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Daphnia
Daphnia are great to feed your fry.  Uneaten Daphnia will eat the bacteria and 'crud' that is in the fry tank.  The Daphnia can be cultured in pretty much any container with a large surface area..  Do not use aeriation with daphnia. Use small amounts of light, low light.  A teperature of about 70 to 75F is good. The Daphnia can be feed twice a day with various algae scrapings and tank crud, as well as deactivated brewers yeast, and other small particulate type foods. The best food to use is green water.  Cultures must be cleaned out about once a week for gallon or smaller sized containers.  For large production you will want to use a small kiddi pool.  To harvest them use a net to catch them and rinse them off with clean water before placing in fry tank. 

 

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