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DAPHNIA(Russian red) & DERO(MICROFEX) Cocultured

Item #1558564832

Current Auction Time: Fri Apr 19 21:51:47 2024

		Final:	$20.00		First Bid	$20.00
		Time left	00:00		# of Bids	1 (bid history)
		Started	May 8 2019 - 05:40:32 PM		Location	Veneta OR 87982 United States
		Ended	May 22 2019 - 05:40:32 PM Auction Closed
		Seller	Food (354/358)
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		High Bidder	Altair26 (433/437)
		Payment	Money Orders/Cashiers Check, See Item Description, PayPal
		Shipping	Will Ship to United States Only Buyer Pays Fixed Amount, See Item Description

Seller assumes all responsibility for listing this item. You should contact the seller to resolve any questions before bidding. Currency is U.S. dollars (US$) unless otherwise noted.

Description

PAYMENT:
$20(culture) + $8(USPS priority shipping) = $28
Make payment with Paypal at: ryanthehut@gmail.com
Please don't request an invoice unless necessary.
Starters of microworms and/or vinegar eels can be included with this auction, but you must inform me which you want as they aren't automatically included. Your Paypal 'Notes' is a convenient place to tell me. If you forget to let me know I don't send a replacement.


These are cocultured daphnia & dero(microfex). Daphnia, being a filter feeder, benefit from a culture partner that enjoys consuming decaying organic matter, such as snails, scuds, or dero. Most people that culture daphnia keep a coculture. Those organisms benefit the daphnia by breaking down organic matter unavailable to the daphnia, and turning that into bacteria rich waste(poop)- which aids in feeding your daphnia. They also help keep a daphnia culture much cleaner/more uniform.

What is a dero worm? It's related to the tubifex worm. It's about the thickness of hair and the length of a grindal worm. They will feed fish up to the size of a betta. Many people unknowingly have them in aquariums as they like to hitch rides on plants. In an aquarium they can survive in the substrate and are beneficial to the tank.


CULTURE:
50+ Russian red daphnia & 30+ dero, from an indoor(unheated garage), unheated culture kept under fluorescent lighting. My cultures are free of all predatory organisms visible to the naked eye - no copepods, hydra, etc. The daphnia are a large strain the size of a small pea I culture both indoors & out.

FYI: Image is a culture similar to the one I take your culture from.

How do you coculture?I don't do anything special. Having dero in a culture is like having snails in the culture. They forage around for virtually any organic matter without any intervention from us. If you want to add something to feed your dero, quality fish food is good, dead fish, flies, etc.

To harvest dero vacuum them off the sides of the glass. You can also quickly remove a piece of driftwood, and dip that into a glass of water to knock off the dero.



GUARANTEE:
If DOA I will send a replacement at no cost. Please don't file any claim as that usually adds additional steps for us both; just let me know and I will send another.

FYI: During shipping, distance isn't a risk factor, neither is temperature, what will kill the culture is sunlight. It's critical the box not be left in your mailbox or sitting at your door. Have somebody home that is prepared to greet your mail carrier. I will send a tracking number so you know when to expect it.



What do you do after receiving the culture?

I ship a large quantity of water, 2 liters. I also feed that prior to shipment. If you remove most of the daphnia, while conserving most of the water, you can keep that as a small backup. Simply conserve most the culture water I send, keep a few daphnia in it, place that under a fluorescent light, and it will be a small & productive culture for you. There is no need to feed it for several weeks. Then, if your new cultures fail, you still have what I sent you to restart with.

When you receive my bottle gently pour it into a more suitable container. I like to use gallon milk jugs with the top cut off. Before pouring dislodge any dero clinging to the container edges by gently tapping it. Set a few small glasses aside with water from the bottle. Net the daphnia out and place them into the small glasses, with only a small amount of water, to be used for transitioning to your waiting tanks. When you net out the daphnia you will also be catching some of the dero. Any dero that escape can be picked out.

Add a dozen daphnia & dero to each of your waiting cultures.

Keep in mind its just as easy to culture in smaller containers as it is something larger. When starting a new daphnia culture it's best to start several small cultures, each using different water, as one of them is likely to take - and your culturing adventures to start.

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Bid History:

Bidders		Bid Time		Bid		Comments
Altair26 (433/437)		May 10 2019 - 02:01:52 PM		$20.00

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