@@henrytoledo4103 no i have 3 aquariums in which i breed guppies for prophet in but i am not a hardcore fish keeper like keepingfishsimple. I've just never heard that word before.
@@henrytoledo4103 I don’t think there was a need for that comment. Infusoria is not as common as you think as u commonly can’t buy it and don’t need it for most fry, only micro species. Even then there are other things that people might just know about.
When i was a kid i used to harvest tadpoles and grow them into tiny frogs for me to release and i fed them infusoria, the recipe was way simpler in the 80s: I just put some lettuce into a jar of water and left it in the sunlight until the water got yellow, then i poured some of that water to my growing tadpoles, it was a fun kid science project!
so i was wondering how my neon tetra babies would grow up easily without feeding them. guess the little tiny white things i see in my tank are infusorias. thought it was planaria or something i never do gravel vacuum and have tone of plants with dead plant leaves. and me trying to feed the babies with egg yolk might have started a infusoria culture without me realizing it. and yes just like the video i have a ton of dead looking java moss like ur bucket, of course i have a lot of healthy ones but recently in the corner of the tank a baseball size batch started to decay but i never cleaned it up and guess that also triggered a infusoria boom on my tank lol
WOW! Once again you have saved my baby fish! I definitely have seen cyclops and didn’t even think about them killing off my cultures! 🤦🏻♀️ YOU ARE AMAZING!!!! No one helps breeders like you do man! ❤️❤️❤️
You're always my go to when it comes to fish care! I recently breed two marble bettas because of your breeding betta in tub video...that video alone made my first fish breeding a success. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
De todos los vídeos q he visto buscando como hacer infusorios.... Este ha Sido el único q funciona. Claro, al grano y bien explicado, y eso q está en inglés. Este chico ya es una autoridad en el aquarismo, saludos desde México 🇲🇽
Tried the yeast method its so ez. Day 2 the water clears and by day 4 its full of infusoria. Thanks i just breed my tiger barbs, danios, redeye tetra and black widow tetra. I estimated like 1.5 - 2k fry and this help me a lot. Cant thank you enough man.
Thanks for the vid. Tried the boiled veggie method a few times with no success. Tried your yeast method and worked first time . Made a second batch and worked first go to . I've been using the yeast to keep my culture going and so far it's now been 5weeks in a large jar and thriving .. thanks again...
Wait a second! Should anyone expect to have infusoria in their filters all along? I feel so much hasn't been explained in this video. You need to make an in depth video on this since to me you did a magic!
If you’re serious about infusoria, it’s worthwhile to look at a few drops of your culture water under a microscope (one drop at a time) so you can see how many and what kinds are in the culture. A cheap microscope is good enough, although you may want to look for one that lets you save pictures to your smartphone (if you have a smartphone).
So it just came from the sponge filter I guess? You never said. You squeezed the filter. Then added yeast and that was it. I am guessing it’s the micro organisms from the filter? Then the second one, you said “add some java moss to a bucket…”. So they are automatically on all Java moss? Then you add the infusioria to the fry tank which already had java moss in it. So why wasn’t infusoria already in that fry tank since you had java moss in it?
@@Vgb_ali_official mix a little gran flour in water to make a “milk” lime solution. Add just enough of the solution to the infusoria culture to turn it slightly cloudy - the infusoria will feed on this or the bacteria it produces.
This is great, I'd never thought of using yeast. It'll definitely make me more popular at home. Do you have any issues with the culture impacting your fry tank parameters at all?
Great video, I just started breeding fish and have been using frozen baby brine shrimp and powdered food but this is a great educational video for those of us just starting out
Awesome video and information. Thank you Nick your video has been a ton of help. And I agree your culturing methods are very simple and much faster to become usable.
Omg yay! I’ve been waiting excitedly for this vid to come out. I’ve tried all the vegetable methods but it doesn’t work. I will try both methods as soon as I can get my hands on another bunch of Java moss at my local fish auction, whenever they are back. Amazing video, I used to say u we’re going places but I think u are there now. What an inspiration. Thanks
i recently added some swan mussles to my tank and because theyre filter feeders i was really worried i had made an impulse buy with no idea of how to feed them. this video was very informative and im pleased to say my mussels doing well.
