Daphnia Hatching Kit! | Aquatic Live Food

An unboxing and review of the Daphnia Hatching Kit from Aquatic Live Food.

In this video I show how to hatch and raise Daphnia from eggs. I also show their development under a microscope and talk about their biology, anatomy and physiology.

► PICOCOSMOS WEBSITE / SHOP

► GET YOUR OWN SEA MONKEY KIT

► TANK ACCESSORIES / MICROSCOPES

► SOCIAL MEDIA

► CONTACT

► SUPPORT ME

► MUSIC (licensed from Epidemic Sound)
• Overthinking - Dylan Sitts
• Asparuhgus - Guustavv
• Imaginary Friends - Oomiee

► MUSIC (licensed from Chillhop)

Disclaimer - The importation of vernal pool cysts is prohibited in some countries. Please check your local customs policy before importing the eggs of various species.

FTC Legal Disclaimer - Some links found in the description box of my videos may be affiliate links, meaning I will make commission on sales you make through my link. This is at no extra cost to you to use my links/codes, it's just one more way to support me and my channel! :)

[goldentortoisebeetle]

I love people treating the very smallest creatures (often overlooked simply as food) given their proper due as pets. Would love to see more daphnia tanks in the future!

[Diloparker]

I like how honest this kit is.

No need to call them “Sea Monkeys!”, “Sea Dragons!”, or “Mermaids!”.

This kit just goes, “They’re just Daphnia! Oh you think they’re boring because they’re not magical anomalies? Well you shouldn’t have bought the kit dammit!”

[carrielankford]

This was very cool. I love seeing the other tiny aquatic animals that can be raised like this.

[KillerCaitie]

I love seeing the little flap flaps as they move, that's so cool!

[clownhartz]

Your channel has given me a new found love for these small creatures that are commonly used as fish food.. they are so wonderful and amazing :)

[OddLeah]

I became fascinated by lichens a couple years ago, and have spent many happy hours crawling through prairie grasses and riverbank thickets with a magnifying glass and pocket microscope. Look like I need to add splashing in the river and ponds to my rambles! There are so many weird little beasties to see!

[georgieann]

I'd absolutely love to see a video with more Daphnia.. Very interesting video!!! Thank you soo much

[johnnorker]

I have no objections to the Daphia kit being called "a freshwater version of Sea-Monkeys" but my fairy shrimp are deeply insulted! 🙂

[FaultBoyy]

would love to see some of the items in this kit in future sea monkey kits, especially the heat mat

[carrielange]

thank goodness! I learned to raise brine shrimp from you and my colony has been thriving for almost a year now. But my daphnia always crash. I'm looking forward to learning how to keep them alive from you! I have a physically disabled betta that is basically paralyzed and I have to hand feed him live brine to keep him healthy. I'd love to add live daphnia as well. thank you again so much for your great videos!

[MisterBones]

0:52
Regarding this being the world's first kit of its kind, I think the Japanese used to sell daphnia as their version of sea monkeys at some point. I've seen little sea monkey tanks filled with them in videogames before; a standout example being a Wario Ware game where it was a collectable toy item.

[RobHorror]

I love raising animals as pets when they aren't traditionally kept as lets. I have Fathead Minnows that I caught in the wild that are usually kept as feeder fish or bait. But I have them as pets.

[umbrellacorp.]

Wow, it's nice to see other types of creatures besides sea monkeys.
I would like to see more elaborate setups in your tanks for sea monkeys and daphnia.
I love this channel, it's so relaxing to watch. I totally Subscribed.
Keep up the good work. 😎👍💯

[Lillian]

Awww, Daphnia are so cute!! :3 Thanks for showing us these interesting lil creatures. :3

[eh.]

I'm so glad you can get these in NZ. I usually have to buy my daphnia live from a school science resource place and they often end up dead from shipping 😢 ordering eggs is a much safer and easier way.

[hattie]

Happy to see you trying out freshwater setups! I used to have a culture of cyclops copepods and bladder snails, their life stages were so much fun to watch. Maybe in the future I'll set up another tank and try out fairy and clam shrimp with daphnia ☺️

[hexbotnica]

I've recently been getting into more freshwater aquarium stuff with the intent to breed neocaridina shrimp. I stumbled upon your videos and I love them! I lumped daphnia in with scuds as beneficials that might be annoyances if I am trying to breed shrimp. Now I am finding that despite that, my love for neocaridinas actually translates into brine shrimp and other small crustaceans too. Thank you for sharing your passion and respect for these little guys :) it's actually changed how I see them.

[spyroserepisos]

Great video! Very throughly explained and could understand how to grow… thanks

[miashadows]

I have seed shrimp and cyclops in my cherry shrimp tank, and I love watching them almost as much as the shrimp! Scuds are also very fun to watch, you should try them!

[nightwl]

I'm definitely curious to know more about the freshwater castle tank you've got going. It looks to be an interesting little set-up.