The Gregzone<p>I found a temporary little LED light to use for my daphnia tank, and now that I can see them again, holy COW they are prolific little crustaceans. What started with a small sample is already a large cloud of little white pinpricks darting through the water. I can see why breeding them as live food for fish is popular — this will be both cheaper and much healthier overall for the fish in my aquarium.</p><p>Since I have sand in the tank (as I eventually plan on having a few fancy shrimp and snails in there as janitorial staff), chlorella algae grows extensively on the bottom; so rather than keeping the tank lit 24/7 as many daphnia breeders do, I’ll be doing a normal day/night cycle so they settle down and eat the algae towards the bottom at night.</p><p><a href="https://retro.pizza/tags/aquarium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aquarium</span></a> <a href="https://retro.pizza/tags/Daphnia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Daphnia</span></a></p>