When i was a kid i used to harvest tadpoles and grow them into tiny frogs for me to release and i fed them infusoria, the recipe was way simpler in the 80s: I just put some lettuce into a jar of water and left it in the sunlight until the water got yellow, then i poured some of that water to my growing tadpoles, it was a fun kid science project!
WOW! Once again you have saved my baby fish! I definitely have seen cyclops and didn’t even think about them killing off my cultures! 🤦🏻♀️ YOU ARE AMAZING!!!! No one helps breeders like you do man! ❤️❤️❤️
You're always my go to when it comes to fish care! I recently breed two marble bettas because of your breeding betta in tub video...that video alone made my first fish breeding a success. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Tried the yeast method its so ez. Day 2 the water clears and by day 4 its full of infusoria. Thanks i just breed my tiger barbs, danios, redeye tetra and black widow tetra. I estimated like 1.5 - 2k fry and this help me a lot. Cant thank you enough man.
Thanks for the vid. Tried the boiled veggie method a few times with no success. Tried your yeast method and worked first time . Made a second batch and worked first go to . I've been using the yeast to keep my culture going and so far it's now been 5weeks in a large jar and thriving .. thanks again...
De todos los vídeos q he visto buscando como hacer infusorios.... Este ha Sido el único q funciona. Claro, al grano y bien explicado, y eso q está en inglés. Este chico ya es una autoridad en el aquarismo, saludos desde México 🇲🇽
Wait a second! Should anyone expect to have infusoria in their filters all along? I feel so much hasn't been explained in this video. You need to make an in depth video on this since to me you did a magic!
i recently added some swan mussles to my tank and because theyre filter feeders i was really worried i had made an impulse buy with no idea of how to feed them. this video was very informative and im pleased to say my mussels doing well.
Your muscles shouldn’t need to be fed tbh. They eat the fish waste. 1 per 40 litres of tank water is enough to sustain simply off algae, bacteria and fish waist
Great video, I just started breeding fish and have been using frozen baby brine shrimp and powdered food but this is a great educational video for those of us just starting out
THANK YOU!! You are the best. I have been keeping fish for 30 years and your methods are unique. I will try this week-end. Again you are a great inspiration for this hobby, I am very impress by your knowledge and your wiliness to share the good and the bad. I guess big TH-camrs are forgetting that we are learning a great deal from mistake. One that I will share openly is the use of rain water (substitute for RO water). This is a great method if you do not want to invest in a RO system. BUT, be very careful, rainwater can have MAJOR problems, such as pest infestation if you leave your water outside for few days. I had QTY 3 tanks infested with leeches. Nothing kills Leeches, you can through away everything (plants/substrate), boil you equipment (filter/heater/sponge/media), disinfect your tank with alcohol and start all over again, hoping you are not killing your fish and they are not infected. No one will tell you the risk of using rainwater well, here you go! lesson learned, I need to invest in a small RO system. Thank you.
I know this is a year old at this point but ro water isn't the best for fish cause it's had it minerals removed. You have to re-add them every time, way to much extra work. Just treat tap water with water conditioner. Or let it sit out for a few days with an air stone in it. Spending hundreds of dollars on an ro system just to have to put in more work for water changes is well.... Dumb😅
THANKS! I tried about 6 times using various methods (lettuce, spirulina, filter sludge). I finally had success with your method. 20 fat zebra danios thank you too.
@@henrytoledo4103 no i have 3 aquariums in which i breed guppies for prophet in but i am not a hardcore fish keeper like keepingfishsimple. I've just never heard that word before.
@@henrytoledo4103 I don’t think there was a need for that comment. Infusoria is not as common as you think as u commonly can’t buy it and don’t need it for most fry, only micro species. Even then there are other things that people might just know about.
@@Vgb_ali_official mix a little gran flour in water to make a “milk” lime solution. Add just enough of the solution to the infusoria culture to turn it slightly cloudy - the infusoria will feed on this or the bacteria it produces.
If you’re serious about infusoria, it’s worthwhile to look at a few drops of your culture water under a microscope (one drop at a time) so you can see how many and what kinds are in the culture. A cheap microscope is good enough, although you may want to look for one that lets you save pictures to your smartphone (if you have a smartphone).
