WOW! Once again you have saved my baby fish! I definitely have seen cyclops and didn’t even think about them killing off my cultures! 🤦🏻♀️ YOU ARE AMAZING!!!! No one helps breeders like you do man! ❤️❤️❤️
When i was a kid i used to harvest tadpoles and grow them into tiny frogs for me to release and i fed them infusoria, the recipe was way simpler in the 80s: I just put some lettuce into a jar of water and left it in the sunlight until the water got yellow, then i poured some of that water to my growing tadpoles, it was a fun kid science project!
That's how I cultured mine too when I bred bettas. When I run out of lettuce, I use sweet potato tops, pak choi leaves or sometimes not healthy aquarium plants. I used aged aquarium water
Thanks for the vid. Tried the boiled veggie method a few times with no success. Tried your yeast method and worked first time . Made a second batch and worked first go to . I've been using the yeast to keep my culture going and so far it's now been 5weeks in a large jar and thriving .. thanks again...
Tried the yeast method its so ez. Day 2 the water clears and by day 4 its full of infusoria. Thanks i just breed my tiger barbs, danios, redeye tetra and black widow tetra. I estimated like 1.5 - 2k fry and this help me a lot. Cant thank you enough man.
You're always my go to when it comes to fish care! I recently breed two marble bettas because of your breeding betta in tub video...that video alone made my first fish breeding a success. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
De todos los vídeos q he visto buscando como hacer infusorios.... Este ha Sido el único q funciona. Claro, al grano y bien explicado, y eso q está en inglés. Este chico ya es una autoridad en el aquarismo, saludos desde México 🇲🇽
THANKS! I tried about 6 times using various methods (lettuce, spirulina, filter sludge). I finally had success with your method. 20 fat zebra danios thank you too.
Wait a second! Should anyone expect to have infusoria in their filters all along? I feel so much hasn't been explained in this video. You need to make an in depth video on this since to me you did a magic!
I also saw a video where the guy said to collect random water, from like ponds or lakes or buckets with leaves or whatever then put it in a jar for a few days and watch and see if there's infusoria in there. When you see them, suck them up with a pipette and use that to feed your culture. That way you can be selective in what you breed.
If you’re serious about infusoria, it’s worthwhile to look at a few drops of your culture water under a microscope (one drop at a time) so you can see how many and what kinds are in the culture. A cheap microscope is good enough, although you may want to look for one that lets you save pictures to your smartphone (if you have a smartphone).
THANK YOU!! You are the best. I have been keeping fish for 30 years and your methods are unique. I will try this week-end. Again you are a great inspiration for this hobby, I am very impress by your knowledge and your wiliness to share the good and the bad. I guess big RUclipsrs are forgetting that we are learning a great deal from mistake. One that I will share openly is the use of rain water (substitute for RO water). This is a great method if you do not want to invest in a RO system. BUT, be very careful, rainwater can have MAJOR problems, such as pest infestation if you leave your water outside for few days. I had QTY 3 tanks infested with leeches. Nothing kills Leeches, you can through away everything (plants/substrate), boil you equipment (filter/heater/sponge/media), disinfect your tank with alcohol and start all over again, hoping you are not killing your fish and they are not infected. No one will tell you the risk of using rainwater well, here you go! lesson learned, I need to invest in a small RO system. Thank you.
I know this is a year old at this point but ro water isn't the best for fish cause it's had it minerals removed. You have to re-add them every time, way to much extra work. Just treat tap water with water conditioner. Or let it sit out for a few days with an air stone in it. Spending hundreds of dollars on an ro system just to have to put in more work for water changes is well.... Dumb😅
i recently added some swan mussles to my tank and because theyre filter feeders i was really worried i had made an impulse buy with no idea of how to feed them. this video was very informative and im pleased to say my mussels doing well.
