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  • Опубликовано: 12 июн 2024
  • An unboxing and review of the Daphnia Hatching Kit from Aquatic Live Food.
    In this video I show how to hatch and raise Daphnia from eggs. I also show their development under a microscope and talk about their biology, anatomy and physiology.
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  • @goldentortoisebeetle
    @goldentortoisebeetle 2 месяца назад +15

    I love people treating the very smallest creatures (often overlooked simply as food) given their proper due as pets. Would love to see more daphnia tanks in the future!

  • @Diloparker
    @Diloparker 11 месяцев назад +126

    I like how honest this kit is.
    No need to call them “Sea Monkeys!”, “Sea Dragons!”, or “Mermaids!”.
    This kit just goes, “They’re just Daphnia! Oh you think they’re boring because they’re not magical anomalies? Well you shouldn’t have bought the kit dammit!”

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад +35

      🤣🤣🤣 totally agree! These animals are so incredible in their own right, they don’t need any gimmicks to be appreciated

    • @Ben-fp2yc
      @Ben-fp2yc 10 месяцев назад +4

      which one sounds nicer, daphnia or brine shrimp

    • @AndresCarima
      @AndresCarima 4 месяца назад

      ​@@Ben-fp2yc brine shrimp 🥰👍

    • @Ben-fp2yc
      @Ben-fp2yc 4 месяца назад

      daphina sounds like a flower, brine shrimp sounds like pickled prawns@@AndresCarima

    • @danmcgladdery1813
      @danmcgladdery1813 3 месяца назад +2

      They should’ve called them Pacific Primates and watched the stocks rise.

  • @johnnorker6431
    @johnnorker6431 11 месяцев назад +201

    I have no objections to the Daphia kit being called "a freshwater version of Sea-Monkeys" but my fairy shrimp are deeply insulted! 🙂

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад +51

      😆 ok yeah fairy shrimp are definitely the TRUE freshwater Sea-Monkey. Which species do you have?

    • @johnnorker6431
      @johnnorker6431 11 месяцев назад +27

      @@pico-cosmos B. Thailandensis. They've been fussy, but I've had success leaving them in heated, non-aerated water under intense, algae-fostering light. They also get a bit of red Astaxanthin powder when their guts look empty. Thanks for an another interesting video with great production values. The inclusion of your Antarctic footage was fun too. Have you ever considered collecting and cultivating Branchiopoda from Antarctica? NB -- This question should not be construed as conspiracy to break any international treaties! 🙂

    • @robotortoise
      @robotortoise 10 месяцев назад +4

      I tried fairy shrimp and had no luck, despite having a UV light and an aerator and spring water. I can see why they went with brine shrimp over fairy shrimp.

    • @KeplerTheCat
      @KeplerTheCat 9 месяцев назад +7

      I have a eco sphere with daphnia

    • @KeplerTheCat
      @KeplerTheCat 9 месяцев назад +4

      Well, They may be ostracods

  • @carrielankford4036
    @carrielankford4036 11 месяцев назад +48

    This was very cool. I love seeing the other tiny aquatic animals that can be raised like this.

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад +14

      There are lots of other species out there too! I’ll be making videos on them later this year :)

    • @carrielankford4036
      @carrielankford4036 11 месяцев назад +6

      @@pico-cosmos That sounds great. I always love seeing you've uploaded a video

    • @amberback1
      @amberback1 Месяц назад

      Me too! I just had to combine all my brine shrimp into a 20 gal tank, which is making me look at my Sea Monkey tank, Aqua Dragon tank, and 2 single gal glass “fish bowls” like “hmm, what should I put in here next???”

  • @KillerCaitie
    @KillerCaitie 11 месяцев назад +15

    I love seeing the little flap flaps as they move, that's so cool!

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад +6

      They’re cute huh! I love the way they swim. It’s quite similar to baby brine shrimp

  • @clownhartz
    @clownhartz 11 месяцев назад +23

    Your channel has given me a new found love for these small creatures that are commonly used as fish food.. they are so wonderful and amazing :)

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад +5

      Aw I’m glad to hear that 🤗 I feel the same way about these guys. They’re more interesting than the fish that eat them lol

  • @georgieann2971
    @georgieann2971 11 месяцев назад +13

    I'd absolutely love to see a video with more Daphnia.. Very interesting video!!! Thank you soo much

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад +3

      I’ll experiment a little more with different tank mates and plants 👌 I think it has a lot of potential

    • @georgieann2971
      @georgieann2971 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@pico-cosmos you're amazing with these and all the other videos as well. I bet that you have some amazing tanks that are set up really cool!! Can't wait to see them some day!!!

