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I just brought 3 bags of live daphnia, could I use these to make my own culture??

Ed
 
Does the water need to be dechlorinated before I put them in?
 
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Yes. Daphnia are extremely sensitive to water quality. They don't like chlorine or heavy metals.
 
In fact, I prefer to use well aged filtered water right out of my aquatic tanks to start cultures in.
 
I agree with Johnny. I use tank water for most of my cultures (and house plants!)
 
I use tank water as well for my daphnia and blackworm cultures. I actually promote greenwater in my 4 gallon planted tank for that purpose :D.....Ok not really just happens that way....Actually its not so bad after staring at green tinted water for months you get use to it and it looks normal...Plants look good so I don't worry about it.
 
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