Omg yay! I’ve been waiting excitedly for this vid to come out. I’ve tried all the vegetable methods but it doesn’t work. I will try both methods as soon as I can get my hands on another bunch of Java moss at my local fish auction, whenever they are back. Amazing video, I used to say u we’re going places but I think u are there now. What an inspiration. Thanks
Awesome video and information. Thank you Nick your video has been a ton of help. And I agree your culturing methods are very simple and much faster to become usable.
I always appreciate all accounts of people who actually use stuff like this. Sometimes you get opinions on these culturing topics where you don't know that they're actually doing it, at all, or at scale. I would be a little scared about the "stinky" method fouling up the aquarium water because the fry live in a smaller volume.
I have many tubs and bins of plants that tend to rot a little and some algae. I suppose they also have infusoria yet I don't have a microscope to test out that theory. However, in the past whenever I need to house fish for a build I tend to leave them in those tanks and have found fish fry thriving; I raised a few to maturity that way too.
It's just the video we were looking for, thank you very much. all step by step and very detailed in a very simple way. We send you greetings from Uruguay!!
so i was wondering how my neon tetra babies would grow up easily without feeding them. guess the little tiny white things i see in my tank are infusorias. thought it was planaria or something i never do gravel vacuum and have tone of plants with dead plant leaves. and me trying to feed the babies with egg yolk might have started a infusoria culture without me realizing it. and yes just like the video i have a ton of dead looking java moss like ur bucket, of course i have a lot of healthy ones but recently in the corner of the tank a baseball size batch started to decay but i never cleaned it up and guess that also triggered a infusoria boom on my tank lol
Great info, thanks! Every day I spot more and more cpd fry in my tank and while they must be finding things to eat in there I want to add infusoria and bbs to make sure they survive and grow well
This is great, I'd never thought of using yeast. It'll definitely make me more popular at home. Do you have any issues with the culture impacting your fry tank parameters at all?
I got some green water from outside and left it inside for a couple days then put it in my pearl Gourami fry tank think it kept them busy in-between when I was feeding vinegar eels. now they're bigger they love microworms
Infusoria is word that describe multiple species. And copepods and Cyclops(type of copepod) is one of them. So his wording does not make much of a sense... he complains that bigger copepods eat smaller copepods, which is infact wrong. The only preditor at that scale are hydras.
So, you're saying that if I put some water in a jar, squeeze a sponge from a filter and there, and feed with yeast, it will grow infusoria? Meaning that they are normally in the aquarium? Or do I need to have an initial culture? Also, do baby shrimp eat infusoria? Please, I'd really appreciate answers. Thank you for the video, and for answering.
How exciting! I have pink glo-fish danios that hatched yesterday, so this is perfect timing. I'm getting ready to breed some bettas soon because it's SO much fun. Good luck! :)
I initially skipped watching this video because I didn’t think I’d need to know how to culture infusoria. 8 months later, I’m trying to breed CBDs, and I’m watching this video in preparation for the fry.
Nice video Nick! Super helpful! But I have a question; do we need to buy a culture for the 2nd method? Thanks for making this video and making it easy for every one out there who wants something good to feed to their fry. Keep up the amazing work bro! 👍👏🐠
I used your quick method with my Galaxy Raspora and Red Neon blue eyed tetras ~ despite not being able to see the fish are going crazy 😅 eating something ! Thank you!
i fermented a mango puree with s. boulardii which is a yeast that is a cousin to brewers yeast. i could easily take some of that yeasty mango paste and freeze it into ice cubes and toss in an ice cube in a jar with some dirty tank water easily. along with whatever plant clippings i am not replanting. could be interesting. way to keep it going if they like rotting plants (no longer sweet because of the yeast) and yeast.
Great learning video ! You just stay true to yourself and have fun sharing what you have learned. You really do a beautiful job on all levels here on TH-cam. If others want to argue, just let them be, they're not worth the energy. i used to breed all kinds of fish back in the 70's, way before the internet. i had a public library for my studies where i had to look up infusoria and how to culture it. The biggest secret for success for raising fry to the safety of the juvenile stages. Have you tried the hardboiled egg yolk technique for the babies ? Thanks for sharing !
