temperature range for raising
> daphnia - pulex, magna and Moina?
>
> Lee Harper
>
I'm not sure there is a single answer to that question, Lee.
From my reading and discussions with folks from different climates, The
optimum temp. may well be what your local Daphnia strain likes best.
I have done poorly with moina from Mach, in HI. IDK if I could not keep
them cool enough, but suspect that was true.
My best results have always seemed to be with locally-collected pulex or
magna (or ???). YMMV. I did terrible with FL-sourced bugs.
Wright
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