Joe Posted June 22, 2012 Report Share Posted June 22, 2012 Hey guys, I really want to get some live food cultures set up for my Green Neons because I would love to breed them successfully. I would like to see photos of people's live food set ups and hear about your experiences with different types of live foods and how you culture them. I am looking at getting microworms and whiteworms, and I have a blackworm culture running which is extremely prolific. But I need some smaller stuff too for when the fry have used their yolk sac and are just starting to eat. I want to try and keep it as simple and as cheap as possible too because I have limited funds at the moment. Thanks, Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted June 22, 2012 Report Share Posted June 22, 2012 Neon fry will go straight on to San Francisco brine shrimp nupllii which can be imported as eggs or buy the NZ stuff. It is a lot fussier to hatch and is the smallest variety but the best food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caserole Posted June 26, 2012 Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 Actually Alan :slfg: it is more accurate to to say newly hatched Artemia franciscana The San Francisco strain is a smaller sub-species of Artemia franciscana which is not necessary and more finicky to hatch. The strain at Lake grass maria ( spelling?? ) is most closely related genetically too is the San Francisco sub species and is very uniform in size making it very special for size sensitive aquaculture, however it is also a pain to hatch as you mentioned. Artemia Salina is also imported from time to time and it's nymph are to large for "free swim neon fry". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted June 26, 2012 Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 We have a breeder down here that is getting it from the states but I don't know where from. I thought the NZ stuff would be easier to get but I haven't seen that around for a while either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeebee Posted June 26, 2012 Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 Do customs not care about us bringing living organisms into the country, without a quarantine facility? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted June 26, 2012 Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 It is legal to import Artemia cysts in cans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamBro Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 I got a coloney of white worms going. Easy as, cost 20 odd bucks to buy a small punnet of them and now I have a few ice cream containers full now. Only thing was trying to get my fish to eat them wen I drop them in :facepalm: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 I got a coloney of white worms going. Easy as, cost 20 odd bucks to buy a small punnet of them and now I have a few ice cream containers full now. Only thing was trying to get my fish to eat them wen I drop them in :facepalm: your fish didn't like them???? I have to be careful of my fingers if whiteworms are on the menu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamBro Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 your fish didn't like them???? I have to be careful of my fingers if whiteworms are on the menu My jags just sit there and watch them fall to the bottom. Fussy much :dunno: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caserole Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 Maybe you need to use a larger worm . Years ago I had an Adult breeding pair of Jack Dep's, they would take a good 5 minutes to eat a large worm, suck it in spit it out and so on but each time they spat it out it was a little bit smaller until :happy2: Happy fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godly3vil Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 Still no pictures? I'd post a pic of mine but all it is is a 2ltr Ice cream container with some smelly porridge in it, not very fascinating lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeebee Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 Still no pictures? I'd post a pic of mine but all it is is a 2ltr Ice cream container with some smelly porridge in it, not very fascinating lol. :thup: :sml1: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 Will try to take some shots tomorrow. But for starters I have a small pond just down the road which has a few cyclops in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted June 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 Wow you're lucky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 just one or 2 im surprised it hasn't got mosquito fish in it yet just about every place in tga has them now (dunno how they get to some of the places though) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 I see your cyclops pond and raise you my brine shrimp pond... :slfg: There is not much to see in photos of live food cultures Joe. Usually, as said, just an ice cream container or similar covered in porridge, cat food etc :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 That is awesome Caryl. I have heard about that place but never got to visit it. By comparison these are a bit small but here you go Grindal worms White Worms Daphnia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted July 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 Awesome! I used to have tonnes of daphnia the blackworm tank when I had a light over it, because the light created green water. But for some reason the worms didn't do as well so I removed the light and the daphnia population went down. I might have to consider setting up a seperate tank for the daphnia but I'm not sure whether I'll have the room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollenfrost Posted July 4, 2012 Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 Cheap, small and perfect for neons would be infusoria. Just put 'infusoria for fry food' or something similar into google and it should bring up heaps of info but basically all you do is put a piece of lettuce in a jar of water, put it on a sunny window sill and wait. The water will go cloudy and thats the infusoria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted July 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 Awesome! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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