Awesome video Sir. Excellent information. 👍👍👍👍👍 I just asked on your last post how to make it & very next video you shared your method. Thank you Sir. Keep up the great work...
How do you feed from the yeast solution? Do you filter it through a cloth, pipe up some and leave some? Do you use a torchlight to attract the infusoria? Is it ok to put the yeast water into the aquarium?
Well done, great video. My batches using the rotting broccoli ect have been hit and miss. Spectacular success or total doom. This looks more reliable. Thank you for sharing.
All I get when I try is seedshrimp and cyclops. 🤷🏼♀️🤦♀️ Edit: I checked again in a dark room with a flashlight and now it seems that my culture is full of tiny dust specs. I guess I managed to create infusoria culture on your advice! It has some cyclops and seed shrimp too. But I guess it is not bad. I used yeast method.
I remove the male. It also helps the female to hide among the Java moss. The Java moss raised the babies. I did not hatch any brine shrimp. It is just Java moss and crashed flake.
But yes, the moss needs light to survive. It won't die overnight in the darkness, of course, but it is only a matter of time. That matter of time may be a long time for Java moss, dunno, but all plants need light to survive.
Buenos métodos de hacer infusorios...aquí en Buenos Aires Argentina...en un recipiente de 20 litros agrego agua limpia y el agua de enjuague de ( una papa ) y caracoles planorbis, eso lo dejo al sol y en cuestión de días comienzan a aparecer microorganismos tales como infusorios.... Saludos desde Tierras Altas Tortuguitas Buenos Aires Argentina 🖐🏻🖐🏻🖐🏻👍🏻💪🏻🇦🇷💫💫💫
HI KFS U ARE SOO HELPFUL I HAVE PLATYS AND THEY HAD BABIES AT ABOUT 1 OR 2 AM AND I ONLY FOUND 4 FRY BUT IM ONLY A BEGINNER WISH ME LUCK. PS I ONLY GOT THE PLATYS YESTERDAY AND CAN U GIVE ME SOME TIPS FOR PLATYS
That java moss method, also results seed shrimp, it seems they appear at infrequent occasions for me. I did not realize my tubs of java moss were already loaded with infusoria. Now I don't have to worry of running out.
Good thing I watched this video. I have a jar of have moss in a glass jar and just went to look at it. It’s has these little things that’s moving. Looks like dust. Just hope it is Infusoria. I’ll have to move it to a bigger jar. Don’t know how long these things live for.
yeah, even for infusories brocolis are bad 😁😅😅 Thanks for the method with the yeast , simple and efficient and no smell is a big plus !! BTW you look awesome with a moustache ! 🤩🤩
This might sound a bit daft, but when feeding the infusoria to the fry, do you have to rinse them first cause of the yeast? Do you just take some of the water and feed that, or do you swab the side of the jar and feed?
The Java moss hasn’t died in this culture and I’ve had it for a few months. Seems to survive and rot at the same time. Weird
Does it smell a lot?
Have you never needed to add more Java moss ?
@@liker9923 I have the same question. My culture ends up smelling like dead fish.
Does your culture smell like dead fish?
@@michaelrhude4984 he said in the video that it does stink
When i was a kid i used to harvest tadpoles and grow them into tiny frogs for me to release and i fed them infusoria, the recipe was way simpler in the 80s: I just put some lettuce into a jar of water and left it in the sunlight until the water got yellow, then i poured some of that water to my growing tadpoles, it was a fun kid science project!
WOW! Once again you have saved my baby fish! I definitely have seen cyclops and didn’t even think about them killing off my cultures! 🤦🏻♀️ YOU ARE AMAZING!!!! No one helps breeders like you do man! ❤️❤️❤️
You're always my go to when it comes to fish care! I recently breed two marble bettas because of your breeding betta in tub video...that video alone made my first fish breeding a success. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Tried the yeast method its so ez. Day 2 the water clears and by day 4 its full of infusoria. Thanks i just breed my tiger barbs, danios, redeye tetra and black widow tetra. I estimated like 1.5 - 2k fry and this help me a lot. Cant thank you enough man.
