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The Water flea or Daphnia
is a very good live food for fish. it can be collected throughout the year.however in the winter months there will be a short of supply.
I find the best time to collect it is from march to September.

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This is one of the places where I collect daphnia. by the end of June this pool of water will dry up

all you need to collect Daphnia is a fine mesh net and a bucket.

In the summer months when there are plenty of Daphnia I freeze some of it and feed to fish when in short of supply.
 
is that the same stuff you find in like a water butt? i have a neighbor who has several ponds and water butts, from spring to summer there are these little things moving about, like larvae?

mark
 
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i colect from duck ponds and fish phonds or any where thers daphnia.
i dont recommend you to get them from fish ponds i have been colleten daphnia meny years
with no problems apart from a odd bug beetle worm
 
other live foods that can be collected with daphnia
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cyclops

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glass worms
 
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grindal worms/ these are half the size of white worms

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earthworms can be chopped up in to small pieces

all these foods are easy to culture.
 
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