How to culture daphnia easily?

[Justepic]

Hey, I have two gallon Jars and a bucket. After leaving a bucket with rain water outside, finding mosquito larvae and watching fish go crazy for it, I'm sold on live food. So I'm looking at daphnia.

The only thing I am confused about is how to feed them, I have seen people put a mixture of yeast but other people say that makes the water too cloudy and use green water instead. And others use animal blood! Any, what's your opinion on food?

 

[Hendre]

Daphnia do better in larger containers, you also have to be mindful of phosphate levels as that is a big part of their breeding mechanism. They feed off of microorganisms so any source of that should work..

 

[beau1990]

I have a rainwater barrel under one of my spouts that I use to water log driftwood in and they just happen in there, mosquitoe larvae and daphnia and eventually tadpoles when the frog's find it

 

[Andyroo]

Amphipods (scuds) might be easier, as they're a little bigger & so maybe a little more controllable & you can just feed them including gut-loading if that's of interest. I keep a feeder population in a 10gal with rotting loofah & leaves & bamboo chunks & bubbler, but previously had brood stock in mason jars. Note: they get pretty vicious at density, will eat your snails.