How To Make Infusoria?

Amberleaf · Dec 5, 2009

Yeah, so; I think I'm breeding my Bettas. :lol:

Well, anyways; I think that I *may* feed infusoria as a first food, unless, of course, that Betta guy at the fish club gets me a culture of microworms. ^^;

Well, anyways; how do you start it; I heard that you take a jar put water in it and leave a lettuce leaf or rabbit pellet in there to rot (I have hamster pellets; would those work okay, too?), wait a little while (I dunno how long), and hey presto, you have your culture.

Well, anyways; something like that. ^^; How long should I start the culture before the spawning; how long does it last; how do I feed it to the fish, like, just take a spoon and put some of the green water stuffs from the infusoria into the Betta tank? It'll be either a 5-gallon (most likely; I'll have to find alternate homes for the parents for a while, though), or a 10-gallon (hopefully, but I don't know if I can find that) tank. Any advice?

I'm researching like a nut. ^^; >8D

aly_starh · Dec 6, 2009

Yeah, so; I think I'm breeding my Bettas. :lol:

Well, anyways; I think that I *may* feed infusoria as a first food, unless, of course, that Betta guy at the fish club gets me a culture of microworms. ^^;

Well, anyways; how do you start it; I heard that you take a jar put water in it and leave a lettuce leaf or rabbit pellet in there to rot (I have hamster pellets; would those work okay, too?), wait a little while (I dunno how long), and hey presto, you have your culture.
I would not advice this method for a beginner, Buy an apple snail, there waste produces Infosuria, but put the snail in once the eggs have hatched. Infusoria can only be fed alone for around 3-4 days. So a culture is highly needed.

Well, anyways; something like that. ^^; How long should I start the culture before the spawning; how long does it last; how do I feed it to the fish, like, just take a spoon and put some of the green water stuffs from the infusoria into the Betta tank? It'll be either a 5-gallon (most likely; I'll have to find alternate homes for the parents for a while, though), or a 10-gallon (hopefully, but I don't know if I can find that) tank. Any advice?

I'm researching like a nut. ^^; >8D
Good your researching!

A culture needs to be started 2 weeks before you want to feed the fry it, it will last for a week and a half but whe it strats to smell it means you will need to start the culture again. Microworms can be fed, by taking them off the sides of the tub they are in and popping them into the tank.

You should also try Vinegar Eels, Baby brine Shrimp. :good:

lilacamy931 · Dec 6, 2009

You have been given good advice above, just be prepared for the large amount of fry, rehoming and separating them when old enough but also not to get discoruaged if the adults you have selected dont breed successful first time round as it is a learning curve for them sometimes as much as it is for you. Do research to the max as well as this is quite different from guppies :lol:

Amberleaf · Dec 6, 2009

Haha. My livebearers don't want to produce me any fry so i'm putting time into breeding bettas. Still hoping on that microworm culture, though. :lol:

lilacamy931 · Dec 6, 2009

Best of luck :good:

Amberleaf · Dec 6, 2009

Thanks. I may go bug theshadowinc about giving me a microworm culture. :lol:

LOL no not really I don't think. But, they DO live only a few hrs away from me.... XD ^^;

OldMan47 · Dec 6, 2009

I sent a sample of microworms to a Canadian member on another forum that took almost a week to arrive by mail. By the time they arrived they had spent considerable time in various post office buildings and who knows how much time on trucks. Mine also had to clear customs to get to her. By her story, the microworms arrived in good condition and now I see her selling to other forum members on that site. I had only sent a small spoon full of each kind of microworms so she would have had a bit of trouble the first week to get them going but they are still doing fine. If you are only 2 hours from somebody who has the worms you want, offer to pay the postage and ask them to just mail them. As long as they don't freeze in this weather, they will be fine. I shipped mine in weather that was running about 10C for the daily highs and had no serious losses.