JazzyJeff Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 Where does one get this from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrie Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 wont be much around at this time of the year start again in about sept slows in the warmer jan period then through to about april Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oeminx Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 If you are up in Auckland some time soon I have enough to give you a started culture atm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazzyJeff Posted May 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 Kind offer thanks oeminx - I will keep that in mind next time I head up to the big smoke! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 i have some here as well are you setup to keep a supply going? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazzyJeff Posted May 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 No, sorry not set up but can be - wot do I need? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supasi Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 A container/bucket of aged water is all that needed. Feed them dissolved yeast or green water. I found mine in a farm trough.Pays to let the culture mature several times before harvesting for food supply in case of nasties. Had the culture for a year or so now, still going strong. I have three main plastic bins with several smaller green water making buckets. The fish love them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 what supasi said a warm fairly sunny sot is best for them i put a heater in to take the chill off the water in winter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazzyJeff Posted May 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 OK - I will get that organised today - how long will the water need to age then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supasi Posted May 7, 2009 Report Share Posted May 7, 2009 Next time you do a water cahnge, use the water you take from your tank. Add daphnia and feed lightly. Dont feed again until water clears. easy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted May 7, 2009 Report Share Posted May 7, 2009 Do you guys gut load your daphnia before feeding it out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navarre Posted May 7, 2009 Report Share Posted May 7, 2009 Occasionally before I harvets I throw in a handfull of fish flake. Not sure about gut loading but the Daphnia intesify in colour...a lot. Navarre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discusguru Posted May 8, 2009 Report Share Posted May 8, 2009 Best way to gut load them is by feeding them spirulinar powder dissolve in half a bucket of water first. That way you get live food and natural colour enhancer too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supasi Posted May 8, 2009 Report Share Posted May 8, 2009 Best way to gut load them is by feeding them spirulinar powder dissolve in half a bucket of water first. That way you get live food and natural colour enhancer too. Where do you get you spirilina powder from Ron? Ive never tried that before with spirilina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted May 8, 2009 Report Share Posted May 8, 2009 i have bought spirulina powder in the health shop in the past Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discusguru Posted May 8, 2009 Report Share Posted May 8, 2009 Yes, like livingart, from the health shop in powder form. You can feed them with spirulinar and yeast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqua j Posted May 8, 2009 Report Share Posted May 8, 2009 I've tried to keep a daphnia culture going a couple of times with no luck. I was wondering how sensitive to temperature fluctuations they are? I only had them in a 10L bucket outside which probably got quite hot in the sun at times, and quite cold at night. Although both times the culture died was during summer in Tauranga, so I don't think they got too cold. Would it be better to have them inside, or in a larger volume of water outside that didn't change temp so much or so quickly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted May 8, 2009 Report Share Posted May 8, 2009 we use it in our bird handrearing formula, interestingly Spirulina comes from 2 species of cyanobacteria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted May 8, 2009 Report Share Posted May 8, 2009 i have 3 lots going in 30l comtainers in partial shade i heat 1 during the winter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted May 8, 2009 Report Share Posted May 8, 2009 One of our club members gut loads with dried blood - then feeds them to her goldfish fry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alienara Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 how does one get daphnia again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 I just fill a container outside with water then leave it and wait. Others get some from people with an established colony. If you know someone with stock troughs, check 'em out. They are often full of daphnia, especially if they have been unused by stock for some time. Daphnia do not seem to travel well and I have always found they die very quickly when transported in a small lidded container. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 I just fill a container outside with water then leave it and wait. Others get some from people with an established colony. If you know someone with stock troughs, check 'em out. They are often full of daphnia, especially if they have been unused by stock for some time. Daphnia do not seem to travel well and I have always found they die very quickly when transported in a small lidded container. Caryl, are you SURE you get daphnia? Because they are a fully aquatic creature and i dont see how they would get from a river to a container at your house lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 I have posted pics of them in the past and nobody has ever said they weren't daphnia. They also look like other daphnia I have seen elsewhere. We live near a river, perhaps they can jump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 I have posted pics of them in the past and nobody has ever said they weren't daphnia. They also look like other daphnia I have seen elsewhere. We live near a river, perhaps they can jump Argh :lol: Thats just weird :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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