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2 Liter Russian red culture + bag of daph.

Item #1379824216

Current Auction Time: Thu May 16 23:58:04 2024

		Final:	$13.00		First Bid	$12.00
		Time left	00:00		# of Bids	1 (bid history)
		Started	Sep 20 2013 - 11:30:17 PM		Location	Veneta OR 97487 United States
		Ended	Sep 21 2013 - 11:30:16 PM Auction Closed
		Seller	Fishyy (199/203)
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		High Bidder	Aquafinatic (79/79)
		Payment	Money Orders/Cashiers Check, See Item Description, PayPal
		Shipping	Will Ship to United States Only Buyer Pays Fixed Amount, See Item Description

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Description

I�ve cultured a number of daphnia strains, and this strain is the easiest strain to culture. I just had a moina culture and had difficulties�and I�m good at culturing. I�ve had this magna strain for years and never had a culture crash, culture them both indoors and outdoors, cultured them at various temperatures, feed them different foods, etc. If you get one daphnia culture get this one � trust me.


Auction is for Daphnia magna(Russian Red�s) established in a two liter bottle, an extra bag of daphnia to help fill the box, and a jar of baby food. Shipping is $15 for a medium USPS priority box.


Culturing daphnia is very easy but getting a culture started gives some people trouble. This two liter gives you a continual source of daphnia to establish a new culture. I also include an additional bag with hundreds of more daphnia to immediately play with.


Guarantee
Live delivery is guaranteed. Shipping not included in guarantee.


TWO LITER CULTURING
Whatever you read on the internet about daphnia being difficult is silly. Cultures are only gravel, a piece of plant, and snails. I feed them baby food. People that say they are difficult didn�t follow one of the below rules.

Tap Water:
Don�t use tap water. This is the critical factor to success. Use only water from an existing healthy fish tank that hasn�t had a recent water change, and water coming from a planted tank is even better. Daphnia are very sensitive to additives in tap water. Don�t use nasty aquarium water or water that has been treated with any chemical�only good aged water from a healthy aquarium.

Air:
I don�t aerate my cultures. If you do use an airstone or sponge filter placed near the waters surface with only a faint trickle of bubbles.

Feeding:
Be careful not to overfeed your culture as this fouls the water. This isn�t as important for a large culture because they can recover quicker, but for this two liter culture only a tiny drop of baby food every week is plenty. As long as you have a light on this two liter culture there is little need to feed it.

Population:
Don�t let your daphnia population explode by harvesting heavily from the adults. I use a fish net with larger holes which catches the adults and allows the young to slip through the net. Harvesting the adults heavily doesn�t affect the yield as they start having offspring in days.


When you get your two liter culture:

1)Add the gravel that�s included. It�s not shipped in the bottle so it doesn�t damage the daphnia during shipment.

2)Place it somewhere that�s room temperature. A culture temperature in the 60's is good.

3)Place it somewhere where it gets a nice amount of diffused sunlight. A screw in florescent light on it also works great.

4)Aeration isn�t needed. If scum builds up on the surface dip an unbleached paper-towling in it to absorb it off the surface. If you choose to add an airstone place it at the surface with only a trickle of air coming out.

5)If you keep the culture well lit you don't need to feed it unless you want higher yields. If you do add only a very tiny drop once per week.


Once you have the �feel� of culturing daphnia this stuff is simple. If you are good with water stability culturing daphnia is very easy.

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Bid History:

Bidders		Bid Time		Bid		Comments
Aquafinatic (79/79)		Sep 20 2013 - 11:33:53 PM		$13.00

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