Grammaris(scuds) and daphnia (water fleas) ...

[brewmaster15]

Anyone culturing these here?

Al

[For100]

Re: Grammaris(scuds) and daphnia (water fleas) ...

Hi Al,

I used to have a large culture of Daphnia in my greenhouse. super easy to maintain….. unfortunately, I lost all of them back in 2021 during texas electricity blackout.

Why do you ask? Are you looking for some?

Freddy

[LizStreithorst]

Re: Grammaris(scuds) and daphnia (water fleas) ...

I have never cultured them but I read up on them just now. I would only want them to feed Discus. Are scuds and daphnia large enough for Discus to eat? Are they worth the trouble for the amount of food you get? Al, you already have the duckweed for them so it sounds like you're already set up to be able to introduce scuds or daphnia.

[brewmaster15]

Re: Grammaris(scuds) and daphnia (water fleas) ...

Hi Al,

I used to have a large culture of Daphnia in my greenhouse. super easy to maintain….. unfortunately, I lost all of them back in 2021 during texas electricity blackout.

Why do you ask? Are you looking for some?

Freddy

Hi Freddy,
Yes looking for some.. theres a ton of people selling these on the web but just thought Id ask here and get a discussion going.

[brewmaster15]

Re: Grammaris(scuds) and daphnia (water fleas) ...

I have never cultured them but I read up on them just now. I would only want them to feed Discus. Are scuds and daphnia large enough for Discus to eat? Are they worth the trouble for the amount of food you get? Al, you already have the duckweed for them so it sounds like you're already set up to be able to introduce scuds or daphnia.

Scuds are Big enough .. roughly the size of Brine shrimp adults.

Daphnia are a great fry food.

I havent raised scuds yet but I have raised daphnia.

Al

[steve b]

I know this is old but after you have QT your fish and cleaned them are Daphnia safe? can you clean them so no nasties get into the tanks?
Is it worth trying to grow them?