Where do you get the infusoria kit to start with?
@@carolynk5316 dont need kit. Just follow the method
Interesting I can’t get it to work at all despite following the method
@@andrewv7213 to be fair i live in tropical country malaysia. Maybe thats why.
I can't get it to work too
I just get a jar with some cyclops and seed shrimp. No infusoria 😅
Thanks for the vid. Tried the boiled veggie method a few times with no success. Tried your yeast method and worked first time . Made a second batch and worked first go to . I've been using the yeast to keep my culture going and so far it's now been 5weeks in a large jar and thriving .. thanks again...
De todos los vídeos q he visto buscando como hacer infusorios.... Este ha Sido el único q funciona. Claro, al grano y bien explicado, y eso q está en inglés. Este chico ya es una autoridad en el aquarismo, saludos desde México 🇲🇽
Wait a second! Should anyone expect to have infusoria in their filters all along? I feel so much hasn't been explained in this video. You need to make an in depth video on this since to me you did a magic!
There is always some infusoria in aquarium.
I told my wife I have infusoria. She told me to call the doctor 😮
😂
I set up a 2 gallon crock about 2 years ago using your method. Its still going strong and I've just started a second one. Thank you so much !!!!!
i recently added some swan mussles to my tank and because theyre filter feeders i was really worried i had made an impulse buy with no idea of how to feed them. this video was very informative and im pleased to say my mussels doing well.
Your muscles shouldn’t need to be fed tbh. They eat the fish waste. 1 per 40 litres of tank water is enough to sustain simply off algae, bacteria and fish waist
Great video, I just started breeding fish and have been using frozen baby brine shrimp and powdered food but this is a great educational video for those of us just starting out
Absolutely enjoy your videos. All the way from here in Cleveland Ohio. Keep them coming it always inspires me to do things in my fish room.
I was born in Cleveland, so we are basically brothers.
@@TheChefmike66 I was born in a few cities over from Cleveland, so we are basically cousins.
Did the 24 hr method and it worked like charm . Thanks a lot for sharing the method ❤️👏🏼
THANK YOU!! You are the best. I have been keeping fish for 30 years and your methods are unique. I will try this week-end. Again you are a great inspiration for this hobby, I am very impress by your knowledge and your wiliness to share the good and the bad. I guess big TH-camrs are forgetting that we are learning a great deal from mistake. One that I will share openly is the use of rain water (substitute for RO water). This is a great method if you do not want to invest in a RO system. BUT, be very careful, rainwater can have MAJOR problems, such as pest infestation if you leave your water outside for few days. I had QTY 3 tanks infested with leeches. Nothing kills Leeches, you can through away everything (plants/substrate), boil you equipment (filter/heater/sponge/media), disinfect your tank with alcohol and start all over again, hoping you are not killing your fish and they are not infected. No one will tell you the risk of using rainwater well, here you go! lesson learned, I need to invest in a small RO system. Thank you.
Careful w blackworms and leeches too.
I know this is a year old at this point but ro water isn't the best for fish cause it's had it minerals removed. You have to re-add them every time, way to much extra work. Just treat tap water with water conditioner. Or let it sit out for a few days with an air stone in it. Spending hundreds of dollars on an ro system just to have to put in more work for water changes is well.... Dumb😅
THANKS! I tried about 6 times using various methods (lettuce, spirulina, filter sludge). I finally had success with your method. 20 fat zebra danios thank you too.
And there's me who's never even heard of infusoria. . . . . . . . .
Ok, so I take it that you won a goldfish at a Carnival, or don't have an aquarium?
@@henrytoledo4103 no i have 3 aquariums in which i breed guppies for prophet in but i am not a hardcore fish keeper like keepingfishsimple. I've just never heard that word before.
@@henrytoledo4103 Yikes, no need to be an ass about it. No idea why you have to be so unlikable instead of encouraging people to progress in the hobby
@@henrytoledo4103 I don’t think there was a need for that comment. Infusoria is not as common as you think as u commonly can’t buy it and don’t need it for most fry, only micro species. Even then there are other things that people might just know about.
I had never heard of it either. Keep up the good work.
Doug
Best infusoria video yet. I have been struggling and it hasn't made sense to me.