  • @FaultBoyy
    @FaultBoyy 11 месяцев назад +17

    would love to see some of the items in this kit in future sea monkey kits, especially the heat mat

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад +11

      ! Totally agree! It’s kinda funny that they’ve included it in this kit when it’s not all that necessary, but the Sea-Monkey kits don’t have one when they’re the species that really need it 😅

  • @carrielange2692
    @carrielange2692 11 месяцев назад +6

    thank goodness! I learned to raise brine shrimp from you and my colony has been thriving for almost a year now. But my daphnia always crash. I'm looking forward to learning how to keep them alive from you! I have a physically disabled betta that is basically paralyzed and I have to hand feed him live brine to keep him healthy. I'd love to add live daphnia as well. thank you again so much for your great videos!

  • @OddLeah
    @OddLeah 5 месяцев назад +4

    I became fascinated by lichens a couple years ago, and have spent many happy hours crawling through prairie grasses and riverbank thickets with a magnifying glass and pocket microscope. Look like I need to add splashing in the river and ponds to my rambles! There are so many weird little beasties to see!

  • @RobHorror240
    @RobHorror240 10 месяцев назад +9

    I love raising animals as pets when they aren't traditionally kept as lets. I have Fathead Minnows that I caught in the wild that are usually kept as feeder fish or bait. But I have them as pets.

  • @Lillian2167
    @Lillian2167 11 месяцев назад +6

    Awww, Daphnia are so cute!! :3 Thanks for showing us these interesting lil creatures. :3

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад

      Glad to hear you think they’re cute too :)) thanks for supporting the channel 🙏

  • @MisterBones2910
    @MisterBones2910 2 дня назад +1

    0:52
    Regarding this being the world's first kit of its kind, I think the Japanese used to sell daphnia as their version of sea monkeys at some point. I've seen little sea monkey tanks filled with them in videogames before; a standout example being a Wario Ware game where it was a collectable toy item.

  • @evelynpayne5995
    @evelynpayne5995 11 месяцев назад +6

    great video. love that you covered another species! i hope you do triops someday!

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад

      Will definitely be making videos about Triops! I’d love to review a bunch of the different kits

  • @sogga5696
    @sogga5696 11 месяцев назад +4

    This is sooo cool I’m loving these other sea creature vids

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад +2

      It seems there are a lot of these small aquatic animals that aren’t too well known. It’s super fun raising them and making these videos 😀

  • @spyroserepisos3459
    @spyroserepisos3459 11 месяцев назад +4

    Great video! Very throughly explained and could understand how to grow… thanks

  • @hattie302
    @hattie302 11 месяцев назад +5

    Happy to see you trying out freshwater setups! I used to have a culture of cyclops copepods and bladder snails, their life stages were so much fun to watch. Maybe in the future I'll set up another tank and try out fairy and clam shrimp with daphnia ☺️

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад

      Yeah I love how dynamic freshwater setups can be! Have you tried raising Fairy & Clam Shrimp before?

    • @hattie302
      @hattie302 11 месяцев назад

      @@pico-cosmos Haha not yet! I just happened to have cyclops pop up in my bladder snail tank, but I've yet to seek out and buy eggs for specific ostracods. Fairy shrimp are my favorite little guys though, I would almost almost put them above brine shrimp if not for the lack of live birth.. I'm too lazy to dry out eggs to hatch the next generation haha 😆 maybe one day...

  • @night0wl213
    @night0wl213 11 месяцев назад +5

    I'm definitely curious to know more about the freshwater castle tank you've got going. It looks to be an interesting little set-up.

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад +3

      Daphnia work so well in Sea-Monkey tanks! I’ll experiment with plants a little more and then make a video about it 👍

  • @kylenguyen200
    @kylenguyen200 11 месяцев назад +1

    They are so round! I love them!

  • @eh.440
    @eh.440 9 месяцев назад +2

    I'm so glad you can get these in NZ. I usually have to buy my daphnia live from a school science resource place and they often end up dead from shipping 😢 ordering eggs is a much safer and easier way.

  • @ChristianNationalAuthoritarian
    @ChristianNationalAuthoritarian 11 месяцев назад +1

    Underrated channel.

  • @miashadows
    @miashadows 6 месяцев назад +1

    I have seed shrimp and cyclops in my cherry shrimp tank, and I love watching them almost as much as the shrimp! Scuds are also very fun to watch, you should try them!

  • @umbrellacorp.
    @umbrellacorp. 11 месяцев назад +8

    Wow, it's nice to see other types of creatures besides sea monkeys.
    I would like to see more elaborate setups in your tanks for sea monkeys and daphnia.
    I love this channel, it's so relaxing to watch. I totally Subscribed.
    Keep up the good work. 😎👍💯

  • @ryrypie2574
    @ryrypie2574 11 месяцев назад +2

    Oh no, now I want to make a second tank for these guys

  • @Charlii42069
    @Charlii42069 2 месяца назад

    Excited to hear you mention Scuds! Initially got them to start a live food culture for my betta fish, but they've quickly become a staple in every tank in my room, their insatiable hunger for thread algae makes them a fantastic addition to any freshwater aquarium, IMO.

