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| MOINA - Outdoor bucket cultured.. |
| Item #1564827177 |
Current Auction Time: Thu Apr 18 09:59:30 2024
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Final: | $10.00 | First Bid | $10.00 | ||
| Time left | 00:00 | # of Bids | 1 (bid history) | |||
| Started | Jul 20 2019 - 05:12:57 AM | Location | Veneta OR 87982 United States | |||
| Ended | Aug 3 2019 - 05:12:57 AM Auction Closed |
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| Seller | Food (354/358)  |
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| High Bidder | Chrosomus (492/492) |
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| Payment | See Item Description, PayPal | |||||
| Shipping | Will Ship to United States Only Buyer Pays Fixed Amount, See Item Description | |||||
Seller assumes all responsibility for listing this item. You should contact the seller to resolve any questions before bidding. Currency is U.S. dollars (US$) unless otherwise noted. |
$10(culture) + $8(shipping/USPS priority)= $18 total.
Make payment with Paypal at: ryanthehut@gmail.com
I cannot combine orders as this fills the package and the next larger package costs about the same to ship.
CULTURE:
A 2-liter soda bottle filled with moina from an outdoor bucket culture.
Keep some of what I send as a backup:
Culturing in something as small as a soda bottle is as easy as something much larger - its just smaller proportions. Being I send a large amount of culture water keep most of it as your backup. Why? The most challenging time with daphnia/moina is transitioning them to a new water source - we've heard all the stories of introducing a starter to a new tank and it crashing. If you keep some of what I send as your backup you don't risk loosing all your daphnia/moina.
When you recieve the bottle gently pour it into a more usable container(a glass jar with wide lid works great), fill a couple tiny cups with the culture water, net out most the daphnia/moina and place into the cups, and then transition to their awaiting tanks. The culture water that is left over, about 1.5-liters, along with a half a dozen young daphnia/moina, is then placed under fluorescent light at 6500 Kelvin(daylight spectrum). It will grow quickly. Then, if your primary cultures fail to start, you still have your mini culture to pick daphnia/moina starts from.
I fed it prior to shipping so it will be happy for two weeks. If you need to keep the culture going longer add a few drops of aquarium mulm, or add regular amounts of aquarium water(a great source of flora & fauna the daphnia consume) every couple of days.
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 without a guilt trip.
FYI: During shipping, distance isn't a risk factor, neither is temperature if reasonable - what will kill the culture is sunlight. It's critical the box not be left in your mailbox or sitting at your door. Alert your mail carrier you have a perishable package coming and ask for them to deliver it to your door. Watch for the mail carrier as it may still be placed in the mailbox. I will send a tracking number so you know when to expect it.
HOW TO START A CULTURE:
To ensure a successful startup I recommend you start a couple small cultures. Get your primary culture ready, but for best results, start a number of small cultures. You can culture daphnia in small containers just as easily as something large - so in addition to you primary create a few mini-cultures to improve your chances of a successful startup. My favorite container to start daphnia cultures are 1-gallon milk jugs with the top cut off. Start with water from different sources(aquariums) and feed each differently. If your primary doesn't take one of the mini-cultures should.
The key to a successful startup is raising the level of organic matter. Daphnia like an organic rich enviroment. The more organic matter, with the additional of light, generates the growth of naturally occuring flora & fauna that aid in feeding your daphnia. To build up organic matter in a new culture use mulm from a fish tank. What is mulm? It's the debris you vacuum from the bottom of a fish tank. A fish tank with fish, snails, plants, etc, will provide a well rounded organic rich mulm. Fruits & vegetables are also helpful, such as cucumber, banana peel, melon, grapes, etc.
Week 1:
Any container works from soda bottles to pond liners. Lets assume 10 gallon for proportions. Actually, removing fish from an aquarium makes an ideal culture.
Place under flourescent light(6,500 Kelvin) or where it receives filtered sunlight.
Add water. Tap water is fine and aquarium water ideal.
Lightly coat the bottom with aquarium mulm(3 to 6 shot glasses).
Add 1/4 slice of fresh banana peel & thin slice of cucumber.
Gravel, driftwood, aeration, are helpful but not required. A water only culture works fine.
Week 2:
Add 1 to 3 shot glasses of aquarium mulm.
Add 1/8 slice of banana peel & very thin slice of cucumber.
Week 3 - 4:
A few days before adding daphnia add a shot glass of aquarium mulm.
Add 2 to 3 daphnia per gallon. Don't add more as that stresses the developing biome.
Following weeks:
Allow the daphnia population to grow slowly by taking harvests after the first week.
There is little need to feed an outdoor culture because so much debris falls into it. I add a 1/4 banana peel every couple weeks to give my cultures a boost. To boost it even further occasionally add a piece of fruit or vegetable, such as cucumber, melon, strawberry, grape, etc.
Maintenance:
There is little need to clean or change water as the gradual buildup of organic matter is beneficial - that decaying matter emits bacteria which is a natural food to daphnia. Nitrates are kept at bay because the biome grows.
Co-culture:
I recommend you add a culture partner for your daphnia. Things like snails, scuds, dero, etc, benefit daphnia by consuming organic matter unavailalbe to them. If uneaten, that organic matter accumulates in forms that are unavailable to the daphnia, and can pervert the biome & cycle. However, if it's instead consumed by a culture partner, it's excreted as bacteria rich waste which helps feed the daphnia.
Banana & Cucumber:
One of the most common questions I receive is about the banana peel & cucumber and why I choose them over something like yeast? I like them because they release some of their nutrients directly into the water for the daphnia to consume, and as they decay release bacteria for the daphnia to consume. A banana peel will decay slowly over several months - acting like a time release food capsule. When some people make feeding daphnia sound like a science keep in mind green water isn't all that different than a cucumber slice.
WHITE WORM MAN:
Visit both my Facebook page and YouTube channel for a variety of culturing information. No culturing information comes with package.
Facebook page and YouTube channel links, or search White Worm Man:
YouTube Channel: White Worm Man
Facebook Page: White Worm Man
Bid History:
Bidders Bid Time Bid Comments Chrosomus (492/492) Jul 31 2019 - 08:36:41 AM $10.00 BUY IT NOW
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