Daphnia Ostracod Dry Food

Description

This listing is for the dry food product we offer for your Daphnia and/or ostracods. The living organisms themselves are sold through a separate listing (related products below).

The product offered on this page consists of 6 algae wafers and a 2 inch X 2 inch baggie of brewer’s yeast, as pictured, for $2.99. This is what we feed our Daphnia cultures. As the organisms are filter feeders, it is best if you mix the products with a little bit of water and then shake it up to wet it and dissolve it to some degree, before feeding it. Or just simply sprinkle a few yeast grains on the top of the water’s surface every couple of days and the tiniest bit of an algae wafer.

If you have access to “green water,” that helps too but is not necessary. Green water (also sold separately) can be found in buckets or other reservoirs of water outdoors. It may already be in your yard where algae has caused the water to look a translucent green color. We sometimes supplement their container with half a cup of this green water per gallon if we begin to over-harvest the organisms a bit too much.