Infusoria: Ciliates, euglenoids, protozoa, unicellular algae and small invertebrates are what make up Infusoria. Thanks for the Video...
You can also use “gran flour” which is available at most Asia stores instead of the yeast method 🤓👍
can you explain ?
@@Vgb_ali_official mix a little gran flour in water to make a “milk” lime solution. Add just enough of the solution to the infusoria culture to turn it slightly cloudy - the infusoria will feed on this or the bacteria it produces.
If you’re serious about infusoria, it’s worthwhile to look at a few drops of your culture water under a microscope (one drop at a time) so you can see how many and what kinds are in the culture. A cheap microscope is good enough, although you may want to look for one that lets you save pictures to your smartphone (if you have a smartphone).
Omg yay! I’ve been waiting excitedly for this vid to come out. I’ve tried all the vegetable methods but it doesn’t work. I will try both methods as soon as I can get my hands on another bunch of Java moss at my local fish auction, whenever they are back. Amazing video, I used to say u we’re going places but I think u are there now. What an inspiration. Thanks
Awesome video and information. Thank you Nick your video has been a ton of help. And I agree your culturing methods are very simple and much faster to become usable.
Expertese + clear + concise + enthusiasm = Great videos. Thanks for your time and effort. I'm now very hopeful of a result 👍
I always appreciate all accounts of people who actually use stuff like this. Sometimes you get opinions on these culturing topics where you don't know that they're actually doing it, at all, or at scale. I would be a little scared about the "stinky" method fouling up the aquarium water because the fry live in a smaller volume.
I'm loving all the video content and how often they are being posted now. Keep it up man.
This is exactly what I've been looking for for my crazy projects! Thank you! Been on a binge of your videos as of late
A lot of households have old vases laying around too. Those could be great for infusoria
I have many tubs and bins of plants that tend to rot a little and some algae. I suppose they also have infusoria yet I don't have a microscope to test out that theory. However, in the past whenever I need to house fish for a build I tend to leave them in those tanks and have found fish fry thriving; I raised a few to maturity that way too.
Thank you for sharing! Your method is way easier than some others I have seen so very much appreciate it.
It's just the video we were looking for, thank you very much. all step by step and very detailed in a very simple way. We send you greetings from Uruguay!!
so i was wondering how my neon tetra babies would grow up easily without feeding them. guess the little tiny white things i see in my tank are infusorias. thought it was planaria or something
i never do gravel vacuum and have tone of plants with dead plant leaves. and me trying to feed the babies with egg yolk might have started a infusoria culture without me realizing it.
and yes just like the video i have a ton of dead looking java moss like ur bucket, of course i have a lot of healthy ones but recently in the corner of the tank a baseball size batch started to decay but i never cleaned it up and guess that also triggered a infusoria boom on my tank lol
Wow that concept looks super easy thanks for sharing.
Great info, thanks! Every day I spot more and more cpd fry in my tank and while they must be finding things to eat in there I want to add infusoria and bbs to make sure they survive and grow well
This is great, I'd never thought of using yeast. It'll definitely make me more popular at home. Do you have any issues with the culture impacting your fry tank parameters at all?
Great video, so much info and made it simple. I was surching for this the day before you posted it - perfect timing!
Will definitely try these methods for my upcoming betta projects. Thanks man!
I got some green water from outside and left it inside for a couple days then put it in my pearl Gourami fry tank think it kept them busy in-between when I was feeding vinegar eels. now they're bigger they love microworms
Edwin from Costa Rica. Thank you for all your tips !!! New to the hobby and I stared n a culture yesterday . Once again thank you !!!
Love your videos bro whenever I watch your videos I feel good about my hobe and keep making videos ❤️❤️ lots of love from INDIA
I'm having the same issue with micro predators. first videos I've seen that addresses this
Infusoria is word that describe multiple species. And copepods and Cyclops(type of copepod) is one of them.
So his wording does not make much of a sense... he complains that bigger copepods eat smaller copepods, which is infact wrong.
The only preditor at that scale are hydras.
Dude I was just looking for a video about this! Perfect timing! thank you!