  • @ittybittybeasties
    @ittybittybeasties 29 дней назад +1

    I'd love to get a kit like this, though sadly I haven't found anything like it in my neck of the woods (the United States). It's a fun idea and I really want to start a freshwater mini tank again. Hopefully this becomes more popular over time!

  • @CamelotGaming
    @CamelotGaming 11 месяцев назад +4

    HELL YEAH, NEW ANIMALS
    Now we wait for Tadpole Shrimp

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад +1

      It’s been super fun finally being able to learn about and make a video on a new species! I do still have a bunch of other Sea-Monkey tank review videos to make, but I’ll get around to Triops eventually 😅

    • @nowirehangers2815
      @nowirehangers2815 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@pico-cosmostriops are trickier and don’t live long but they get sooooo big

  • @strangeduckling
    @strangeduckling 11 месяцев назад +6

    I think it would be pretty cool to see your more elaborate setups! I really enjoy seeing biodiversity within a setup, with different plant and animal species, so I'm interested to see what other tank mates would work with the daphnia :) Also, can sea monkeys work with tank mates?

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад +3

      Yeah I agree, dynamic setups are definitely more interesting to look at 👌 tank mates with Sea-Monkeys are a little complicated. I think the saltwater species of Daphnia (Daphnia Salina) could potentially work. I’ve heard bumblebee snails work too 👍

  • @carelesswhisper2119
    @carelesswhisper2119 11 месяцев назад +4

    I so so so wanna see you grow the triops shrimp grow kits.

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад +1

      I’ll get around to it eventually! I need to learn more about them first 😅

    • @eh.440
      @eh.440 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@pico-cosmos unfortunately you can't get triops commercially here in NZ as they are considered potentially invasive. I remember reading an article about a kiwi kids science fair being disqualified for that reason. It's unfortunate but I guess it's for environmental protection

  • @Glimmerstargaming
    @Glimmerstargaming 11 месяцев назад +3

    Yaaay second Comment also love the cute hatchlings ❤

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад +2

      Thanks! They’re super cute huh 😀

  • @Plane4ever
    @Plane4ever Месяц назад

    This really looks cool and I’m saving up for my own maybe

  • @Sinserg
    @Sinserg 11 месяцев назад +1

    Yes I want to try raising daphia!

  • @kaitokaitoV1
    @kaitokaitoV1 11 месяцев назад +1

    i am interested in in more elaborate sea monkey and daphnia set ups! i also like watching serpa design and other aquascaping channels, tank set ups go hand in hand with any aquatic husbandry hobby. i would love to see what your setups look like!
    even just the simple addition of duckweed to a seamonkey tank tho- took my breath away! what a lovely contrast between the natural roots and the cute, plastic sand castle. makes me want to start painting again

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад +1

      I’ll definitely make a video about this in the future :) I need to experiment more with other plant species and substrates, I’m still quite new to this stuff 😅 thanks for your suggestions and support :)

  • @TigressPhoenix
    @TigressPhoenix 7 месяцев назад

    Very cool ❤

  • @BULLFITE
    @BULLFITE 11 месяцев назад +1

    so exciting to see freshwater critters popping up on this channel!! your sea monkey videos inspired me to get back into freshwater vernal crustaceans again after all these years, and im strongly considering finally taking the plunge into salt and getting some sea monkeys going in a jar on my windowsill too lol. my fairy shrimp and clam shrimp colony (which, funnily enough, were accidentally hatched from what had been sold as daphnia eggs. either i accidentally cross contaminated the jar with nauplii from another culture that outcompeted my water fleas, or there were a lot of hitchhikers in the sand the eggs were mixed in) all say hello!! :DD

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад

      Ah that’s so cool! Do you know which species of Fairy Shrimp you have? I’m planning on raising some later this year :)

  • @kimberleycopeland9448
    @kimberleycopeland9448 5 месяцев назад

    I love it how you show your sea monkeys and helping us it makes it easy for me so my sea monkeys can stay longer and I am gonna subscribe .❤

  • @johanna006
    @johanna006 9 месяцев назад +1

    Fascinating to see it under the microscope. Thanks! I'd like to see infusoria.

  • @BETTA_MALE
    @BETTA_MALE Месяц назад +1

    Yum, a Thai Company, has been offering Daphnia Raising Kits for both, moina and magna for at least 8 Years...

