Babies lotls in Daphnia tank!!!

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So apparently I forgot a few eggs when I moved everything out of a 10 gallon tank. I threw a colony of daphnia in there and have been feeding them a yeast mix. I noticed tonight that there were a few babies left behind in the tank. I was able to grab one out but the other one I don't want to injure as it hides under the river rocks. My question is should I feed the daphnia something else to not harm that baby or any others that may be in there?? Any advice would be great. Thanks :(
 
Re: Babies lotles in Daphnia tank!!!

You can also feed daphnia powdered wheat grass and barley grass. I assume the yeast mix you refer to is the yeast/trout chow mix. I used to culture daphnia in a lab so would use selenastrum (green algae) mixed with either trout chow, wheat/barley grass or another green algae species. Since culturing algae is not really feasible at home, I would mix yeast with some powdered wheat grass. I also used to bring the daphnia home and leave them in the tank with the axolotl eggs. However I left the tank bare. The daphnia would survive until the eggs hatched. Really didn't affect the axolotls. They ate the daphnia faster than I could replace them. As long as the water quality is good, it should be fine.
 
Re: Babies lotles in Daphnia tank!!!

Thank you! I will switch what the daphnia are eating then. I looks like the right side of tank is developing some algae which never happened when the adult axies were in the tank. The daphnia have reproduced a lot as I can see a lot of tiny daphnia which is what the babies must be eating to survive. I'll just keep an eye on them I guess and see how they do. Thanks again
 
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