Are these Daphnia too big?!

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Hello,

I'm raising some Axolotl larvae at the moment, They are currently three days old.

However, they do not seem to be eating. I know it is not uncommon for them to not eat for 72 hours so I am not too concerned as of current.

I had some slight problems last week with my D. manga culture where the culture crashed, it did recover however it now means I have limited smaller daphs.

Could someone take a look at these photos and say whether these Daphnia are too large? as if so I will have to get some emergency Brine shrimp eggs.

Thank you!
 

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The adult daphnia probably are but the new babies are not. Must sure you enough babies until the larvae grow. I have done this several times.
 
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