Your muscles shouldn’t need to be fed tbh. They eat the fish waste. 1 per 40 litres of tank water is enough to sustain simply off algae, bacteria and fish waist
Great video, I just started breeding fish and have been using frozen baby brine shrimp and powdered food but this is a great educational video for those of us just starting out
I always appreciate all accounts of people who actually use stuff like this. Sometimes you get opinions on these culturing topics where you don't know that they're actually doing it, at all, or at scale. I would be a little scared about the "stinky" method fouling up the aquarium water because the fry live in a smaller volume.
Omg yay! I’ve been waiting excitedly for this vid to come out. I’ve tried all the vegetable methods but it doesn’t work. I will try both methods as soon as I can get my hands on another bunch of Java moss at my local fish auction, whenever they are back. Amazing video, I used to say u we’re going places but I think u are there now. What an inspiration. Thanks
@@Vgb_ali_official mix a little gran flour in water to make a “milk” lime solution. Add just enough of the solution to the infusoria culture to turn it slightly cloudy - the infusoria will feed on this or the bacteria it produces.
I initially skipped watching this video because I didn’t think I’d need to know how to culture infusoria. 8 months later, I’m trying to breed CBDs, and I’m watching this video in preparation for the fry.
Awesome video and information. Thank you Nick your video has been a ton of help. And I agree your culturing methods are very simple and much faster to become usable.
I have many tubs and bins of plants that tend to rot a little and some algae. I suppose they also have infusoria yet I don't have a microscope to test out that theory. However, in the past whenever I need to house fish for a build I tend to leave them in those tanks and have found fish fry thriving; I raised a few to maturity that way too.
Great info, thanks! Every day I spot more and more cpd fry in my tank and while they must be finding things to eat in there I want to add infusoria and bbs to make sure they survive and grow well
Infusoria is word that describe multiple species. And copepods and Cyclops(type of copepod) is one of them. So his wording does not make much of a sense... he complains that bigger copepods eat smaller copepods, which is infact wrong. The only preditor at that scale are hydras.
It's just the video we were looking for, thank you very much. all step by step and very detailed in a very simple way. We send you greetings from Uruguay!!
@@henrytoledo4103 no i have 3 aquariums in which i breed guppies for prophet in but i am not a hardcore fish keeper like keepingfishsimple. I've just never heard that word before.
@@henrytoledo4103 I don’t think there was a need for that comment. Infusoria is not as common as you think as u commonly can’t buy it and don’t need it for most fry, only micro species. Even then there are other things that people might just know about.
I got some green water from outside and left it inside for a couple days then put it in my pearl Gourami fry tank think it kept them busy in-between when I was feeding vinegar eels. now they're bigger they love microworms
i fermented a mango puree with s. boulardii which is a yeast that is a cousin to brewers yeast. i could easily take some of that yeasty mango paste and freeze it into ice cubes and toss in an ice cube in a jar with some dirty tank water easily. along with whatever plant clippings i am not replanting. could be interesting. way to keep it going if they like rotting plants (no longer sweet because of the yeast) and yeast.
I used your quick method with my Galaxy Raspora and Red Neon blue eyed tetras ~ despite not being able to see the fish are going crazy 😅 eating something ! Thank you!
Buenos métodos de hacer infusorios...aquí en Buenos Aires Argentina...en un recipiente de 20 litros agrego agua limpia y el agua de enjuague de ( una papa ) y caracoles planorbis, eso lo dejo al sol y en cuestión de días comienzan a aparecer microorganismos tales como infusorios.... Saludos desde Tierras Altas Tortuguitas Buenos Aires Argentina 🖐🏻🖐🏻🖐🏻👍🏻💪🏻🇦🇷💫💫💫
I remove the male. It also helps the female to hide among the Java moss. The Java moss raised the babies. I did not hatch any brine shrimp. It is just Java moss and crashed flake.
How do you feed from the yeast solution? Do you filter it through a cloth, pipe up some and leave some? Do you use a torchlight to attract the infusoria? Is it ok to put the yeast water into the aquarium?
