Hey, AC!
Purchased some daphnia moina as of late, and I want to start getting them going to large amounts so I could feed them my fish. I heard that they are very hardy and less sensitive, which is why I really decided on them over the pulex and magna species. So on with the title questions.. what are effective ways of changing their water without accidentally sucking them out?? I tried siphoning their water but they always get sucked in! What I done is I place a net resting above a bucket to filter and collect them on the net to put them back in, but still, small ones fall through somehow and into a bucket where I collect the old daphnia water. It's really frustrating. Is there any really good method out there to make sure the moina adults and babies don't get through? Maybe I could modify the tubing somehow so they don't get sucked in? Any ideas and thoughts on this? What's your method of changing out their water and what do you think is the best way of preventing them from being sucked out of their own tank 100%? Also how do you harvest the moina without accidentally over-harvesting? How do you guys do it? I want to know the right way I have actually failed countless times with daphnia (mainly with species pulex and magna, unfortunately) But I want to go out with a bang with the moina species and make sure they will last me a long time and do well for me.
Any help would greatly be appreciated.
Thanks a bunch guys. You all have an awesome planted tank night.
-William
Purchased some daphnia moina as of late, and I want to start getting them going to large amounts so I could feed them my fish. I heard that they are very hardy and less sensitive, which is why I really decided on them over the pulex and magna species. So on with the title questions.. what are effective ways of changing their water without accidentally sucking them out?? I tried siphoning their water but they always get sucked in! What I done is I place a net resting above a bucket to filter and collect them on the net to put them back in, but still, small ones fall through somehow and into a bucket where I collect the old daphnia water. It's really frustrating. Is there any really good method out there to make sure the moina adults and babies don't get through? Maybe I could modify the tubing somehow so they don't get sucked in? Any ideas and thoughts on this? What's your method of changing out their water and what do you think is the best way of preventing them from being sucked out of their own tank 100%? Also how do you harvest the moina without accidentally over-harvesting? How do you guys do it? I want to know the right way I have actually failed countless times with daphnia (mainly with species pulex and magna, unfortunately) But I want to go out with a bang with the moina species and make sure they will last me a long time and do well for me.
Any help would greatly be appreciated.
Thanks a bunch guys. You all have an awesome planted tank night.
-William