  • @jasonhedtke659
    @jasonhedtke659 11 месяцев назад +3

    I would be interested in having some!
    They look cool and pretty self sufficient as long as you have algae growing in the tank

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад +2

      Yup! They’re super hardy too. Even when you don’t feed them the population drops down but there’s always some that survive

    • @jasonhedtke659
      @jasonhedtke659 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@pico-cosmos oooo that's also good
      Might have to set myself up with a 3-5 gallon tank and raise a civilization 😎

  • @meemumeem1913
    @meemumeem1913 11 месяцев назад +1

    I want to thank you for your awesome and interesting videos! I will get my first sea monkeys soon! I hope you have a wonderful day!! 😊

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  10 месяцев назад

      Did you get some? 😃

  • @ehheeajeshika
    @ehheeajeshika 10 месяцев назад +1

    Nice to see something other than sea monkey's ❤ hope to see triops soon they're so fascinating 😍

  • @natesface
    @natesface 11 месяцев назад +4

    Where did you get your daphnia and artemia statues from? They're so cool.

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад +2

      On eBay! I think they’re a Japanese brand that came out a few years back so they’re not always easy to find

    • @slavalavi7865
      @slavalavi7865 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@pico-cosmos Maybe you can show me the link , where I can get it too . Thanks. The video is really interesting

  • @kashmoney5249
    @kashmoney5249 11 месяцев назад +2

    about time I'm not 2 weeks late

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад +1

      Haha appreciate you supporting the channel mate :)

  • @linkinparkfanforever2728
    @linkinparkfanforever2728 11 месяцев назад +2

    Haha lol, I was thinking of such a video and now there is just a video 🥰😍😅. But I will also buy that or only the Daphnia eggs, since I have been breeding the food algae for a year 😊.

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад +1

      Yeah it wouldn’t be too difficult to make a DIY setup for this kinda thing. You could use pretty much any tank you want too

    • @linkinparkfanforever2728
      @linkinparkfanforever2728 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@pico-cosmos Yes, I will also use any container that has a minimum capacity of one liter, the bigger the better, so I will probably use two liters or so

  • @DJ3lectrical
    @DJ3lectrical 11 месяцев назад +3

    The manufacturer should refer to the exact species with the moniker “Anomopoda Nyos” as a little dunk on Transcience 😛

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад +1

      🤣 I love this idea. “Specifically bred hybrid species which jump twice as high as water fleas in nature!”

  • @MalO.ver1.0.x
    @MalO.ver1.0.x 7 месяцев назад +1

    Finally a species of tiny fresh water animals who likes the same temperatures as I do. :D

    • @OddLeah
      @OddLeah 5 месяцев назад +1

      Those were my thoughts too! The beavertail fairy shrimp are cute but they like it far too warm!

  • @lobomatias422
    @lobomatias422 11 месяцев назад +2

    Want one of these!!!❤

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад +1

      They’re a fun alternative to Sea-Monkeys!

  • @weaponizedham826
    @weaponizedham826 11 месяцев назад +1

    Id love to see you do a video on triops!!

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад

      Will be doing videos about them later this year :)

  • @Nuttilicious
    @Nuttilicious 11 месяцев назад +2

    I love that you're branching out on to other microfauna! This kit seems well thought-out at first, but if you think about it a bit more, it's not really too well thought-out. The first thing that struck out to me was the fact that the thermometer's range doesn't even fit the daphnia's whole range, so it's useless if you want to use it to tell you if it's cold enough to use the heating pad, so that seems like a weird oversight because it's not like there aren't any sticker thermometers that go down low enough. The next thing that I thought of was food. I guess if you're using them as feeders, it might not be a big deal because you can likely just seed the tank with algae from your main tank, but still. I do like that they included the heating pad, tannins, airline tubing, pipette, and net though. That's more thought to the comfort and longevity of the animals than Sea Monkey kits that don't even accomodate for airline and heaters. As for tank-mates, do you think triops would be a good idea? I'd love to see other similar animals and even more videos with these little guys. Cool vid as always, man!

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад +2

      Yeah those are some good point. It kinda feels like that they just threw a bunch of accessories into the box without too much consideration for them. The website doesn’t even say that this kit comes with a heat pad - and when I asked them about it they said it wasn’t supposed to be included in the kit 🤷‍♂️ I dunno lol. I’m not sure about Triops! It’s a good question though. Maybe they’re eat the Daphnia?

    • @Nuttilicious
      @Nuttilicious 11 месяцев назад

      @@pico-cosmos it sounds like the customer service team don't know much about the r&d for the products and I'm questioning the company's internal communications lol. also good point about the triops. I thought they were around the same size but a quick Google search says daphnia are also feeders for triops, which wouldn't be ideal for tank mates. can't wait to see what you do with them though!

