Grow Your Own Bloodworms/Daphnia at Home!

Bloodworms (midge fly larvae) are an excellent, protein-packed food for your fish. Daphnia are also great, especially for picky eaters. At our house, we combine our cultures into one and here's how we do it! It's easy...ish!
Here are the cliffnotes:
1. Establish a container. Set up a food safe container with detritus (leaf litter/veggies work well - finely blended) and a lid. Shadecloth is a great lid.
2. Find bloodworms. They can be found in the detritus in lakes/standing water, or you can get them to establish in a bucket with water and detritus in it. Supposedly manure is a great substrate.
3. Maintain your culture. Only use dechlorinated water and feed your culture every few days. We feed 1tsp 50/50 soyflour/yeast dissolved in dechlorinated water.
4. Harvest your bloodworms. Use a net with fairly wide holes to scoop a section of the bottom of the container. Shake out the detritus and put your worms in a bowl to clean off any leaves/dirt. Freeze, or feed directly to your fish!
Note: the daphnia live in the water column, so use a net with smaller holes to harvest them.
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