Future Developments;
The future for me now is to obtain various species of Daphnia especially the smaller
varieties such as Moina (which I have just acquired) and Bosmina longirostris. To
try and maintain these in numbers as I have done with D. pulex. I am also currently
attempting to culture (long term) Branchinella thailandensis (Thai Fairy Shrimp)
utilising similar feeding methods.
Summary;
This has been a labour of love for me to try and get things right, confronted with
trials and failures along the way I persevered with the project until it's eventual completion. I can now culture Daphnia in substantial numbers, being able to feed my
fish 2-3 times per week and still maintain the colonies. I'm pleased with the results
to date, results which I thought were unobtainable at several points.
I hope you enjoyed this lengthy but informative article cataloguing my personal experiences with Daphnia aquaculture. I hope it invites some budding aquarists to give
this or similar ventures a go. If writing this article achieves that goal then I feel the
time afforded to this this piece of work will have been worth the effort.
All The Best
C
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