Tips to grow green water for daphnia

[WillskE]

so i brought some Daphnia from trademe but so far i only been feeding them yeast which i find annoying, i have got buckets and bottles outside in the sun but it doesn't go green like the ones i see online am i missing something or its just too cold?

[si_sphinx]

You could put some lettuce in or lawn clippings.

[Squirt]

I find lettuce works well or any green rotten vege... It smells though :thup:

[WillskE]

if i dont got rotten ones just fresh ones will do?

[si_sphinx]

The closer to off the quicker it will break down

[WillskE]

ahh i see okay thanks il give it a try,is there a way to rot lettuce quickly? tbh how do you rot a lettuce

[Squirt]

Maybe leave it in the sun on a hot day?

[#!CrunchBang]

Maybe leave it in the sun on a hot day?

And blanch it?

[WillskE]

in water or just let it dry lol? my head is not working right now.. cant seem to think logically >

[Squirt]

Either or, if not in water put it in a sealed container, if in water boil the water(and while hot pour it in and seal it :thup:

[WillskE]

okay thanks for all the advices you guys are awesome :thup:

[Bilbo]

A drop of milk in your bucket or a few drops of miracle grow liquid fert will give you green water so will one of 2 drops of ammonia.

Or buy a goldfish and put it in a tank outside.

[chopper]

When you clean your tanks pour the water (especially the mulm from bottom of tanks) into the outside buckets. The Goldfish excrement present will make it bloom , initially having it in direct sun helps too but it can be moved into shade later after it has seeded (if the nutrient levels in water are up kept). Once you have established an initial amount of green water you can use small amounts of it to seed other containers.Having snails in the bucket helps as they excrete lots of waste (feed them high protein fish food to make better blooms). I have green water in the shade and during winter and I live in blenheim, it really depends on how much nutrients etc in water .

[acara]

If you've got the space,get a cheap blow up paddling pool,and grow them on in there,they're very prolific.

[Devon]

Green up some water in a bottle, transfer to a bucket, let that green up, then put that into the pond/container you have set up

We used tomato thrive, and 20/30litres(acouple of buckets) of green water to seed 1000Ls, was completly green in a week or two.

Got the initial algae sample from ponds locally, and picked out the greenist culture to seed the containers.

If you can use a heater, makes the whole process awhole lot faster!