I've done the broccoli method. and I'm not a fan. however I do have a lot of spare moss. thanks for the top advice 👍
So, you're saying that if I put some water in a jar, squeeze a sponge from a filter and there, and feed with yeast, it will grow infusoria? Meaning that they are normally in the aquarium? Or do I need to have an initial culture?
Also, do baby shrimp eat infusoria?
Please, I'd really appreciate answers. Thank you for the video, and for answering.
Best infusoria video I have ever seen. Thank you
Never been this early but this is very helpful!!! I just got a spawn of bettas so this is a nice extra food option
How exciting! I have pink glo-fish danios that hatched yesterday, so this is perfect timing.
I'm getting ready to breed some bettas soon because it's SO much fun. Good luck! :)
@@beh4846 Dude that is so cool! Keep us updated on that! And good luck to you too!
Great video. Keeping it simple and effective.
Anyone asks me about this I'll be sending them right here.
Marvellous. One of the best channels! Thanks!
Thank you so much for making and sharing this. I am going to try and breed some this week!
I initially skipped watching this video because I didn’t think I’d need to know how to culture infusoria. 8 months later, I’m trying to breed CBDs, and I’m watching this video in preparation for the fry.
What keeps the Java Moss from dying in that closed bucket with no light?????
Oh, it's definitely dying-- and as it does so it provides more bacteria for the infusoria to dine upon. It can't live in the dark indefinitely.
My shrimp tank with matten filter has it's own copepod colony . Baby guppies love them.
Ive failed every attempt at culturing this. Hope this method works 😊
Did you have success? So far I have not, and I followed the directions meticulously.
Going to try this in the morning for my betta fry, who are only a few days old.
Awesome video Nick! You’re almost at 100K! 😃
Nice video Nick! Super helpful! But I have a question; do we need to buy a culture for the 2nd method?
Thanks for making this video and making it easy for every one out there who wants something good to feed to their fry. Keep up the amazing work bro! 👍👏🐠
I was wondering this too…
No, just put some soil in old aquarium water or rain water and you'll soon have infusoria.
My honey gouramis just had their fry hatch so now I got to try this I hope it works!
I used your quick method with my Galaxy Raspora and Red Neon blue eyed tetras ~ despite not being able to see the fish are going crazy 😅 eating something ! Thank you!
Cheers for the video ! I've been hoping you would post one for this. 🤙keep smashing it
Can the baby fish not just eat the Cyclops that are eating the Infusoria? Also thank you so much for taking the time to make this video.
If their mouths are big enough. Eventually the cyclops and seedshrimp get eaten too but they are closer to the size of brine shrimp.
i fermented a mango puree with s. boulardii which is a yeast that is a cousin to brewers yeast. i could easily take some of that yeasty mango paste and freeze it into ice cubes and toss in an ice cube in a jar with some dirty tank water easily. along with whatever plant clippings i am not replanting. could be interesting. way to keep it going if they like rotting plants (no longer sweet because of the yeast) and yeast.
Great learning video ! You just stay true to yourself and have fun sharing what you have learned. You really do a beautiful job on all levels here on TH-cam. If others want to argue, just let them be, they're not worth the energy. i used to breed all kinds of fish back in the 70's, way before the internet. i had a public library for my studies where i had to look up infusoria and how to culture it. The biggest secret for success for raising fry to the safety of the juvenile stages. Have you tried the hardboiled egg yolk technique for the babies ? Thanks for sharing !
Thanks for the video bro
We asked and here comes the video....
Gonna try soon
Keep uploading stay safe
Awesome video Sir. Excellent information. 👍👍👍👍👍
I just asked on your last post how to make it & very next video you shared your method. Thank you Sir. Keep up the great work...
How do you feed from the yeast solution? Do you filter it through a cloth, pipe up some and leave some? Do you use a torchlight to attract the infusoria? Is it ok to put the yeast water into the aquarium?
Brilliant. Thanks 🙏 for sharing. BR Paul from Leeds England 🏴
Very cool information! I'm hoping that I will need it soon :)
Whoot! Easy! Thanks again, you teach with each 💕
Well done, great video. My batches using the rotting broccoli ect have been hit and miss. Spectacular success or total doom. This looks more reliable. Thank you for sharing.
