fins Posted October 1, 2004 Report Share Posted October 1, 2004 hey What is it? What is it used for? How do you set up a culture? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted October 1, 2004 Report Share Posted October 1, 2004 Green water is full of microscopic critters fry feed on, and daphnia. Most people ask how to get rid of green water, not start it! :lol: I collect mine from swimming pools (that have sat over winter with no chemicals added) or stock troughs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke* Posted October 1, 2004 Report Share Posted October 1, 2004 That's an excellent idea Caryl, never thought about that. I've got a bucket outside full of mosquito larvae and that's also totally green, which I assume is greenwater, it's really old but I think I'll harvest some into a couple of jars and leave them in the sun. I've read you need the water in an area where it will get most sun. Pegasus has got some info on infusoria/green water here: http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/grumpygr/ (under all about live foods, infusoria) This site is also useful: http://www.tropical-fish.net/fish_food.htm#Infusoria about getting it started. They don't seem to differentiate between infusoria and greenwater though, from what I can gather the infusoria is microscopic organisms and the green water is just algae water, but you can't have one without the other??? Hope this helps Now where can I find a disused pool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted October 1, 2004 Report Share Posted October 1, 2004 That is my understanding too Luke. Green water hosts the microscopic infusoria and, as anyone with a fishpond can tell you, full sun turns it green very quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke* Posted October 1, 2004 Report Share Posted October 1, 2004 I just gathered two jars from my stagnant water that hosts my mosquito larvae, it is SO green! It's awesome, got it sitting in some niiice full sun now Going to breed my rummies tonight hopefully so now they will have some nice greenwater to get them started on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted October 1, 2004 Report Share Posted October 1, 2004 If you threw a few daphnia into that green jar it would turn clear overnight and be full of fat and happy daphnia! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke* Posted October 2, 2004 Report Share Posted October 2, 2004 Do they reproduce really fast? There's a few I notice flitting around in some of my tanks that I could siphon out. If they eat the food that fast, I think my greenwater demand would quickly outweigh my supply! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted October 2, 2004 Report Share Posted October 2, 2004 The more food they have the faster they reproduce. Keep them under control by feeding them to the fish. You can also use dried yeast or blood to feed the daphnia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fins Posted October 2, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2004 blood. I have plenty of that. The problem is extracting it from my body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted October 2, 2004 Report Share Posted October 2, 2004 Add a splash of milk to water, leave it in the sun, hey presto, green-water. Alan 104 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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