  • @loreleipierre5495
    @loreleipierre5495 10 месяцев назад +1

    I didn’t see any one mention it but the brown liquid is known as humic acid!

  • @reinashelby9495
    @reinashelby9495 10 месяцев назад +1

    I theorise that Daphnia lay eggs. Ever since they hatch in eggs. So congratulations on making and unlimited Daphnia farm (I think)

  • @spectralan0maly
    @spectralan0maly Месяц назад

    love this. looking at potentially get some of these or maybe some fairy shrimp. have you ever kept triops?

  • @seamonkeygirl68
    @seamonkeygirl68 11 месяцев назад +1

    Please make the larger daphia Tank , they are fascinating creatures.

  • @fuggleradventures5820
    @fuggleradventures5820 3 месяца назад

    Wow I would love to raise some as pets. Hopefully they will be available where I live someday😊

  • @BlackArroToons
    @BlackArroToons 11 месяцев назад +2

    Excellent video on this new Daphnia pet available now, thank you. When they include the features you mentioned including a better tank and food, at an eventual lower price, I'd be interested in raising them. I'll have to research how they compare with Brine Shrimp lifespans. I also always wanted to see a Tardigrade Water Bear pet, but I think they're probably way too small for pets.

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад +2

      Glad you enjoyed the video :) haha Tardigrades would be awesome to see under the microscope, but yeah I think they’re much too small to keep as pets 😅 I think they’re barely visible to the human eye

  • @babygorilla4233
    @babygorilla4233 5 месяцев назад +1

    Im trying to hatch and seperate some from the triops eggs they came with. If i culture them in green water under the grow lights for my plants they would make great tankmates/food.

  • @brickch4pel
    @brickch4pel 10 месяцев назад +2

    This kit is really cool! They kind of look like hearts (not the symbolic representation, I mean the actual organ). The body is the heart itself, and the legs are arteries

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  10 месяцев назад

      Never thought of that but you’re totally right

  • @insidesound
    @insidesound 2 месяца назад

    fantastic ) what is your microscope setup ?

  • @TheWitchesList
    @TheWitchesList 11 месяцев назад +1

    Someone needs to send this guy some fairy shrimp. I think they would be very loved in his home :)

  • @guineapiggamer7717
    @guineapiggamer7717 11 месяцев назад +3

    My fish LOVE frozen Daphnia, but that amount of eggs really couldn't feed more than a 40 gallon tank with smaller fish. At the rate we go through food, it wouldn't be enough. For a betta fish this could last for quite a few meals, though.

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад +2

      Ah yeah but Daphnia proliferate very quickly! I think after a month or so in a larger than you could have thousands!

  • @Segafishy
    @Segafishy 11 месяцев назад +3

    I'd definately be intrested in something like this and seeing more of what can be done with them, I'd used flash frozen ones for feeding Fish in the past but never thought of raising them like I do with Sea Monkeys as pets.
    I'll have to see if theres anything similar avalible here even if not a straight forward kit (I'm in the process of doing so for Fairy shrimp too if I can refrain from breaking another Jar and cutting my feet) as I'm not sure on how it will fair travelling that far.

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад +1

      Ah yeah I’d definitely recommend figuring out Fairy Shrimp first 👌 I think once you have that down raising Daphnia will be a breeze. Which species of Fairy Shrimp are you raising?

  • @aswins.p7155
    @aswins.p7155 9 месяцев назад +1

    We call these moina I have cultured these . They become bright red in algae water they usually prefer less clean water and I have fed these with yeast and sugar solution 😇🍃

  • @THEprincessFirefly
    @THEprincessFirefly 11 месяцев назад +2

    I would love to try snd keep Daphia,such cool little critters. I like the kit aswell.

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад +2

      Much easier to raise than Sea-Monkeys, I just wish they were a little larger 😅

    • @THEprincessFirefly
      @THEprincessFirefly 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@pico-cosmos Would be cool if they were.

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад +3

      I’m going to try raise the larger species Daphnia Magna soon. Excited to see how big they get 💪

    • @THEprincessFirefly
      @THEprincessFirefly 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@pico-cosmos Looking forward to seeing that video!!

  • @jasondevelopz
    @jasondevelopz 11 месяцев назад +2

    i like that the daphnia eggs sort of look like actual chicken eggs XD

  • @MurkyWaves
    @MurkyWaves 11 месяцев назад +2

    I would love to see a video that talks about triops. Since I have a triop kit but I’m not sure where to start

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад

      Will definitely be trying them out later this year :D

  • @christadauria4362
    @christadauria4362 5 месяцев назад

    In my Zoology classroom at Gallaudet University, I did dissecting a bull frog under the large microscope then I finally noticed a zigzag pattern of something. Then I discovered that it turned to be an adult daphnia swimming in “ Go- Go” dance in the Petri dish in close-up in careful observation under the large laboratory microscope. I was only one college student who found a daphnia however all of other college students found none. Then I told my woman college professor of Zoology about an adult daphnia in the Petri dish under the large microscope in my careful observation. She wouldn’t believe it!!