Good thing I watched this video. I have a jar of have moss in a glass jar and just went to look at it. It’s has these little things that’s moving. Looks like dust. Just hope it is Infusoria. I’ll have to move it to a bigger jar. Don’t know how long these things live for.
yeah, even for infusories brocolis are bad 😁😅😅 Thanks for the method with the yeast , simple and efficient and no smell is a big plus !! BTW you look awesome with a moustache ! 🤩🤩
So, you're saying that if I put some water in a jar, squeeze a sponge from a filter and there, and feed with yeast, it will grow infusoria? Meaning that they are normally in the aquarium? Or do I need to have an initial culture? Also, do baby shrimp eat infusoria? Please, I'd really appreciate answers. Thank you for the video, and for answering.
This is great, I'd never thought of using yeast. It'll definitely make me more popular at home. Do you have any issues with the culture impacting your fry tank parameters at all?
so i was wondering how my neon tetra babies would grow up easily without feeding them. guess the little tiny white things i see in my tank are infusorias. thought it was planaria or something i never do gravel vacuum and have tone of plants with dead plant leaves. and me trying to feed the babies with egg yolk might have started a infusoria culture without me realizing it. and yes just like the video i have a ton of dead looking java moss like ur bucket, of course i have a lot of healthy ones but recently in the corner of the tank a baseball size batch started to decay but i never cleaned it up and guess that also triggered a infusoria boom on my tank lol
All I get when I try is seedshrimp and cyclops. 🤷🏼♀️🤦♀️ Edit: I checked again in a dark room with a flashlight and now it seems that my culture is full of tiny dust specs. I guess I managed to create infusoria culture on your advice! It has some cyclops and seed shrimp too. But I guess it is not bad. I used yeast method.
I have a few questions if I can be annoying: Does the yeast method need light? I hear sunlight for the vegetable method is to help break down the vegetables but if the java moss bucket culture works because the moss decays in total darkness then light isn't the factor for infusoria growth, right? The infusoria just need a food source, not light? Secondly, if I can't get water directly from my filter media could I substitute with just some plants/java moss and a little mulm from the bottom of the aquarium as well as the water from a mature tank? Right now I've got a jar with some java moss, a little mulm and floating plants + water from a well established aquarium in a jar and I've mixed in some dissolved yeast but I'm not sure if this would work without seeding it with filter media and I'm not sure if it needs light or not!
Awesome video Sir. Excellent information. 👍👍👍👍👍 I just asked on your last post how to make it & very next video you shared your method. Thank you Sir. Keep up the great work...
How exciting! I have pink glo-fish danios that hatched yesterday, so this is perfect timing. I'm getting ready to breed some bettas soon because it's SO much fun. Good luck! :)
This might sound a bit daft, but when feeding the infusoria to the fry, do you have to rinse them first cause of the yeast? Do you just take some of the water and feed that, or do you swab the side of the jar and feed?
Well done, great video. My batches using the rotting broccoli ect have been hit and miss. Spectacular success or total doom. This looks more reliable. Thank you for sharing.
That java moss method, also results seed shrimp, it seems they appear at infrequent occasions for me. I did not realize my tubs of java moss were already loaded with infusoria. Now I don't have to worry of running out.
How do you decomtaminate your java fern . ? I bought some and didn't know to do this. I put it in a quarantine aquarium currently. Where do you get your Java moss?
Would it be safe to grab some water from an outside fishpond to kick-start? I suspect there might be nasties in that water, I don't really want to risk bringing them into my tank... Reason I ask is I don't have a sponge filter to get a bunch of bacteria from... and only a small amount of java moss.
HI KFS U ARE SOO HELPFUL I HAVE PLATYS AND THEY HAD BABIES AT ABOUT 1 OR 2 AM AND I ONLY FOUND 4 FRY BUT IM ONLY A BEGINNER WISH ME LUCK. PS I ONLY GOT THE PLATYS YESTERDAY AND CAN U GIVE ME SOME TIPS FOR PLATYS
How's that gonna work tho if I have a breeder box hanging in the main tank. It's just gonna flow out into the main aquarium? Molly Fry been born this minute as I type 😮help!!
