>
> Bill Flowers:
>
> I noted from your post that you have keep a batch of wild daphnia for a
> while. Mine all disappeared. Now all I have are mosquito larva. They work
> well but I would like to keep a bucket of daphnia.
>
> The bucket is plastic from Office Mart; 20 in D, 16 in H, 20 gal. The
water
> is from the fiver and green. A white net is just visible at 6 in depth.
At
> the moment I don't add or remove any thing except the larva. I have Dr.
> Hoff's book and am wondering if I should be adding micro-algae or
> fertilizer.
>
> What can you tell me?
>
> Thanks for your time
>
I've never had any luck with daphnia in containers any smaller than 150
gallon kiddy swimming pools in my back yard. An active culture of dapnia seems to
depress mosquito larvae for some reason. I start out with a leaf of hay from a
hay bale, I weight it down in the middle of the pool add a little bit of
miracle grow and a small amount (gallon) of mushroom compost. I let it set until it
turns green and them add daphnia, about a tablespoon of them. In about two
weeks I can harvest all the daphnia I want.
Moon
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