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Yeah, I hope that happens. Cos I won't be home till friday, in camp la. Hence should the daphnia multiply, if I have fries before I come home, they'll at least have something to munch on.
Originally Posted by genes
Thought they will multiply in your tank?
Yeah, I hope that happens. Cos I won't be home till friday, in camp la. Hence should the daphnia multiply, if I have fries before I come home, they'll at least have something to munch on.
You think so? They probably end up as food before they are able to multiply.
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And you'll end up with stinking water and ammonia spike that kills all fishes in the tank.
I would recommend ADA AP1 gold. These are very powdery food and i have no problem feeding fries with that. Also, as a staple food, they are easy to ask your family members to feed.
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righto, thanks genes. where can i get the food from? any recommended LFS? Oh and recently, the female has been chasing the male away from her coconut cave. haha its funny to see the male who used to be the bully now get bullied. my other male has established dominance in my other tank but appears not to be accepting the female as a mate.
Last edited by MarcJoshua; 4th Jan 2010 at 13:37.
For ADA food you can try getting them at c328 or Biotope.
Nicholas
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Overfeeding or dumping in more Daphnia is not useful in smaller tanks. The Daphnia can stay alive in a tank but not in big concentrations.Throw in a few bags
They cannot easily multiply in a fish tank since the fish will eat everything. You cannot culture them easily either, so buying them regularly is the only way to go. Note, a 50 cent bag full of live Daphnia, is enough for most people.
@genes:
They are freshwater inverts which can stay alive in a tank indefinitely provided they have microscopic food to feed on (green water etc.), as compared to live BBS or adult BS that will die in freshwater in roughly 8 hours or so.
I never bothered to change the water in my brine shrimp container since the adults can live in there for close to a week as long as I remove all the dead ones.
ADA AP-1 is probably just APR or what the Americans call Artificial Plankton-Rotifer powder. It is good for fry though, since the tiny particles have some sort of attractant. I am still waiting for Cyclop-Eeze to re-appear since it is similar.
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Roger that bro. Always feed with a limit, only what they can normally finish.
Yup. Same applies with those commercially available fry food. I prefer pre-mixing the food in a container with some water, then using a dropper or turkey baster to suck up the food and just inject into the water in small amounts at a time.
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Haha... right... I always use a large syringe for frozen mysis/BW...
That works too. I find turkey baster/bulb syringe more easier to work with than those plunger-type syringe.
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I've had internal bacteria problems in apistos when I feed daphnia. Not sure whether it is the water that comes with daphnia but I dare not take the risk now.
chongyu
It is probably from the water. When feeding Daphnia, you should always sieve them, like how you would with BBS. Sieve them, then rinse under tap water, before feeding. It tends to remove most of the bugs.
The water they come with is fairly foul to begin with. This is because most of these Daphnia are cultured in duck ponds, where they feed off bacteria from duck droppings and algae in the ponds.
In any case, any type of food has their pros and cons. Even dried food can cause problems, if it was fouled by frequent exposure to the air.
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Cyclop eeze floats and not very suitable for the bottom dwelling apistos. I still have the powdery version as well as the flake versions. And they definately do not make the apistos any more redder or colorful too after prolonged feeding.
Eugene (^_^)
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They don't sink in the water column genes? I thought you could mix them in water to create a "slurry" of sorts before feeding.
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I used to have the freeze-dried version. It's really not easy to make it sink...
Guess they don't absorb water as fast as I expected. No new stock at C328 either, since aunty said the agent doesn't have stock anymore, so I can't try it.
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Guys, my female with the chewed off tail has recently regrown most of it and has turned bright yellow. She actually swims with the male in her tank now.
She is in breeding dress now. =)
Nicholas
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