Your muscles shouldn’t need to be fed tbh. They eat the fish waste. 1 per 40 litres of tank water is enough to sustain simply off algae, bacteria and fish waist
So, you're saying that if I put some water in a jar, squeeze a sponge from a filter and there, and feed with yeast, it will grow infusoria? Meaning that they are normally in the aquarium? Or do I need to have an initial culture? Also, do baby shrimp eat infusoria? Please, I'd really appreciate answers. Thank you for the video, and for answering.
I don't understand why my is not blooming. I use quarium water and sqeeze the filter from it, add a little of yeast. And after two days it's still cloudy and stinks. I use my camera lenses to see through as a magnifying lens( it's really strong) but I see nothing it's like dead water. The jar is in the window. Around 24 degrees. And aquarium water is OK - fish is living well, breading and so on. It is 4 months old at the moment. I don't use any chemicals except fertilizers macro and micro, no Carbo! I don't understand why don't have any infusoria. Tried many times with more yeast less yeast. Nothing
Correction. It works indeed. In my case was just taking little more time 3-4 days in the beginning starting from only aquarium water. When I have the infusoria I start the next jar using sample from old one that's starting be smelly. Now in two days I have new fresh jar. Thanks for this informative video.
THANKS! I tried about 6 times using various methods (lettuce, spirulina, filter sludge). I finally had success with your method. 20 fat zebra danios thank you too.
I got some green water from outside and left it inside for a couple days then put it in my pearl Gourami fry tank think it kept them busy in-between when I was feeding vinegar eels. now they're bigger they love microworms
All I get when I try is seedshrimp and cyclops. 🤷🏼♀️🤦♀️ Edit: I checked again in a dark room with a flashlight and now it seems that my culture is full of tiny dust specs. I guess I managed to create infusoria culture on your advice! It has some cyclops and seed shrimp too. But I guess it is not bad. I used yeast method.
HI KFS U ARE SOO HELPFUL I HAVE PLATYS AND THEY HAD BABIES AT ABOUT 1 OR 2 AM AND I ONLY FOUND 4 FRY BUT IM ONLY A BEGINNER WISH ME LUCK. PS I ONLY GOT THE PLATYS YESTERDAY AND CAN U GIVE ME SOME TIPS FOR PLATYS
How do you feed from the yeast solution? Do you filter it through a cloth, pipe up some and leave some? Do you use a torchlight to attract the infusoria? Is it ok to put the yeast water into the aquarium?
How's that gonna work tho if I have a breeder box hanging in the main tank. It's just gonna flow out into the main aquarium? Molly Fry been born this minute as I type 😮help!!
How long can fry go without eating i can’t get yeast until tommorow. My fry are 1 week old and i haven’t fed them anything. All they have is java moss and i haven’t seen any bugs on it..
Nice video Nick! Super helpful! But I have a question; do we need to buy a culture for the 2nd method? Thanks for making this video and making it easy for every one out there who wants something good to feed to their fry. Keep up the amazing work bro! 👍👏🐠
I have many tubs and bins of plants that tend to rot a little and some algae. I suppose they also have infusoria yet I don't have a microscope to test out that theory. However, in the past whenever I need to house fish for a build I tend to leave them in those tanks and have found fish fry thriving; I raised a few to maturity that way too.
Thank you very much. This gave me a 90% success but there is another creature created, more whiter, speeder and large than infusoria, If anyone knows about this creature??let me know
I have a lot of infusoria in my aquarium and there is no copepods 😊. I add some trimed plants in aquarium to float until they start to take roots. And i feed clams by dissolving algae based food in water. After few days i see tons of infusoria in part on aquarium where my plants float. I don't have baby fish but my clams love infusoria so i have almost cristal clear water and many food for my clams 😊. I have small colony with copepods in bowl. I'm not sure should i add some in aquarium for guppies i hope they will not eat all infusoria in my aquarium
He says the water in the yeast jar will "go clear" in a few days- I assume that means they ate all the food. Should we add more yeast when the water goes clear?