  • @RoxanneLaWinSTABBY
    @RoxanneLaWinSTABBY 9 месяцев назад +3

    I got really mad about half an hour ago, finding out that some sort of Algorithm Gremlin had un-subbed me from this channel, but full confession: I’m also in exactly the right place for a Friday night 4-5 video catch-up. Send me to jail.

    • @RoxanneLaWinSTABBY
      @RoxanneLaWinSTABBY 9 месяцев назад +2

      That’s the most boring, Facebook mom comment I’ve ever put on the internet. Good lord. In my defence: I’m not sober

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  9 месяцев назад

      🤣

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  9 месяцев назад +1

      Haha I appreciate you binging the channel while drunk

    • @RoxanneLaWinSTABBY
      @RoxanneLaWinSTABBY 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@pico-cosmos It wasn’t booze, but the other, better unsober that the British government won’t allow. Narcs.

  • @thombaz
    @thombaz 11 месяцев назад +1

    I love to go to the local fish shop busing a bag of them. They many times contain interesting cyclops too.

    • @thombaz
      @thombaz 11 месяцев назад +1

      This company long been selling eggs of different little creatures, they are a bit high priced for me as I pay about 15cents for a live culture, but one day I will try them out.

  • @WolfmanLarryTalbot
    @WolfmanLarryTalbot 11 месяцев назад +1

    Awesomev ideo bringing new crustatians to our attention. I bought a shrimp bubble with a differnt kind of shrimp than Sea-Monkeys. They have to be treated completly differenty, I would like to see what you do with live plants and other annimals with the Daphnia.

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks man! Do you know what species the shrimp is that you bought? Sounds interesting 👌

  • @wyattacup3329
    @wyattacup3329 11 месяцев назад +2

    I have an interesting story about daphnia,I had gotten some fairy shrimp eggs,once they arrived I set up a tank for them,they hatched and I did everything right,did not even over feed them,but for some reason each one passed,however for some reason tons of daphnia were in the tank,maybe they accidently put some in there,or got some when they harvested the fairy shrimp eggs.

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад +1

      That is interesting! Perhaps they inhabit the same vernal pool that they collected the eggs from. I’ve seen some websites that sell Fairy Shrimp & Triops eggs - it’s not uncommon for them to also have other species mixed in there too

    • @wyattacup3329
      @wyattacup3329 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@pico-cosmos little bonus feature if you think about it 😂

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад +1

      @@wyattacup3329yeah totally! I love having different species in the tank, it makes it more interesting to watch huh. I wish it was easy to put other species in with Sea-Monkeys 😅

  • @robyn6521
    @robyn6521 11 месяцев назад +3

    I am interested in small freshwater animals like daphnia, but I do not think I'd buy a kit because these kinds of animals will just appear for you in water you leave outside. You can also get started on your infusoria by heading out to your local pond and grabbing a little handful of the damp mucky stuff near the edge (you'll likely get some little animals too--yay!). Tannins are an important part of freshwater systems. If you have the time and interest, look up "Blackwater Aquarium". The tannins you poured in that colored the water in a way you didn't quite like does look a little out of place in this tank, but it looks right at home in a blackwater aquarium. If you keep up with your daphnia and other freshwater animals, consider how you might create a setup that doesn't require water changes at all.

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks for the insight! Yeah I’ve watched a few videos on blackwater aquariums, they look super interesting! Have you ever had one?

    • @robyn6521
      @robyn6521 11 месяцев назад

      @@pico-cosmos Unfortunately, no. I only have one tank of sea monkeys at the moment. I'm pondering some different ideas that I might try in a 2nd sea monkey tank in the future.
      A small tank of some freshwater species like cyclops, fairy shrimp, or daphnia is on my mind though. I was really happy to see you exploring these things.

  • @crusty5191
    @crusty5191 11 месяцев назад +2

    I once had a daphnia colony that i got when an aquatics store gave me an algae sample. They thrived for a few months before dying out, likely due to me not knowing how to raise specifically Daphnia

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад +1

      Haha that’s such a cool little bonus! Yeah I’ve found that regular water changes help a lot with a colony’s longevity. You should try raising them again some time!

    • @crusty5191
      @crusty5191 11 месяцев назад +2

      @pico-cosmos I definitely will try. I want to set up my own online aquatics shop eventually and sell my own sort of knock off sea monkey kits for fun. Learning daphnia would help my horizons

  • @loutube7221
    @loutube7221 10 месяцев назад +1

    Those things are are in a bucket in my back yard and I never new

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  10 месяцев назад +1

      Lol how’d they get in there?

