Kat_Rigel Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 (edited) It seems like live food is healthier/more nutritious than flake food. What live cultures do you guys keep and why? (Other than baby brine shrimp) Blackworms, vinegar eels, scuds, green water, daphnia, etc? I have some nice 1gal growler glass bottles that I want to use... somehow. I'm thinking vinegar eels? Edited September 6, 2020 by Kat_Rigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shkote Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 Currently green water, vinegar eels and micro worms. Live cultures are just as addictive as getting new fish. Just as bad as MTS 🤭 My live cultures are being used for Dwarf Neon Rainbow fry. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickS77 Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 I keep Microworms and Vinegar Eels because they're easy and will last forever if you maintain them 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandra Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 2 hours ago, MickS77 said: I keep Microworms and Vinegar Eels because they're easy and will last forever if you maintain them Where do you buy a good starter culture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickS77 Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 2 hours ago, Chandra said: Where do you buy a good starter culture Off of Aquabid, only $10 for both cultures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 These are the live foods I use: Blackworms - 1/4 cup per day - I buy these from Eastern Aquatics 2 lbs per shipment - no work, but most expensive of all at $45 per pound Mosquito larva - about 3 tablespoons per day - I grow these in 10 five gallon buckets behind the garage Daphnia - about 1 tablespoon per day - Naturally occurring in a ditch in front of my house, I run the garden hose in the ditch to keep it from drying up if necessary. Whiteworms - about 1 tablespoon per day - purchased cultures on Aquabid and raise in Tupperware in a minifridge - much more maintenance than the above foods Baby brine shrimp - about 1 teaspoon per day - raise in 3 Imhoff cones - not much work, more than mosquito larva or Daphnia, but less than whiteworms 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcalberto Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 I have a 20 gallon container with a daphnia culture. It's great, because you can feed the smaller daphnia for the fry and pretty much any fish will eat daphnia. I even have plecos and otocinclus eating live daphnia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammaroon Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 I cultivate Walter Worms. They're bigger than banana worms but small than micro worms. They stay alive more than 12 hours in the tank, so I figured they might be less polluting than the other two types of worms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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