Cheers for the info lol simple to get a colony started and keep alive but I have a question 🤔 I have a betta tank with a male and a few ramshorn snails and I've just noticed a small amount in the tank and I haven't used anything from the colony to add to the tank so it's got me puzzled
First question, how do I get the infusoria to begin with? My last attempt yielded none, but my tank is only 6 months old. I did order some recently, fingers crossed. Second question, how do I keep the culture alive? If the bought culture survive the shipping, and I didn't just kill them... Should I just use the yeast method and keep straring new batches in new containers?
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The Java moss hasn’t died in this culture and I’ve had it for a few months. Seems to survive and rot at the same time. Weird
Does it smell a lot?
Have you never needed to add more Java moss ?
@@liker9923 I have the same question. My culture ends up smelling like dead fish.
Does your culture smell like dead fish?
@@michaelrhude4984 he said in the video that it does stink
WOW! Once again you have saved my baby fish! I definitely have seen cyclops and didn’t even think about them killing off my cultures! 🤦🏻♀️ YOU ARE AMAZING!!!! No one helps breeders like you do man! ❤️❤️❤️
When i was a kid i used to harvest tadpoles and grow them into tiny frogs for me to release and i fed them infusoria, the recipe was way simpler in the 80s: I just put some lettuce into a jar of water and left it in the sunlight until the water got yellow, then i poured some of that water to my growing tadpoles, it was a fun kid science project!
That's how I cultured mine too when I bred bettas. When I run out of lettuce, I use sweet potato tops, pak choi leaves or sometimes not healthy aquarium plants. I used aged aquarium water
Thanks for the vid. Tried the boiled veggie method a few times with no success. Tried your yeast method and worked first time . Made a second batch and worked first go to . I've been using the yeast to keep my culture going and so far it's now been 5weeks in a large jar and thriving .. thanks again...
Tried the yeast method its so ez. Day 2 the water clears and by day 4 its full of infusoria. Thanks i just breed my tiger barbs, danios, redeye tetra and black widow tetra. I estimated like 1.5 - 2k fry and this help me a lot. Cant thank you enough man.
Where do you get the infusoria kit to start with?
@@carolynk5316 dont need kit. Just follow the method
Interesting I can’t get it to work at all despite following the method
@@andrewv7213 to be fair i live in tropical country malaysia. Maybe thats why.
I can't get it to work too
I just get a jar with some cyclops and seed shrimp. No infusoria 😅
You're always my go to when it comes to fish care! I recently breed two marble bettas because of your breeding betta in tub video...that video alone made my first fish breeding a success. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
I set up a 2 gallon crock about 2 years ago using your method. Its still going strong and I've just started a second one. Thank you so much !!!!!
De todos los vídeos q he visto buscando como hacer infusorios.... Este ha Sido el único q funciona. Claro, al grano y bien explicado, y eso q está en inglés. Este chico ya es una autoridad en el aquarismo, saludos desde México 🇲🇽
THANKS! I tried about 6 times using various methods (lettuce, spirulina, filter sludge). I finally had success with your method. 20 fat zebra danios thank you too.
Infusoria: Ciliates, euglenoids, protozoa, unicellular algae and small invertebrates are what make up Infusoria. Thanks for the Video...
Wait a second! Should anyone expect to have infusoria in their filters all along? I feel so much hasn't been explained in this video. You need to make an in depth video on this since to me you did a magic!
There is always some infusoria in aquarium.
I also saw a video where the guy said to collect random water, from like ponds or lakes or buckets with leaves or whatever then put it in a jar for a few days and watch and see if there's infusoria in there. When you see them, suck them up with a pipette and use that to feed your culture. That way you can be selective in what you breed.
If you’re serious about infusoria, it’s worthwhile to look at a few drops of your culture water under a microscope (one drop at a time) so you can see how many and what kinds are in the culture. A cheap microscope is good enough, although you may want to look for one that lets you save pictures to your smartphone (if you have a smartphone).
