Please who has cultured a daphnia before... I really need help on how to go about it. Thanks

You need to get starting culture from the wild. Put them in your daphnia tank and then provide plenty of algae and oxygen. I was not very successful but hopefully someone with greater level of success will come and shed more light without asking us to come and buy manual

frisky2good:
You need to get starting culture from the wild. Put them in your daphnia tank and then provide plenty of algae and oxygen. I was not very successful but hopefully someone with greater level of success will come and shed more light without asking us to come and buy manual

Thanks so much ...I have tried to get from a dam close to me but not much success.please which other areas can I get?

Gutters and drains with lots of algae. The problem is you can get today and not get tomorrow. A lot of things feed on them. Have you tried artemia? Not as good as live feed but you can get that without much stress.

nazzyglad:

Thanks so much ...I have tried to get from a dam close to me but not much success.please which other areas can I get?

OK...Will check gutters around me. I actually want to use them for bioassay and not for fish feed
[quote author=frisky2good post=55258150]Gutters and drains with lots of algae. The problem is you can get today and not get tomorrow. A lot of things feed on them. Have you tried artemia? Not as good as live feed but you can get that without much stress.

Am still open to new suggestions. Thanks

you can get them in dirty stagnant water, Espicially gutters and ponds.

4rin:
you can get them in dirty stagnant water, Espicially gutters and ponds.

Thanks

Have you made further progress in your quest to culture Diaphnia?

I'll be glad to learn from you.