Re: NANFA-- growing my own live food

Moontanman_at_aol.com
Sun, 16 Feb 2003 07:07:36 EST

In a message dated 2/15/03 11:33:36 PM Eastern Standard Time,
gkimber2_at_alltel.net writes:

> My rapidly aging eyes combined with my lack of
> microscope make it difficult for me to get a close up view. Could they be
> daphnia?

yup could be

If so, what do I need to do to get them to multiply?

feed em green water

I have been
> feeding some of the aforementioned green water. Is this a good idea?

best thing for em!

Any other thoughts? I hope to use them (whatever they are) to feed any baby
> fish I am fortunate enough to raise this spring.

Keep your green water separate from your daphnia, and try to get another tank
to turn green too. You can't have too much green water or too many daphnia!

> This is cool.

I always thought so too!
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