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Re: Daphnia die-offs



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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