Scuds, Daphnia, Cherry Shrimp, Copepods: My aquatic food culture
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ก.พ. 2021
- This is the food culture I keep in my fishroom to feed my fish. There is nothing special about the culture beyond what you see. All these get along fine and are all super productive. This is an item I usually have available for sale.
I used to think something was wrong with me as a kid, all my buddies had tanks and wanted big fish, tropical fish stores charged more for bigger fish, so they must be better. Me, I gravitated to the small, little tetras, danios, kuhli loaches, guppies. When I went to salt water tanks, I was more fascinated the micro creatures that lived in the live rock and sand than I was in the fish stock.
Then I got into scuba diving, other divers wanted to see the fish on the reefs and hoped to catch sight of large pelagic species on the walls and drop offs into the deep, while I found much more pleasure laying my self down in the sand of a reef and studying the tiny creatures that lived in the corral sand and silt. I was glad when I realized there is a whole sub-culture that enjoys watching and studying the world of micro life.
i'm also into small species, they looks good in any tank size and seeing them working makes me feel so relax
Swordtails are the best species ever, they breed a lot and theyre small
We would make great friends
My goodness I could watch this tank all day! Something about this tiny ecosystem is so beautiful. Love it!
It's the symbiosis.
Just give them some cucumber....throws fork at them 🤣🤣
A cyclop bloom that came out of nowhere just wiped out my entire daphnia collony in 48 hours.
That's awesome! I went to collect some shrimp from a stream yesterday, but ended up with a whole bunch of other little creatures - mostly Daphnia, but also some stuff I don't know. I was wondering whether I should remove the others, but I think I'll just leave them and see if I can create something similar to what you have here. Unless I see something eating my Daphnia or shrimp.
Any stream or only some stream have it
@@SajSajidmk You can find them almost anywhere, but for best results you want places with aquatic plants, algae, or plant litter, like stagnant ponds or lower stream rivers. Obviously avoid polluted waters.
Hello, my friend.👋 I used a 5-gallon bucket all summer to grow big brine, & fish lice. Green water. Lord, it smells so terrible. U think I could keep a heated 10-gallon on a 4-season porch this winter? My 5-gallon bucket of “ candy” is for my puffer fish. I have the snails w/ the cherry shrimp in another tank, w/ 1 pelco. 🐡
Wonderful video, and great how you show what gets along..and how easy it is to maintain. Love!
Great and Simple
Awesome ima try this with a 20 gal long cherry shrimp , snails , daphnia , scuds , black worms.
very cool
I want to do just this!
Very well done! Don't shrimps eat daphnia? Mine do.
I’ve been told scuds will go after baby shrimp?
Wonder how blackworm would do in that tanks? Thanks for sharing.
This is bad ass!! I definitely want to do this!! How many gallons??
hey buddy, i was wondering if i could have daphnia and gammarus all together and you solve it for me :) thanks a lot! Love from Argentina!
Can't find daphnia in any pond or body of water in Washington State. I'm in grays harbor county and there are tons of lakes ponds and vernal pools.. I'm stumped..
Yeah me neither. I'm in SW Europe and I've found loads of stuff but no daphnia 😢
you can order eggs online or buy a live feedbag of them to start a culture too
This is so informative. I am going to be growing my own food cultures in the next day or two.. Should I add a small heater, and would a small dirted/sand amount on the bottom for the plants be a good idea. You did mention the plants so I just want to make sure this is correct for me to do!? Also I will have tiny snails as well for my betta tanks. I do have a lid with a light, do you suggest using the regular light or the blue light. Thank you so much, I would appreciate any info I might need. Kindly
Cool, thanks for sharing! What's your water change schedule like on this culture?
What species of scud do you have? Some species are supposed to be harmful to neocaridina, so knowing which species can work together would be very helpful.
hes just dropped the fork along? roots
I see that some of the hornwort has been chewed off, does it grow back?
Hi! I have accidentally started a culture and I think I’m seeing a lot of seed shrimp. Is there an easy way to catch them to feed my other tanks?
Hi, Very interesting. Do you change the water at all.
