Culturing Daphnia-Tuesday Tip

It's amazing how many different approaches you can take to culturing daphnia. This is fairly close to what I do but I like to mix things up and add some colorful vegetable matter to my yeast solution and let it sit out for a while so the yeast has a chance to absorb it. This helps provide a more balanced nutrient profile and can also help color your fish. This way you can indirectly feed things like beets to your fish. If you actually put beets in your aquarium it would turn the water color but the daphnea just eat the colored water and turn color a bit, which is pretty cool.

I watched like six of these in the last hour and this is the best one very educational well spoken clear and well understood I'm subscribing

I dropped a few Moina into a planted fishbowl that had a persistent green water problem for months that I couldn't get rid of even with 200% water changes and blackouts. After only four days, the bowl was teaming with them and the water was crystal clear. I couldn't believe my eyes! I put one of my female Endler's livebearers who wasn't eating very well after her last batch of fry into the bowl, and she's been gobbling them up very happily.

Love it! Thank you for the needed detail. Have been culturing brine shrimp and this seems far much easier!

Thanks for the video. I think I enjoy these videos so much because I have been around a few keepers that will tell you what to do but not how to do it. thank you for connecting the dots... or daphnia. HA!

If you look at them really close, they really look so cute that I changed my mind and keep them as pets now.

I am so grateful for you and all your knowledge you share with us

Thanks Rachel. The explanation you gave about preparing the yeast was extremely helpful to me. I am going to try to culture daphnia again.

Look forwards to tuesdays,great channel,Thx Rachel!

I just ordered my first culture and came across this tutorial. Very informative. I will be making a similar video on how a newbie to Daphnia succeeds or opposite! Thanks for the easy to follow methods.

Awesome! Thank you for the video Rachel

Great to see another fish keeper into the tiny fish species.. the smaller they are, the better I like them. Also excellent info on daphnia culture, which is not difficult but also not bomb proof either. I'm a huge fan of live food for fish, as many different ones as I can find and culture in a small apartment. Nicely done !

One of the most, if not the most, informative and clear explanation on Daphnia! Thanks... Im gonna try my hand at some Daphnia culture tomorrow! Thank you!

Awesome! Thank you for this video. Much appreciated!!

Perfect video. I was really hoping to see the tank close up. I almost thought you never will :).. Loved how the water became cloudy. Looked like a special effect.

Great video. Love the shirt, Joey would be proud!

great video awesome valuable information made simple thanks a bunch i needed it got my first culture coming in this weekend

Thank you so much Rachel. I am looking to catch some wiled Daphnia in the summer when the ice melts.

amazing I was considering doing a culture I've seen so many people doing it but didn’t know where to start i do have and use freeze dried Daphnia to feed my livebearers exceptional video very helpful I'm less fearful in trying it

Thanks so much for the tips...setting up tank with your help!