Sorry for the delayed reply, I had written a huge reply earlier and my iPad froze right as I went to post it.
Thanks for asking. Everything so far is going great (and I hope it will continue to do so).
I haven't used any daphnia or Artemia so far. Currently I have 20 T.macedonicus, 50 I.a.apuanus and 25 I.a.alpestris larvae on the go just now. The alpestris and apuanus are quite well developed but the Macedonicus are only a few days hatched. I should have a lot more eggs and larvae soon; T.marmoratus if my group can actually be bothered to lay, more I.a.apuanus, I.a.inexpectatus, T.dobrogicus, possibly a few Lissotritons; boscai, Helveticus, Vulgaris, montadoni and maybe some T.cristatus. I may end up raising a few more species, but I have my anurans to deal with as well so I need to have a balance somewhere. I had raised about 15 alpestris to near metamorphosis but I gave them away.
I plan on starting a daphnia culture in a raised pond in the next couple of weeks - I added some miracle gro to encourage algal growth - once the algae starts growing I'll put daphnia in.
The method I am using:
I start with 2-3 litre plastic tubs (from Morrisons about £3 each I think) which I fill with pond and tank water. I sometimes add some mud from the bottom of the pond and I always stuff the tub full of pond weed. Tiny insects grow and breed in these set ups and the larvae feed one them, I add no food whatsoever until the larvae have their front legs. Once the larvae develop front legs I start adding small amounts of grindal worms which they seem to enjoy as well. They will continue to feed on the tiny insects until they have all their legs and even further and after they grow back legs I supplement their diet with chopped bloodworm and live white worms and grindal worms. Once I have some daphnia going I will use these too. When the larvae get bigger they are transferred to larger tubs and there are fewer larvae per tub.
That's about as much as I can think of right now but if I remember something I haven't put in I will add it later.
I'm not quite overrun yet Aaron, but I hope I will be soon!
Stuart