He doesn't want to eat daphnia

[Salty&Onion]

I gave him some fluval bug bites and later he got a bit bloated so I thouhgt I'll give him some dapnia. I gave him, he spit it out and didn't want to eat it
Is there any way I could feed him daphnia?

 

[Colin_T]

live daphnia

most fish take time to get use to a new food. Keep offering him a few little bits each day and see how he goes. Remove uneaten food.

fish take frozen brineshrimp and bloodworms more readily than frozen daphnia, but all fish go after live daphnia if you can culture some at home.

 

[Salty&Onion]

Cool. How do I culture daphnia?

 

[PheonixKingZ]

If he is bloated, it just meant he ate to much. Just reduce feeding and give him a cutup pea.

 

[Salty&Onion]

I only have tinned peas in water I don't think it would be good for him.

 

[Colin_T]

Cool. How do I culture daphnia?

The following link has information on culturing green water and infusoria, Daphnia will eat both. Make a culture and get some live daphnia from a pet shop or collect some from a freshwater lake or pond. You might be able to find dormant eggs too and these all get put into the green water or infusoria culture and left to grow.

When there are lots of Daphnia, transfer some of the baby daphnia into a new container of green water and let them grow. When the second culture has lots of Daphnia, start scooping them out and put them in the fish tank.

If you have a power filter on the tank, put a sponge over the intake to reduce the number of Daphnia being sucked in.

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