How do you decomtaminate your java fern . ? I bought some and didn't know to do this. I put it in a quarantine aquarium currently. Where do you get your Java moss?
i fermented a mango puree with s. boulardii which is a yeast that is a cousin to brewers yeast. i could easily take some of that yeasty mango paste and freeze it into ice cubes and toss in an ice cube in a jar with some dirty tank water easily. along with whatever plant clippings i am not replanting. could be interesting. way to keep it going if they like rotting plants (no longer sweet because of the yeast) and yeast.
This might sound a bit daft, but when feeding the infusoria to the fry, do you have to rinse them first cause of the yeast? Do you just take some of the water and feed that, or do you swab the side of the jar and feed?
Buenos métodos de hacer infusorios...aquí en Buenos Aires Argentina...en un recipiente de 20 litros agrego agua limpia y el agua de enjuague de ( una papa ) y caracoles planorbis, eso lo dejo al sol y en cuestión de días comienzan a aparecer microorganismos tales como infusorios.... Saludos desde Tierras Altas Tortuguitas Buenos Aires Argentina 🖐🏻🖐🏻🖐🏻👍🏻💪🏻🇦🇷💫💫💫
I used your quick method with my Galaxy Raspora and Red Neon blue eyed tetras ~ despite not being able to see the fish are going crazy 😅 eating something ! Thank you!
THANK YOU!! You are the best. I have been keeping fish for 30 years and your methods are unique. I will try this week-end. Again you are a great inspiration for this hobby, I am very impress by your knowledge and your wiliness to share the good and the bad. I guess big UA-camrs are forgetting that we are learning a great deal from mistake. One that I will share openly is the use of rain water (substitute for RO water). This is a great method if you do not want to invest in a RO system. BUT, be very careful, rainwater can have MAJOR problems, such as pest infestation if you leave your water outside for few days. I had QTY 3 tanks infested with leeches. Nothing kills Leeches, you can through away everything (plants/substrate), boil you equipment (filter/heater/sponge/media), disinfect your tank with alcohol and start all over again, hoping you are not killing your fish and they are not infected. No one will tell you the risk of using rainwater well, here you go! lesson learned, I need to invest in a small RO system. Thank you.
I know this is a year old at this point but ro water isn't the best for fish cause it's had it minerals removed. You have to re-add them every time, way to much extra work. Just treat tap water with water conditioner. Or let it sit out for a few days with an air stone in it. Spending hundreds of dollars on an ro system just to have to put in more work for water changes is well.... Dumb😅
I tried the boiled broccoli and banana peels method and after 53 days still have just a smelly jar of yellowish water. I then came across this video and tried to do the same using 1/8 teaspoon of active yeast mixed in a 5.6 litre jar. I squeezed a sponge filter from my Guppy tank into the jar, topped it up with water from that tank and added yeast and stirred it. Left it on a table outside (with lid on) under my awning. It doesn't get direct light but plenty of ambient light. After 60 hours it looks like your water at the 10:35 mark - hazy. The bottom is covered in (mostly) white junk which would be the yeast. Middle of the base is brownish but that would be the "dirt" from the sponge after I swirled the water around when I added yeast. There are small white flecks floating or on the sides but they aren't moving by themselves and look more like yeast fragments. Do you have any ideas why what I tried didn't work? Thanks in advance.
Just tried the 24 hour method with no success... Added some decaying aquarium plant matter and after a week all I have is cloudy water (which is now turning brown). Hm. Frustrating. But that aside, I wanted to comment on the remark about the cyclops never being able to overcome the population of infusoria in the second method discussed. Given a steady supply of food, any organism will eventually reproduce enough to overcome that supply. Cyclops are no different. There may be other factors limiting their reproduction in the bucket and allowing the infusoria to thrive there, but whatever it is, it isn't the fecundity of the infusoria that is keeping the infusoria going despite the cyclops. Trust me! 🙂
The Java moss hasn’t died in this culture and I’ve had it for a few months. Seems to survive and rot at the same time. Weird
Does it smell a lot?
Have you never needed to add more Java moss ?
@@liker9923 I have the same question. My culture ends up smelling like dead fish.
Does your culture smell like dead fish?
