Hi all,
Cladocerans (Daphnia) definitely also eat planktonic cyanobacteria, I know this because they filter any particles by size, which is why you can feed them with paprika and gram flour etc. Lesser Flamingo <"would be another option">, but slightly problematic in the fish tank.
<"Culturing them"> (Nassulids, not Flamingos) would be "interesting".
You could try <"CCAP"> for a source? If you didn't fancy p.y.o?
cheers Darrel
Possibly, I don't know. I'll see if I can find out in the scientific literature.I have a hunch that the smell you are detecting may be from dead/decomposing cyanobacteria.
It is a UK native, and I'm guessing that a most ponds and lakes should have it, but it would be difficult to get a clean sample. I'm <"pretty sure all Nassulids eat cyanobacteria">. You would need to put out a refuge (<"sponge in a fine net">) and then collect it a week later.It is the protist, Nassula aurea. If anyone knows where it is possible to obtain these creatures
Cladocerans (Daphnia) definitely also eat planktonic cyanobacteria, I know this because they filter any particles by size, which is why you can feed them with paprika and gram flour etc. Lesser Flamingo <"would be another option">, but slightly problematic in the fish tank.
<"Culturing them"> (Nassulids, not Flamingos) would be "interesting".
You could try <"CCAP"> for a source? If you didn't fancy p.y.o?
cheers Darrel
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