THANK YOU!! You are the best. I have been keeping fish for 30 years and your methods are unique. I will try this week-end. Again you are a great inspiration for this hobby, I am very impress by your knowledge and your wiliness to share the good and the bad. I guess big RUclipsrs are forgetting that we are learning a great deal from mistake. One that I will share openly is the use of rain water (substitute for RO water). This is a great method if you do not want to invest in a RO system. BUT, be very careful, rainwater can have MAJOR problems, such as pest infestation if you leave your water outside for few days. I had QTY 3 tanks infested with leeches. Nothing kills Leeches, you can through away everything (plants/substrate), boil you equipment (filter/heater/sponge/media), disinfect your tank with alcohol and start all over again, hoping you are not killing your fish and they are not infected. No one will tell you the risk of using rainwater well, here you go! lesson learned, I need to invest in a small RO system. Thank you.
Careful w blackworms and leeches too.
I know this is a year old at this point but ro water isn't the best for fish cause it's had it minerals removed. You have to re-add them every time, way to much extra work. Just treat tap water with water conditioner. Or let it sit out for a few days with an air stone in it. Spending hundreds of dollars on an ro system just to have to put in more work for water changes is well.... Dumb😅
Best infusoria video yet. I have been struggling and it hasn't made sense to me.
Did the 24 hr method and it worked like charm . Thanks a lot for sharing the method ❤️👏🏼
I told my wife I have infusoria. She told me to call the doctor 😮
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Expertese + clear + concise + enthusiasm = Great videos. Thanks for your time and effort. I'm now very hopeful of a result 👍
Edwin from Costa Rica. Thank you for all your tips !!! New to the hobby and I stared n a culture yesterday . Once again thank you !!!
i recently added some swan mussles to my tank and because theyre filter feeders i was really worried i had made an impulse buy with no idea of how to feed them. this video was very informative and im pleased to say my mussels doing well.
Your muscles shouldn’t need to be fed tbh. They eat the fish waste. 1 per 40 litres of tank water is enough to sustain simply off algae, bacteria and fish waist
Great video, I just started breeding fish and have been using frozen baby brine shrimp and powdered food but this is a great educational video for those of us just starting out
I always appreciate all accounts of people who actually use stuff like this. Sometimes you get opinions on these culturing topics where you don't know that they're actually doing it, at all, or at scale. I would be a little scared about the "stinky" method fouling up the aquarium water because the fry live in a smaller volume.
Omg yay! I’ve been waiting excitedly for this vid to come out. I’ve tried all the vegetable methods but it doesn’t work. I will try both methods as soon as I can get my hands on another bunch of Java moss at my local fish auction, whenever they are back. Amazing video, I used to say u we’re going places but I think u are there now. What an inspiration. Thanks
Absolutely enjoy your videos. All the way from here in Cleveland Ohio. Keep them coming it always inspires me to do things in my fish room.
I was born in Cleveland, so we are basically brothers.
@@TheChefmike66 I was born in a few cities over from Cleveland, so we are basically cousins.
You can also use “gran flour” which is available at most Asia stores instead of the yeast method 🤓👍
can you explain ?
@@Vgb_ali_official mix a little gran flour in water to make a “milk” lime solution. Add just enough of the solution to the infusoria culture to turn it slightly cloudy - the infusoria will feed on this or the bacteria it produces.
I initially skipped watching this video because I didn’t think I’d need to know how to culture infusoria. 8 months later, I’m trying to breed CBDs, and I’m watching this video in preparation for the fry.
Awesome video and information. Thank you Nick your video has been a ton of help. And I agree your culturing methods are very simple and much faster to become usable.
Wow that concept looks super easy thanks for sharing.
I have many tubs and bins of plants that tend to rot a little and some algae. I suppose they also have infusoria yet I don't have a microscope to test out that theory. However, in the past whenever I need to house fish for a build I tend to leave them in those tanks and have found fish fry thriving; I raised a few to maturity that way too.
