I've done similar observations with water i removed during water changes. I like to leave at least one bucket with old water, and I'll place plant trimmings and hair algae in it. I've managed to create an infusoria colony by doing so. Thank you, Bob, for sharing your findings.
I got something similar to black worms when i did this! Got tons and tons of different life: scuds, hydra, cyclops, dapnia, pond snails, mayfly larvae, mosquito larvae, water beetles, and probably more that i couldnt even see. Absolutely fascinating.
That mite looks so cool with the frowny face! I tried this experiment and found mostly daphnia and some mosquito larvae since it was still warm out. One bloodworm. I'd like to find some scuds!
I have been doing that for decades. The one thing that is a problem is hydra. The copepods you had looked like cyclops. They are predatory and will feed on daphnia if you try to culture it. The cyclops can be cultured to. Fish like them but allegedly they are inferior to daphnia.
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good stuff, very informative. would be cool to try.
Great job i have a blast doing stuff like this. Keep up the great work sonny
I've done similar observations with water i removed during water changes. I like to leave at least one bucket with old water, and I'll place plant trimmings and hair algae in it. I've managed to create an infusoria colony by doing so. Thank you, Bob, for sharing your findings.
I got something similar to black worms when i did this! Got tons and tons of different life: scuds, hydra, cyclops, dapnia, pond snails, mayfly larvae, mosquito larvae, water beetles, and probably more that i couldnt even see. Absolutely fascinating.
Yes. Absolutely fascinating. I never knew aquatic mites existed.
something i'm gonna have to try.
Yeah, it was definitely a fun idea.
That mite looks so cool with the frowny face! I tried this experiment and found mostly daphnia and some mosquito larvae since it was still warm out. One bloodworm. I'd like to find some scuds!
Yeah, it was a cool day here. I may try again in the spring and summer to see if it varies.
If you have some spare plants I'd add them to the jars for filtration and food.
Thanks for the tip.
I have been doing that for decades. The one thing that is a problem is hydra. The copepods you had looked like cyclops. They are predatory and will feed on daphnia if you try to culture it. The cyclops can be cultured to. Fish like them but allegedly they are inferior to daphnia.
Ah-that may explain why I didn’t get any daphnia.