I have found growing my own so extremely easy that I was wondering if the experience tropical keepers go in and buy every couple of weeks. My experiment was simple I severely doubted it would be successful myself. I bought a mixed bag of live food and fed the majority to my fish as per usual I then put the remaining stock in a 3 gallon bucket which was filled with water for a couple of weeks in the sun to produce green water. I now have thousands of bloodworms, mosquito larvae (less desirable but inevitable I use a pippette to remove the biggest ones so that fewer mature) and daphnia. I don't just mean a little like the internet accounts generally state there is a massive colony of daphnia which with one net stroke removes easily 300+ its like giving a whole bag of live food to my fish each time. I do nothing to aid it just leave it in the corner of the garden next to the waterbutt (I now use that as my backup culture just in case the primary one fails for whatever reason) and take a net swipe every 3 days.
I didn't want to try the other cultures you guys like because of reports that they get a bit whiffy after awhile and that they take active caring for even if it is only a porridge change every month or 2.
I didn't want to try the other cultures you guys like because of reports that they get a bit whiffy after awhile and that they take active caring for even if it is only a porridge change every month or 2.
