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Re: Daphnia requirements
How do you vacuum a tank with daphnia, without getting eggs and/or daphnia?
> I do not use any plants like water sprite as they will take the nutrients
out
> of the
> water that the green things need to propagate and thrive. Usually put a
> snail in with
> them to keep the walls clean.. Vacuum the mulm off the bottom often, they
> like it clean
> in there, the little buggers.
also the following mail gave me a thought:
>I have (had?) the very same problem. After introducing a couple of snails
>into my 10 gal. tank to help my pleco, all six of my neon tetras died one
>by one with hollow stomaches and bent backs in a month. I have some
>platties and mollies and they seem to be fine. I am watching them for
>parasites but never seen any. Oh, my pleco died too. :-(
I do have a few snails in this daphnia tank. If I inadvently acquired them
from the tank with the worm-ridden rams, am I culturing a batch of
parasite-carrying daphnia?
:-\
Sylvia