Culturing Daphnia

[ingo_1978]

I have a 20L tank fitted with an internal filter in which I am trying to breed apple snails. Would I be able to cultivate live Daphnia in there too or would they get sucked up by the filter?

 

[Waterloo Kid]

You'd probably end up loosing them in the filter. They go with the flow. I have a 2 gallon container full of them right here next to me as we speak.

WK

 

[Sean_Buckley]

What do you feed them? I'm planning on keeping them in a small pond this summer. I would assume they would feed on any algae blooms? I would feed them as much as possible, and collect and mosquito-egg rafts that ended up in the water, and then when winter started to come around, collect all the daphnia and freeze them. Sorry to hijack your thread... )
Sean

 

[Sorrell]

They do best on green water, but algae is good too. If you're having problems you can feed them some yeast too. I keep a light on them at all times and I add dirty tank water to their container when I do water changes.

I think they would definately be sucked up by the filter...just get a rubbermaid tub and stick a light strip on top