Where does one get this from?

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

If you are up in Auckland some time soon I have enough to give you a started culture atm.

Kind offer thanks oeminx - I will keep that in mind next time I head up to the big smoke!

i have some here as well

are you setup to keep a supply going?

No, sorry not set up but can be - wot do I need?

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.

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

OK - I will get that organised today - how long will the water need to age then?

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

Do you guys gut load your daphnia before feeding it out?

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

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.

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

i have bought spirulina powder in the health shop in the past

Yes, like livingart, from the health shop in powder form. You can feed them with spirulinar and yeast.

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?

we use it in our bird handrearing formula, interestingly Spirulina comes from 2 species of cyanobacteria

i have 3 lots going in 30l comtainers in partial shade

i heat 1 during the winter

One of our club members gut loads with dried blood - then feeds them to her goldfish fry.

how does one get daphnia again?

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.

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

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

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 :-?