Going to try this in the morning for my betta fry, who are only a few days old.
Great info, thanks! Every day I spot more and more cpd fry in my tank and while they must be finding things to eat in there I want to add infusoria and bbs to make sure they survive and grow well
I'm loving all the video content and how often they are being posted now. Keep it up man.
I'm having the same issue with micro predators. first videos I've seen that addresses this
Infusoria is word that describe multiple species. And copepods and Cyclops(type of copepod) is one of them.
So his wording does not make much of a sense... he complains that bigger copepods eat smaller copepods, which is infact wrong.
The only preditor at that scale are hydras.
It's just the video we were looking for, thank you very much. all step by step and very detailed in a very simple way. We send you greetings from Uruguay!!
And there's me who's never even heard of infusoria. . . . . . . . .
Ok, so I take it that you won a goldfish at a Carnival, or don't have an aquarium?
@@henrytoledo4103 no i have 3 aquariums in which i breed guppies for prophet in but i am not a hardcore fish keeper like keepingfishsimple. I've just never heard that word before.
@@henrytoledo4103 Yikes, no need to be an ass about it. No idea why you have to be so unlikable instead of encouraging people to progress in the hobby
@@henrytoledo4103 I don’t think there was a need for that comment. Infusoria is not as common as you think as u commonly can’t buy it and don’t need it for most fry, only micro species. Even then there are other things that people might just know about.
I had never heard of it either. Keep up the good work.
Doug
I got some green water from outside and left it inside for a couple days then put it in my pearl Gourami fry tank think it kept them busy in-between when I was feeding vinegar eels. now they're bigger they love microworms
I've done the broccoli method. and I'm not a fan. however I do have a lot of spare moss. thanks for the top advice 👍
Thank you for sharing! Your method is way easier than some others I have seen so very much appreciate it.
i fermented a mango puree with s. boulardii which is a yeast that is a cousin to brewers yeast. i could easily take some of that yeasty mango paste and freeze it into ice cubes and toss in an ice cube in a jar with some dirty tank water easily. along with whatever plant clippings i am not replanting. could be interesting. way to keep it going if they like rotting plants (no longer sweet because of the yeast) and yeast.
I used your quick method with my Galaxy Raspora and Red Neon blue eyed tetras ~ despite not being able to see the fish are going crazy 😅 eating something ! Thank you!
What can I do to keep the infusoria growing in the yeast culture jar?
Buenos métodos de hacer infusorios...aquí en Buenos Aires Argentina...en un recipiente de 20 litros agrego agua limpia y el agua de enjuague de ( una papa ) y caracoles planorbis, eso lo dejo al sol y en cuestión de días comienzan a aparecer microorganismos tales como infusorios....
Saludos desde Tierras Altas Tortuguitas Buenos Aires Argentina 🖐🏻🖐🏻🖐🏻👍🏻💪🏻🇦🇷💫💫💫
Thanks for sharing. I used Java moss to help me with dwarf honey gouramis. Once Their eggs hatch at the water line
I remove the male. It also helps the female to hide among the Java moss. The Java moss raised the babies. I did not hatch any brine shrimp. It is just Java moss and crashed flake.
How do you feed from the yeast solution? Do you filter it through a cloth, pipe up some and leave some? Do you use a torchlight to attract the infusoria? Is it ok to put the yeast water into the aquarium?
I made some tonight, fingers crossed it works.. I did it with the yeast.
...And??
This is exactly what I've been looking for for my crazy projects! Thank you! Been on a binge of your videos as of late
A lot of households have old vases laying around too. Those could be great for infusoria
Marvellous. One of the best channels! Thanks!
Good thing I watched this video. I have a jar of have moss in a glass jar and just went to look at it. It’s has these little things that’s moving. Looks like dust. Just hope it is Infusoria. I’ll have to move it to a bigger jar. Don’t know how long these things live for.