I just fed my first attempted culture to my CPD fry, fingers crossed i did it correctly lol I feel like i just fed them water.... lol
INTERESTING WAYS TO TRAY :)
THANK YOU FOR SHARING :)
THANK YOU FROM ISRAEL :)
All I get when I try is seedshrimp and cyclops. 🤷🏼♀️🤦♀️
Edit: I checked again in a dark room with a flashlight and now it seems that my culture is full of tiny dust specs. I guess I managed to create infusoria culture on your advice!
It has some cyclops and seed shrimp too. But I guess it is not bad.
I used yeast method.
Love the videos man. Great tips
Thanks for sharing. I used Java moss to help me with dwarf honey gouramis. Once Their eggs hatch at the water line
I remove the male. It also helps the female to hide among the Java moss. The Java moss raised the babies. I did not hatch any brine shrimp. It is just Java moss and crashed flake.
Thanks for the video man. It was helpful
I made some tonight, fingers crossed it works.. I did it with the yeast.
...And??
Thanks so much for this video! Learned a lot
Great video. Question: how do you keep the Java moss from dying if the bucket is closed all the time? Does the moss not need light?
The Java moss does die the infusoria feeds off the decomposing moss
But yes, the moss needs light to survive. It won't die overnight in the darkness, of course, but it is only a matter of time. That matter of time may be a long time for Java moss, dunno, but all plants need light to survive.
Man I needed this, perfect timing. I wonder will bronze coreydora fry will rather these.
Probably not as they’re going to float around the water column, instead, try a microworm culture, fantastic food for Corydoras fry
Buenos métodos de hacer infusorios...aquí en Buenos Aires Argentina...en un recipiente de 20 litros agrego agua limpia y el agua de enjuague de ( una papa ) y caracoles planorbis, eso lo dejo al sol y en cuestión de días comienzan a aparecer microorganismos tales como infusorios....
Saludos desde Tierras Altas Tortuguitas Buenos Aires Argentina 🖐🏻🖐🏻🖐🏻👍🏻💪🏻🇦🇷💫💫💫
HI KFS U ARE SOO HELPFUL I HAVE PLATYS AND THEY HAD BABIES AT ABOUT 1 OR 2 AM AND I ONLY FOUND 4 FRY BUT IM ONLY A BEGINNER WISH ME LUCK. PS I ONLY GOT THE PLATYS YESTERDAY AND CAN U GIVE ME SOME TIPS FOR PLATYS
So this would have worked for my axolotyl babies, i wish i had of known that back then. Great info thank you
What can I do to keep the infusoria growing in the yeast culture jar?
interesting i may have to do this when i start breeding fish
This is great advice for others like me
Maybe a transparent bucket for the java fern method would be better? This way the java moss is getting some light.
That java moss method, also results seed shrimp, it seems they appear at infrequent occasions for me. I did not realize my tubs of java moss were already loaded with infusoria. Now I don't have to worry of running out.
Good thing I watched this video. I have a jar of have moss in a glass jar and just went to look at it. It’s has these little things that’s moving. Looks like dust. Just hope it is Infusoria. I’ll have to move it to a bigger jar. Don’t know how long these things live for.
Thks for sharing im learning a lot from you.
yeah, even for infusories brocolis are bad 😁😅😅 Thanks for the method with the yeast , simple and efficient and no smell is a big plus !! BTW you look awesome with a moustache ! 🤩🤩
Thank you for the great information
Thanks! I think I can do it! :) I appreciate the tutorial.
Thanks for this information!
can one just add more yeast every 48 hours to keep building the infusoria population?
I like the mustache
thank you for the tip , my convict has produces some frys
I set up 2 jars to try before the video was over😆. If they do good then I'll need to get more Java moss and try the bucket.
Very helpful. Cheers mate!
SO AWESOME 👏👏❤️❤️⭐️⭐️🙏🙏 thank you 🙏
Why doesn't the java moss die with no light at all?
I was wondering this too.
java moss doesnt need light as much as other plants
This might sound a bit daft, but when feeding the infusoria to the fry, do you have to rinse them first cause of the yeast? Do you just take some of the water and feed that, or do you swab the side of the jar and feed?