How I Raise Daphnia (Water Fleas) And You Can Too

Daphnia (Water Fleas) are great live food for most fish, invertebrates & amphibians. Here's how I keep a steady supply in an easy to maintain, basic aquarium.

[elijahtommy]

Mans got a bigger tank for daphnia than I do for my fish XD

[RickMcQuay]

I've grown daphnia for years outside in a plastic tub. In my experience, surface area is more important than depth. I don't feed them or aerate the water. In the winter, sometimes the tub freezes over. They survive all of it. But I want to move to an indoor setup and found your video to be very helpful, thanks.

[toddnicholas]

You missed your calling! Should have been a high school science teacher ! Thanks for your time and efforts 🇺🇸🎣

[bubblerings]

Oh.. You said, " If it ain't broke, don't fix it..."
Don't switch to an Air Stone.. Perfect, already!
Your huge bubbles do not float the shells and kill the babies.
This is the way to do it! 😊😎

[Okapifun]

This has completely changed my game!!! I already have a mini green water scud tank established. But Then accidentally received some water flea eggs recently on some dried almond leaves... They quickly turned green!! Micro fauna is amazing to watch and these fleas are adorable.
Thank you for your video it helped me immensely.

[Kado]

I had no idea this guy was into aquatics iv seen you on tv for Watching with my dad.

[TerraMagnus]

From wherever you get food supplements, you can get spirulina powder and chlorella powder. Easy does it! A little bit goes a long way. But loading your daphnia with spirulina will bring out the colors in the fish who eat the daphnia.

[mr.octopus]

Thanks for all the info 👍

Cultured green water that is growt naturally is being eaten so fast you will never keep up.

Try powdered spirulina (you can buy that at your drug store) a very small quantity will turn your entire aquarium into green water in an instant.

They love it !
I switch between yeast and spirulina everytime I feed them but you absolutely can put both at the same time.

[muraliaj]

Excellent method, i will also try sir, i am from india, Thankyou so much, Sir.

[LouisGuagenti]

I’ve been trying to get a straight explanation on how to propagate daphnia and you just answered all my questions in this very well presented video! Thank you so much!

[ragingcalmness]

I like how this dude has that lamp on the right. Reminds me of how I nuked a 5.5gallon with 50W of light to jumpstart it in 3 days with GDA cover. I raise moina which is the smaller version, but I believe PH determines the amount of filtration you need through bacteria hiding from the light, and I also read a lot of "smart" people that state isolated cultures crashing over phosphate poisoning due to over accumulation, and his combination with plants and the green water, essentially took care of it. It's pretty well done man! I don't think micro bubbles are the way to go because they are problematic for smaller life forms with carapace. Hell I have even seen with my own eyes on multiple occasions a shrimp zooming around desperately trying to get rid of some micro bubble accumulation perfectly stuck under it, imagine daphnia lol

[ddtruthfinder]

I feed my daphnia culture mostly spirulina and a little bit of yeast mixed in, in my past experiences using yeast I noticed overtime my tank getting an oder. I also raise other live foods like scuds and isopods aswell which are even easier but they dont reproduce as fast as daphnia.

[abfmkarin]

I use two small sponge filters with middle flow bubbles.That works well without any problems.

[BlackCatTips]

You are a good teacher and you made me laugh too. Thanks!

[gyratingseacow]

Thanks for the info! I have watched several videos on daphnia and this one is great. Keep up the great work!

[bellaslullabies]

I appreciate your explanations and showing exactly what you're talking about for the food, pond water, etc. Thank you!

[daGamingKingdom]

1:45 Looks like some planaria in your tank as well along the glass.

[CraigsOverijse]

something I watched suggested small bubbles are less good for daphnia as they can damage them so keep your large bubbles

[stardust]

in asia we use rice bran. it works wonder. it's second best thing to thick green water. make sure u filter the rice bran with a fine net.

[rolandsalonga]

Love your channel. Learning alot from watching your new channel keep it coming. Music is perfect