  • @karen3530
    @karen3530 11 месяцев назад +1

    Those are some chonky little things 🥹😂

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад

      Haha yeh Daphnia are definitely thicc girls 🍑 😂

  • @TVPEWORM
    @TVPEWORM 11 месяцев назад +1

    Where do you get your model figures at 6:40 ? I noticed those in other videos and i want one???

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад +1

      I got this one on eBay! I think they’re a little old though, so they only come up for sale from time to time. I judt searched for “daphnia figure”

  • @samaraswad8332
    @samaraswad8332 11 месяцев назад +2

    Yay 3 comment and werry collanimels almost as good as Seamonkeys

  • @That_Mazzini_Fan
    @That_Mazzini_Fan 11 месяцев назад +1

    Finally,i'm early.

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад +1

      :) thanks for supporting the channel! Really appreciate it 🎉

  • @anie6142
    @anie6142 11 месяцев назад +3

    Have you given them names xD? I would definitely be interested in this kit but I'm still debating whether to keep them as pets or to breed them for possible fish food. I do know they sell dried Daphnia as snacks for Betta fish, and would probably be a good food source for Triops too. But these guys are kinda cute and I'd probably feel bad if I were to use them for food for other animals 🥺. Then again, the other animals also need to eat 😅.

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад +3

      Haha there are too many to give them names.. plus they all kinda look identical 😅 you could always raise them as pets and then just remove a few to feed to your fish. I’ve heard it’s actually quite healthy for the Daphnia colony too because the population doesn’t get too dense

  • @hansgunnarnilsensunde6139
    @hansgunnarnilsensunde6139 11 месяцев назад +2

    Hi! I have a question about sea monkeys and lighting, will grow lights for the algae be sufficient for the sea monkeys as well? I am thinking about keeping them in my bathroom which has a stable warm temperature, but weak fluorescent lighting😅
    I really enjoy watching your videos, it inspired me to get the mars tank!🤩

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад +2

      Great to hear you’re getting into Sea-Monkeys! Yeh the grow lights will be fine for the Sea-Monkeys :) I’d recommend leaving them on for around 16hrs each day 👍 good luck with your new pets!

    • @hansgunnarnilsensunde6139
      @hansgunnarnilsensunde6139 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@pico-cosmos Thank you for the reply, I really appreciate it! Will do🤩

  • @banana_friend9
    @banana_friend9 9 месяцев назад +1

    Im thinking of raising daphnia but with eggs not the kit, i have dechlorinator, indian almond leaves etc. So i was wondering how much chlorine is in the spring water your using and how much water does the jar your using hold? Thanks!

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  9 месяцев назад

      No idea how much chlorine is in the spring water - but I assume basically none? Water volume doesn’t really matter. Anything larger than 200ml is adequate

    • @banana_friend9
      @banana_friend9 9 месяцев назад

      Ok, Thanks!

  • @stardust9072
    @stardust9072 8 месяцев назад

    use rice bran powder. make sure u filter it with fine net first.

  • @Batmancontingencyplans
    @Batmancontingencyplans 10 месяцев назад +1

    Bro ❤️ your videos. But I think it's time for you to go into the fish hobby with Guppy Fish. You can setup 1ft nano tanks with Guppy and shrimps.

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  10 месяцев назад

      Haha I kinda like these smaller aquatic animals! We can’t get freshwater shrimp in NZ 😢 they’re illegal

    • @Batmancontingencyplans
      @Batmancontingencyplans 10 месяцев назад

      @@pico-cosmos What about Guppy Fish & Snails ?

  • @bizarrebudgie3589
    @bizarrebudgie3589 11 месяцев назад +2

    I would get daphnia (but they are too small), I hope they make the bigger species that you talked about before for pets, also, I can’t seem to ever get my sea monkeys to have live birth (and to mate, but they did mate a few times soooo) maybe it’s because I’m in the uk? And the uk is cold like 24/7?

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад

      They’ll only live birth if they’re comfortable. Using an aquarium heater helps a lot 👌 definitely give it a try

  • @DarkSnP
    @DarkSnP 11 месяцев назад +1

    So with food and i suppose the right water temps and climate do these just continue to breed/survive? Is thi something that continues to have an animal inside it till something ruins the environment? Could these guys go inside the zoo kit if already had one but no SeaMonkey?

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  10 месяцев назад +1

      Yup! You can sustain a colony indefinitely under good conditions

    • @DarkSnP
      @DarkSnP 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@pico-cosmos tysvm! I'm so into all these little fellas and my seamonkeys have survived and thrived : D thank you for all the info!!