My shrimp tank with matten filter has it's own copepod colony . Baby guppies love them.
yeah, even for infusories brocolis are bad 😁😅😅 Thanks for the method with the yeast , simple and efficient and no smell is a big plus !! BTW you look awesome with a moustache ! 🤩🤩
Great video, so much info and made it simple. I was surching for this the day before you posted it - perfect timing!
What about using a pinch of sourdough starter in a jar of water infused with aquarium filter debris?
My honey gouramis just had their fry hatch so now I got to try this I hope it works!
Ive failed every attempt at culturing this. Hope this method works 😊
Did you have success? So far I have not, and I followed the directions meticulously.
What keeps the Java Moss from dying in that closed bucket with no light?????
Oh, it's definitely dying-- and as it does so it provides more bacteria for the infusoria to dine upon. It can't live in the dark indefinitely.
INTERESTING WAYS TO TRAY :)
THANK YOU FOR SHARING :)
THANK YOU FROM ISRAEL :)
So, you're saying that if I put some water in a jar, squeeze a sponge from a filter and there, and feed with yeast, it will grow infusoria? Meaning that they are normally in the aquarium? Or do I need to have an initial culture?
Also, do baby shrimp eat infusoria?
Please, I'd really appreciate answers. Thank you for the video, and for answering.
This is great, I'd never thought of using yeast. It'll definitely make me more popular at home. Do you have any issues with the culture impacting your fry tank parameters at all?
so i was wondering how my neon tetra babies would grow up easily without feeding them. guess the little tiny white things i see in my tank are infusorias. thought it was planaria or something
i never do gravel vacuum and have tone of plants with dead plant leaves. and me trying to feed the babies with egg yolk might have started a infusoria culture without me realizing it.
and yes just like the video i have a ton of dead looking java moss like ur bucket, of course i have a lot of healthy ones but recently in the corner of the tank a baseball size batch started to decay but i never cleaned it up and guess that also triggered a infusoria boom on my tank lol
I set up 2 jars to try before the video was over😆. If they do good then I'll need to get more Java moss and try the bucket.
Will definitely try these methods for my upcoming betta projects. Thanks man!
Dude I was just looking for a video about this! Perfect timing! thank you!
Brilliant. Thanks 🙏 for sharing. BR Paul from Leeds England 🏴
All I get when I try is seedshrimp and cyclops. 🤷🏼♀️🤦♀️
Edit: I checked again in a dark room with a flashlight and now it seems that my culture is full of tiny dust specs. I guess I managed to create infusoria culture on your advice!
It has some cyclops and seed shrimp too. But I guess it is not bad.
I used yeast method.
I have a few questions if I can be annoying:
Does the yeast method need light? I hear sunlight for the vegetable method is to help break down the vegetables but if the java moss bucket culture works because the moss decays in total darkness then light isn't the factor for infusoria growth, right? The infusoria just need a food source, not light?
Secondly, if I can't get water directly from my filter media could I substitute with just some plants/java moss and a little mulm from the bottom of the aquarium as well as the water from a mature tank?
Right now I've got a jar with some java moss, a little mulm and floating plants + water from a well established aquarium in a jar and I've mixed in some dissolved yeast but I'm not sure if this would work without seeding it with filter media and I'm not sure if it needs light or not!
Great video. Keeping it simple and effective.
Anyone asks me about this I'll be sending them right here.
Awesome video Sir. Excellent information. 👍👍👍👍👍
I just asked on your last post how to make it & very next video you shared your method. Thank you Sir. Keep up the great work...
Does it have to be Java Moss or any aquarium plant? Is this what's called "green water"?
thank you for the tip , my convict has produces some frys
Never been this early but this is very helpful!!! I just got a spawn of bettas so this is a nice extra food option
How exciting! I have pink glo-fish danios that hatched yesterday, so this is perfect timing.
I'm getting ready to breed some bettas soon because it's SO much fun. Good luck! :)
@@beh4846 Dude that is so cool! Keep us updated on that! And good luck to you too!
Do you pour the yeast water into the tank as well?
I don't have Java moss what other aquarium plants can we use for the culture
Thank you so much for making and sharing this. I am going to try and breed some this week!
