Daphnia breeding

[Killian]

Ive been developing daphnia breeding techniques over the last few years. I have a fairly good system at the moment. I use any sort of plastic containers in sunny positions in the garden. I fill with tap water and after a few days add some fertilizer (Miracle grow for example) give it a week or two and the water will turn bright green (algae is just a plant after all) then I add some daphnia from another culture. in a few weeks it is ready for harvest. Have a few cultures going though as if somebody knocks one over or fails you always have a back up. I also add a few water louse from the pond which break down the big pieces of dirt or leaves that fall in the culture.

here are some I harvested today