Hi,
After seeing some tiny animals around my tank, which I am pretty much certain they are Daphnia, started thinking about this.
If you have fish you can forget it as they will promptly eat them up. However, many of us are keeping fishless tanks (some shrimps maybe). I know that some species of Daphnia can regulate the amount of plankton in natural lakes. They do not seem to negatively affect plants. So my question is: would Daphnia be a good addition to planted fishless tanks as a means of controlling algae, or at least some types of algae? I'm thinking for instance of green water and maybe others.
does any one has any experience with this? Looking forward to hear your thoughts about this.
GM
After seeing some tiny animals around my tank, which I am pretty much certain they are Daphnia, started thinking about this.
If you have fish you can forget it as they will promptly eat them up. However, many of us are keeping fishless tanks (some shrimps maybe). I know that some species of Daphnia can regulate the amount of plankton in natural lakes. They do not seem to negatively affect plants. So my question is: would Daphnia be a good addition to planted fishless tanks as a means of controlling algae, or at least some types of algae? I'm thinking for instance of green water and maybe others.
does any one has any experience with this? Looking forward to hear your thoughts about this.
GM