BEST Live Fish Food? Beginner guide: How to Culture Daphnia at home!

Published 2024-06-28
Daphnia (water fleas) is one of the best live foods you can get for your fish. Learn now to culture it at home at almost ZERO COST! They are easy to keep, cheap and healthy for your aquarium fish! Daphnia Magna can live in fresh water of your aquarium for hours making them bets live food for beginner fish keepers!

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All Comments (18)
  • @ubermausse306
    You can find daphnia in practically any natural body of water. I found mine in a puddle on an ATV trail, all you need to do is collect a water sample from that spot and most likely you'll see daphnia. Also, if your main tank has greenwater, use it for your daphnia culture when you do a water change, it's already perfectly established water and it'll feed them beautifully!
  • @h32022
    I thought culturing live foods was going to be complicated but this video was very straightforward and easy. Thanks!
  • @katakaze
    this was such an informative video, ive just spent the past 30 mins trying to find information about changing the water of daphnia tanks but very few places have that info, really happy you even elaborated on the molting :) speaks to your experience and thoroughness. subscribed! thank you for sharing!
  • @angelaf8597
    Thank you! I think I will try this :D šŸ¤©
  • @Saxonwomen
    Brilliant video thank you, I have 4 tanks & feed mostly live food of all types it costs me a fortune every week I was thinking about breeding my own I have some Dafnia & also fresh yeast going to do a jar today šŸ˜Š thanks for the tips
  • @C-tip
    Nice šŸ‘šŸ»
  • @miashadows
    I have white worms, scud, snails, and daphnia for my pea puffers! But my daphnia just arent producing much, I think maybe a restart would be good. Thanks!
  • When you say you should rinse the water that the daphnia are in before giving them to fish, what do you mean? I understand that you want to avoid putting yeast in your tank, Iā€™m just not sure how you avoid it. Thanks!
  • @Luncher100
    What happens if you put daphnia in a shrimp (neocaridina) only tank. Do the shrimp manage to catch them? I know the shrimp swim sometimes, but most of the time they graze and eat stuff that doesn't move.
  • @SkyfishArt
    All my wild daphnia are dying. maybe it is too hot.
  • @AK1248
    Water changes aren't really required.. specially every 2 days..