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Re: Daphnia die-offs
- To: live-foods at actwin_com
- Subject: Re: Daphnia die-offs
- From: "David W. Webb" <dwebb at ti_com>
- Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 11:02:25 -0600
- Conversation-Id: <199804161512.LAA23324 at acme_actwin.com>
- In-Reply-To: <199804161512.LAA23324 at acme_actwin.com>
Non-member submission from ["Leng Yee" <lengyee at cheerful_com>]
> Original text:
> From: "Leng Yee" <lengyee at cheerful_com>
> To: <Live-Foods at actwin_com>
> Subject: Re: Daphnia die-offs
> Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 17:59:41 +0800
>
> Hi!
>
> I've just started a daphnia culture 2 days ago using live daphnia that
I've
> purchased at a LFS. I'm feeding them wheat flour and so far it seems
that
> some
> are surviving and congregating at the surface. However, I can't really
tell
> if
> they're multiplying. Also, there're patches of dead daphnias settling on
the
> bottom of the container, which I presumed were already so when I brought
the
> daphnia from the LFS. Do I siphon the dead ones out or should I leave
them?
> Also, is it normal to expect the daphnia to continually die off and
settle
> at
> the bottom?
>
> TIA,
> Leng Yee
>
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