daphnia

[electric eel]

here is something that i thought might interest anyone out there that keep daphnia.i have a 300gallon water tank that i keep about half full of water full of daphnia.in the past i've fed green water(as i was able to produce it) and babyfood(sweet potatoes diluted in water)it worked pretty well.about 2 weeks ago i took some fish to sell to a lfs that i have dealt with for a few years.i took the owners nephew a culture of daphnia and the owner asked me what i fed my culture.he(he's been keeping and breeding fish for over 40 years) asked if i'd ever tried yeast.i've been feeding them yeast ever since and i have never harvested this much daphnia since i've been keeping them.not even close.i've got a real fine gauge net and i've been able to get enough really small ones to feed my fry every day.i strain the ones i collect with the small gauge net thru a regular aquarium net and put the big ones back in the culture(or feed them to my adult apistos)

 

[Pelvicachromis]

How much yeast? And how often?

Just grocery store yeast?

Thanks
Keith

 

[electric eel]

i've been using plain dry activated grocery store yeast.i reactivate according to the directions on the package(with aquarium water) and have been doing a half to a whole pack every other day(keep in mind this is to 150gallons of water)they must grow pretty quickly cause i went out to collect some after i posted this and got a lot of like half grown ones and a few little teeny ones but i did'nt feed them today.when i feed them the yeast the whole top of the tank has been covered lately and its easier to collect them.i took some fish down there yesterday and the guy told me that they used to use brewers yeast but the baking yeast seems to work pretty good.i'd like to try moina again and try the yeast.the ones i have now are daphnia magna.