Daphnia

[ApistoNut]

can i make daphnia without colecting them or buying eggs etc. i was told if i have a litre bottle of planted tank water add lettuce leaf and algae wafer leave in sunlight for a few weeks this will grow the daphnia???

 

[roofer no1]

Hi im not sure about water fleas but if you fill a bowl or bucket with water in the garden it will fill with mosqito larve within a couple of days just net them and feed them straight to your fish i do this while the weathers warm they love it.

 

[ApistoNut]

ok thanks but i have no garden lol i need a cheap way to feed my baby double reds

 

[roofer no1]

Just put a dish of water on a window sill or balcony if you have one.

 

[ApistoNut]

ok il try it what am i looking for when theyre there?

 

[roofer no1]

you will know as soon as you look there will be loads of them in there they will be swimming about like tiny see though worms the longer you leave it the more you;ll have mabey you should ask some advice about what to feed them in new world cichlids someone might no more there.

 

[BigC]

Check my posts on algae and Daphnia in the killifish section
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[nurglespuss]

Hey there,

Daphnia won't just 'appear' out of thin air

If you have access to a pand, or very slow moving water way, then your idea of lettuce leaf/green matter and water in some sunlight will work fine (strain/fine seive some pond water, and add contents to your prepared aquarium). It still takes a bit of time for them to reproduce.

If your after diatoms/infusoria (tiny tiny foods) then the old potato cubes in a large glass jar filled with water on a window sill will also work.

If you need food desperately, I reccomend dried egg yolk (use sparingly, syphon up uneaten food after 10 mins) and tetra min tiny food.

Hope that helps!