Thanks for the video bro
We asked and here comes the video....
Gonna try soon
Keep uploading stay safe
@KeepingFishSimple, would like to ask if we did the bucket culture. Does it have to be put in a closed, non-transparent bucket?
Nick Sir could you please share what type of lighting you're using & the plants in your fishroom? Could you share link for the lights?
Best infusoria video I have ever seen. Thank you
I just fed my first attempted culture to my CPD fry, fingers crossed i did it correctly lol I feel like i just fed them water.... lol
This might sound a bit daft, but when feeding the infusoria to the fry, do you have to rinse them first cause of the yeast? Do you just take some of the water and feed that, or do you swab the side of the jar and feed?
Well done, great video. My batches using the rotting broccoli ect have been hit and miss. Spectacular success or total doom. This looks more reliable. Thank you for sharing.
If I put them in a small natural planted tank, will some of them survive or all get picked off by the fish?
Can I use water from a natural pond ?and can I use hornwort or other floating plants instead of moss ?
Cheers for the video ! I've been hoping you would post one for this. 🤙keep smashing it
That java moss method, also results seed shrimp, it seems they appear at infrequent occasions for me. I did not realize my tubs of java moss were already loaded with infusoria. Now I don't have to worry of running out.
How long does it take for a new tank to start having infusoria in it?
Please show how you keep bbs and daphnia please!
How do you decomtaminate your java fern . ? I bought some and didn't know to do this. I put it in a quarantine aquarium currently. Where do you get your Java moss?
Hi can you pour the water from the jar with the yeast straight into your fry tank ?
how do I make infusoria without water from an established tank? I have a new tank n I did a complete water change couple of days ago..
Can the baby fish not just eat the Cyclops that are eating the Infusoria? Also thank you so much for taking the time to make this video.
If their mouths are big enough. Eventually the cyclops and seedshrimp get eaten too but they are closer to the size of brine shrimp.
Would it be safe to grab some water from an outside fishpond to kick-start? I suspect there might be nasties in that water, I don't really want to risk bringing them into my tank...
Reason I ask is I don't have a sponge filter to get a bunch of bacteria from... and only a small amount of java moss.
Love your videos bro whenever I watch your videos I feel good about my hobe and keep making videos ❤️❤️ lots of love from INDIA
Maybe a transparent bucket for the java fern method would be better? This way the java moss is getting some light.
HI KFS U ARE SOO HELPFUL I HAVE PLATYS AND THEY HAD BABIES AT ABOUT 1 OR 2 AM AND I ONLY FOUND 4 FRY BUT IM ONLY A BEGINNER WISH ME LUCK. PS I ONLY GOT THE PLATYS YESTERDAY AND CAN U GIVE ME SOME TIPS FOR PLATYS
How's that gonna work tho if I have a breeder box hanging in the main tank. It's just gonna flow out into the main aquarium? Molly Fry been born this minute as I type 😮help!!
When adding java moss to the bucket of water, do you keep the bucket in a dark place indoors, or outdoors somewhere ?
@KeepingFishSimple Using the 24hr method, do i just wait for the water to clear and siphon off the clearest water and feed straight unto my tank?
Man I needed this, perfect timing. I wonder will bronze coreydora fry will rather these.
Probably not as they’re going to float around the water column, instead, try a microworm culture, fantastic food for Corydoras fry
Cheers for the info lol simple to get a colony started and keep alive but I have a question 🤔 I have a betta tank with a male and a few ramshorn snails and I've just noticed a small amount in the tank and I haven't used anything from the colony to add to the tank so it's got me puzzled
First question, how do I get the infusoria to begin with? My last attempt yielded none, but my tank is only 6 months old. I did order some recently, fingers crossed. Second question, how do I keep the culture alive? If the bought culture survive the shipping, and I didn't just kill them... Should I just use the yeast method and keep straring new batches in new containers?
does it have to be java moss? we have just never find it around here. could i do same with ambulia? have that in abundance