Not much of it. I am always taking a cup or two from it when harvesting. If it gets too organic rich, I will vacuum the substrate for mulm and take a couple gallons of water out.
What plants do you have floating?
Does the sponge filter suck up baby scuds, daphnia etc.???
How about the water temperature? Do you put an heater in the tank to maintain the constant temperature?
Daphnia can be found under ice, they don’t need heating. The same can be said for scuds and cherry shrimp. You heard that right, cherry shrimp are cold hardy.
How long do you leave food in there for then
have you found that these creatures don't get along together like the skuds eating the shrimplets? also will skuds destroy planted tanks, if they arent being predated enough?
Yes they will eat plants, but they probably won’t do anything to shrimplets as long as there’s enough food. They don’t eat babies since they’re the same size, but they could compete for food
Everybody gets along without any issues . I have cultured like this for years. Scuds will nibble on a few soft plants, such as mosses, but are fine with most plants if kept fed. Many plants enjoy what the scuds do as they keep the plant leaves clean.
How to you get aquatic plants and algae to grow without sun?
I keep having fish hatch out in my scud tank. I have been wanting to get the daphnia in there also and keep some green water handy.
So it’s ok to leave some sort of food in the tank 24/7 for them to eat. Never a time without food in the tank?
yes
Can you mix daphnia with scuds? I have 2 10 gallons setup. 1 has daphnia currently but I am trying to find a nice complementary animal. I also have a few snails with them. I heard the scuds eat daphnia but I would think they should be fine as long as there's enough food in the tank for them. Would love to hear your thoughts.
I've had no trouble with gammarus gammarus and daphnia pulex. Can't speak for other species of scuds though.
this has inspired me to start my own food culture ✨but I accidentally started one and your video helped my identity what was living in my tank✨ sadly I also have detritus worms and those are nasty so I’m going to try to scoop some daphnia and a few scuds and start fresh in a new bucket
Are detritus worms harmful? I was thinking they would be good food for Corys and Swordtails.
@@elaineluikart5459not harmful, but some people dont like the look of them
Detritus worms are good!
@@samuelcontreras9248this, ignorance is astounding. detritus worms are highly beneficial and fish love eating them
Do you recommend scuds in a planted community tank with nano fish? Or will the scuds eat the living plants?
Scuds eat baby shrimp so that's something to keep in mind
I’m planning a hybrid Dutch style aquarium with hard scape and heavy plants, I’m hoping that will be enough for some shrimp babies to make it long enough and scuds to colonize along with daphnia
@@thebeigesheep6132 As long as you have fish to control scuds, that won't be a big problem. Unless you want shrimp to breed. Cause the strong and smart shrimplets will still survive. Scuds are kinda considered a pest in shrimp-only aquarium.
Is the filter still necessary? Isn't daphnia going to clear the algae and bacteria?
A filter isn't needed at all. If used, how they help is being host to it's own biome. That biome slowly gets ejected and then available to the daphnia. I prefer an indoor culture have a filter, but I don't think it matters much either way. If not used I prefer having an area for the biome that snails can't reach - such as mounding the gravel.
@@killifish.killifish Thank you very much for sharing your expertise!!
Once I saw about 100 shrimp eating a sliver of wood, I think it was pine.
There was nothing on it, just wood.
There was biofilm on it, wood is great at growing biofilm.
can I incorporate a copy of your tank in my sump's refugium? So that current will occasionally sweep them to main tank via return pump?
The scuds will gladly colonize a sump.
Do you know if the scats eat the baby shrimp?
As long as being fed all is good. Stop feeding a scud culture and they will go destroy everything organic.
I was told you can't use tap water for daphnia is that not true?
It depends on what your municipality adds to the water. We do water changes on our daphnia cultures with water straight from the tap. It doesn't bother them at all.
You can, just has to be dechloroinated and aged
i heard scuds prey on cherry shrimp
You worry much about algae growth in this culture?
Algae is actually super good for the health of your tanks, however it’s just unsightly lol
So it’s ok to leave some sort of food in the tank 24/7 for them to eat. Never a time without food in the tank?
Exactly! 👍💚😆