DantezGirl Posted February 10, 2008 Report Share Posted February 10, 2008 hey have two axolotls one wild type one leusistic and they had eggs any way is any one selling daphnia or bloodworms live ones thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DantezGirl Posted February 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2008 will swap some eggs for live daphnia or bloodworms or prepared to pay for them any price really but be realistic thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DantezGirl Posted February 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 thanks for helping me out with the daphnia really appreceiate it will post pics of hatchlings if and when they hatch woohoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DantezGirl Posted February 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 thanks blueandkim for the daphnia if any1 has a few more message me thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DantezGirl Posted February 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2008 hi all does any one have any daphnia for sale am runnig out pretty fast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaNs Posted February 25, 2008 Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 Chuck a banana skin in a bucket and leave it for a few days Think thats how its done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faran Posted February 25, 2008 Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 Banana skins aren't the best way to generate bacteria and algae. Either way, that's good advice for feeding a culture but not for starting one unless you have a couple months for them to magically appear (which they do!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpidersWeb Posted February 25, 2008 Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 What I did was get a rubbish bin (yano the big round bins most people keep outside), filled it with water outside, any leftover lettuce went straight in to it, gradually I had to feed it more and more to keep the water green (was quite impressive how good daphnia are at filteration!!!!). Was taking solid netfulls out daily, but the more daphnia I wanted the more rotten lettuce I had to chuck in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DantezGirl Posted February 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 What I did was get a rubbish bin (yano the big round bins most people keep outside), filled it with water outside, any leftover lettuce went straight in to it, gradually I had to feed it more and more to keep the water green (was quite impressive how good daphnia are at filteration!!!!). Was taking solid netfulls out daily, but the more daphnia I wanted the more rotten lettuce I had to chuck in. cool thanks for that tip can i add anything else or just lettuce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlid7 Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 What I did was get a rubbish bin (yano the big round bins most people keep outside), filled it with water outside, any leftover lettuce went straight in to it, gradually I had to feed it more and more to keep the water green (was quite impressive how good daphnia are at filteration!!!!). Was taking solid netfulls out daily, but the more daphnia I wanted the more rotten lettuce I had to chuck in. do you put a lid on it or not is it best in direct sunlight or shade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DantezGirl Posted February 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 im guessing needs sunlight not to much as will get to hot and the lid should be off to catch any bugs ect that will feed them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faran Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 Actually, the best food for daphnia is animal droppings, particulary chicken cow or horse (but be careful with horse poo as it carries TB or something). I use milk as it goes off quickly and creates a nice bacterial bloom which creates a population explosion a day or two later, but there's a really great article from caudata on feeding, if you want to have a quick read - http://www.caudata.org/daphnia/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DantezGirl Posted February 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 i forgot about feeding them milk B&K maybe thats why they weren't produceing much i have gone out and added a cap full of milk to the bathtub will see if i can get the last lot to produce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faran Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 You'll have another culture arriving in a couple hours anyways Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 OHHHHH BlueandKim...daphnia are gross looking...ewwwwwwwww. Will read later,once I can get past the pic :lol: :lol: Caper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DantezGirl Posted February 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 does any one know the name of the fish blueandkim has as there avi? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 L046 zebra pleco They are in NZ and there are rumours of them being bred, I have seen them sell for $1000+ on tradme, they used to be one of those mildly expensive pleco's in your LFS $100-200ea but they were overfishing them in their native lands and all exports etc got canned so now they're pretty rare and sought after internationally.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DantezGirl Posted February 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 are they fresh water they look pretty im going to see if i can find one lol just for fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 Yes they're freshwater, from what I can tell if you can find one you'll be last on a huge list of people unless you get lucky.. Have also heard that although they're a very nice looking fish they do tend to hide alot so your lucky to see them.. Have a look here http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/l046-vt24492.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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