  • @banarasiblog-mc7yn
    @banarasiblog-mc7yn 4 месяца назад

    love fro bharat

  • @jomo9454
    @jomo9454 11 месяцев назад +2

    Wow, I couldn't personally get Indian almond leaves

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад +1

      How come? I think they sell them at a lot of pet stores. Easy to find online too 👌

  • @jasondevelopz
    @jasondevelopz 11 месяцев назад

    12:00 i misheard "sheds her exoskeleton" as "shits her exoskeleton" 😂

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад

      Hahaha you didn’t mishear ;)

  • @hatednyc
    @hatednyc 2 месяца назад

    Imagine hatching beside that giant creature. It’s like their god is there beside the tank.

  • @volcanixthanksyoufortheviewz
    @volcanixthanksyoufortheviewz 11 месяцев назад

    Can you keep scud, daphnia and fairy shrimp together?

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад

      I believe so yeah! Haven’t tried it myself yet though

  • @55555711
    @55555711 11 месяцев назад +1

    There cool 😎 and odd

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад

      Yeah definitely weird little animals! I don’t think many people know about them tbh

  • @TomFWA
    @TomFWA 11 месяцев назад +1

    I'd be careful trying scuds as they can be predatory, even to fish fry and shrimp, but seed shrimp and daphnia can go together happily.

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад

      Oo thanks for letting me know 👌 where do people usually get scuds from?

    • @TomFWA
      @TomFWA 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@pico-cosmos I've seen them at local fish stores, but I'm sure you would be able to find them online. Would be interesting to try them out and see how they go in an invert set up. But I have looked into them a bit and have heard you need to be a bit cautious.

  • @TVPEWORM
    @TVPEWORM 11 месяцев назад +2

    OMG EARLY

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад +1

      🙌 within the first minute!

    • @TVPEWORM
      @TVPEWORM 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@pico-cosmos I love your content so much!!! You inspired me to get my first pets (sea monkeys)

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад

      Thanks! That’s so cool to hear :) are they still alive?

    • @TVPEWORM
      @TVPEWORM 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@pico-cosmos my first tank has had a drop in population sadly, there's only 4 left there, my second tank is better!! Should I transfer the 4 to my other tank then wash out the original one?

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад +1

      @@TVPEWORMhmm I’d only move them over if they were looking unhealthy. But if they seem happy I’d just leave them :)

  • @dominic9263
    @dominic9263 11 месяцев назад +1

    make daphnias and artemias hang out 🥺

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад +1

      I need to try and find a saltwater Daphnia species first 😬 they’re hard to come by

    • @dominic9263
      @dominic9263 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@pico-cosmos thank u for replying, i love ur videos man keep it up!!!!

  • @airidas253
    @airidas253 11 месяцев назад +1

    Can you unbox Saltwater creatures bring the prehistoric back to life kit

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад

      Ah is that the German one? I’ll get around to it eventually 👌

    • @airidas253
      @airidas253 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@pico-cosmos its made by Kosmos i just bought it yesterday the hatch rate is good some hatched in 12 hours

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад

      Nice! How many babies hatched?

    • @airidas253
      @airidas253 11 месяцев назад +1

      Well it came with a pack full of millions of eggs and said the put four spatulas of eggs so out of the four spatulas around 14 hatched

    • @airidas253
      @airidas253 11 месяцев назад +1

      Now im waiting to see how many more hatch

  • @danmcgladdery1813
    @danmcgladdery1813 3 месяца назад

    1:41
    At least it moderately resembles an actual daphnia, unlike SOME brands.

  • @mattymerr701
    @mattymerr701 2 дня назад

    The setup is pretty cheap and how ya doin, but it seems like it's thought out well

  • @Pam22191
    @Pam22191 11 месяцев назад +2

    First Comment!

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад +1

      🏆 that was quick! Thanks for supporting the channel :)

    • @Pam22191
      @Pam22191 11 месяцев назад

      By The Way That daphnia vid was brilliant!

  • @mauvemoth569
    @mauvemoth569 11 месяцев назад +1

    you done triops yet?

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад +2

      Not yet! I still have a bunch of Brine Shrimp videos to make 😅 and Daphnia now too it seems. Will be doing Triops later this year 👍

  • @airidas253
    @airidas253 11 месяцев назад +1

    If you do get the saltwater creatures set dont put the reccomended 4 spatulas cause there is more than 200 now

    • @pico-cosmos
      @pico-cosmos  11 месяцев назад

      😬 that’s a lot! Hope they survive 🤞

    • @airidas253
      @airidas253 11 месяцев назад +1

      100 died the other past to starting to become teenagers

  • @KartikPatel-nt4ff
    @KartikPatel-nt4ff 7 месяцев назад

    😅😮😅😮😅😅😅😅well ingormeti0n.Good show 😅😅