Calling all daphnia haters!

Redknee · Oct 17, 2010

So i have this 35G tank that i keep for crossbreeding red cherry and snowball shrimp(trying to get a nice morph, and close to getting it to).
Heavy planted tank, good substrate(best on the market for shrimp breeding), balanced lighting, good fertilisers, good filtration, best shrimp food you can get your hands on, the works.
A while ago i noticed that daphnia in the tank but since there were just a few i left them alone.
Now i must have around 1000 of them, the water looks like it is snowing in the tank.
So how do i kill those pests? I know copper does the trick but copper also kills shrimp.
I know small fish eat them but small fish also eat shrimp.
So how the heck do i kill them?

Romad · Oct 17, 2010

are you sure it's daphnia and not planaria? are they little wormy looking things?

Redknee · Oct 17, 2010

There is some planaria but i know planaria from daphnia.
Planaria does not look like a small white "ball".

kitten_penang · Oct 17, 2010

you can give them to me =) my fish love em snacks

Redknee · Oct 17, 2010

Deal! Just come visit, i have a guest room, you can have it for the next 50-60 days causse that's how long is going to take you to catch them all :-D.

SinCrisis · Oct 18, 2010

do u have fish fry? they wont eat the shrimp but will eat the daphnia.. or just do more water changes and suck em out.

Redknee · Oct 18, 2010

Ohhh.. .something sinister comes their way! :twisted:

SinCrisis · Oct 18, 2010

what are u doing?

fryup · Oct 18, 2010

buy a small group of SMALL fish (guppy male , danio, platy ) they will soon have your tank looking clean and daphnia free

SinCrisis · Oct 18, 2010

I believe all 3 of those will eat shrimp fry if they see em.

fryup · Oct 18, 2010

oh i must have mist the part that says shrip fry, sorry but if you didnt have shrimp fry then these fish would eat your daphia

Redknee · Oct 19, 2010

I am going to rehome all the shrimp in another tank and put in the shrimp tank 20-30 rasbora galaxy.
7 days later i will have 0 ugly bugs and i'll give the rasboras back to their owner and put my shrimp back in.
As for catching the shrimp that is easy. No food for 3 days then i simply put in the tank a bottle that has a funnel in it's mouth and put lots of food inside. Starving shrimp will do almost anything for some grub...
They will swarm inside the bottle like bees in a hive.
Then the evil rasboras can go to work. :twisted:
Edit because i forgot the evil laugh:
Mwhahahaha!

fryup · Oct 19, 2010

hahaha sound like a good plan

kitten_penang · Oct 19, 2010

lol sinister plan.. din't know you had that many. i'm hatching baby brine shrrimps now. my bettas into it's 3rd spawn in a week.

redchigh · Oct 19, 2010

I wish I had daphnia.

kitten_penang · Oct 19, 2010

you can drop by his place to get free ones if you want

Redknee · Oct 19, 2010

Heck he can havem all!
Darn tank looks like it's snowing inside, that's how many i got!
Then again i just might be the pioneer of a new type of aquascaping... Season scaping, this winter we have the... a... winter theme! :lol:

SinCrisis · Oct 19, 2010

change gravel to white, add some quartz crystals, and u got a winter wonderland...

redchigh · Oct 19, 2010

lol..

Instead of moving the shrimp... Why not just get some fish fry or small fish (neons, CPDs, etc) and put them in with the shrimp. They'll eat the daphnia (along with a few baby shrimp) and then you can get rid of the fish.

I know, this is basically your original idea, but why move the adult shrimp at all?

Redknee · Oct 19, 2010

I have been crossbreeding red cherry and snow ball for a good while now. I actually have some interesting results but nothing to drop the jaw(best i got by now is a red cherry with a nice white line from it's head to the tail and it's not the normal white lines you see on red cherry, it's a thick and strong white line that i have never seen on red cherry ever in my life, be it on the internet or in my aquarium). What if those small shrimps that the fish might eat are exactly what i am waiting for? It is a risk i rather not take.

kitten_penang · Oct 20, 2010

use a clothe net and scoop out the daphnia

Redknee · Oct 20, 2010

It would take me less time to replant a lake than catch all that daphnia

kitten_penang · Oct 20, 2010

rofl i would love to see that tank of yours just for the fun of it.

Redknee · Oct 20, 2010

I'll try to get it on film if the camera can "see" them.

kitten_penang · Oct 20, 2010

x.mas snow in the tank ^.^

Redknee · Oct 20, 2010

Rather have it on xmass outside:roll:
To bad they don't glow in the dark, that would be one show to pay for!

Calling all daphnia haters!

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