@@michaelrhude4984 he said in the video that it does stink
I told my wife I have infusoria. She told me to call the doctor 😮
😂
And there's me who's never even heard of infusoria. . . . . . . . .
Ok, so I take it that you won a goldfish at a Carnival, or don't have an aquarium?
@@henrytoledo4103 no i have 3 aquariums in which i breed guppies for prophet in but i am not a hardcore fish keeper like keepingfishsimple. I've just never heard that word before.
@@henrytoledo4103 Yikes, no need to be an ass about it. No idea why you have to be so unlikable instead of encouraging people to progress in the hobby
@@henrytoledo4103 I don’t think there was a need for that comment. Infusoria is not as common as you think as u commonly can’t buy it and don’t need it for most fry, only micro species. Even then there are other things that people might just know about.
I had never heard of it either. Keep up the good work.
Doug
When i was a kid i used to harvest tadpoles and grow them into tiny frogs for me to release and i fed them infusoria, the recipe was way simpler in the 80s: I just put some lettuce into a jar of water and left it in the sunlight until the water got yellow, then i poured some of that water to my growing tadpoles, it was a fun kid science project!
so i was wondering how my neon tetra babies would grow up easily without feeding them. guess the little tiny white things i see in my tank are infusorias. thought it was planaria or something
i never do gravel vacuum and have tone of plants with dead plant leaves. and me trying to feed the babies with egg yolk might have started a infusoria culture without me realizing it.
and yes just like the video i have a ton of dead looking java moss like ur bucket, of course i have a lot of healthy ones but recently in the corner of the tank a baseball size batch started to decay but i never cleaned it up and guess that also triggered a infusoria boom on my tank lol
WOW! Once again you have saved my baby fish! I definitely have seen cyclops and didn’t even think about them killing off my cultures! 🤦🏻♀️ YOU ARE AMAZING!!!! No one helps breeders like you do man! ❤️❤️❤️
You're always my go to when it comes to fish care! I recently breed two marble bettas because of your breeding betta in tub video...that video alone made my first fish breeding a success. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
De todos los vídeos q he visto buscando como hacer infusorios.... Este ha Sido el único q funciona. Claro, al grano y bien explicado, y eso q está en inglés. Este chico ya es una autoridad en el aquarismo, saludos desde México 🇲🇽
Tried the yeast method its so ez. Day 2 the water clears and by day 4 its full of infusoria. Thanks i just breed my tiger barbs, danios, redeye tetra and black widow tetra. I estimated like 1.5 - 2k fry and this help me a lot. Cant thank you enough man.
Where do you get the infusoria kit to start with?
@@carolynk5316 dont need kit. Just follow the method
Interesting I can’t get it to work at all despite following the method
@@andrewv7213 to be fair i live in tropical country malaysia. Maybe thats why.
I can't get it to work too
I just get a jar with some cyclops and seed shrimp. No infusoria 😅
Thanks for the vid. Tried the boiled veggie method a few times with no success. Tried your yeast method and worked first time . Made a second batch and worked first go to . I've been using the yeast to keep my culture going and so far it's now been 5weeks in a large jar and thriving .. thanks again...
Wait a second! Should anyone expect to have infusoria in their filters all along? I feel so much hasn't been explained in this video. You need to make an in depth video on this since to me you did a magic!
There is always some infusoria in aquarium.
If you’re serious about infusoria, it’s worthwhile to look at a few drops of your culture water under a microscope (one drop at a time) so you can see how many and what kinds are in the culture. A cheap microscope is good enough, although you may want to look for one that lets you save pictures to your smartphone (if you have a smartphone).
What keeps the Java Moss from dying in that closed bucket with no light?????
Oh, it's definitely dying-- and as it does so it provides more bacteria for the infusoria to dine upon. It can't live in the dark indefinitely.
So it just came from the sponge filter I guess? You never said. You squeezed the filter. Then added yeast and that was it. I am guessing it’s the micro organisms from the filter?
Then the second one, you said “add some java moss to a bucket…”. So they are automatically on all Java moss?
Then you add the infusioria to the fry tank which already had java moss in it. So why wasn’t infusoria already in that fry tank since you had java moss in it?
You can also use “gran flour” which is available at most Asia stores instead of the yeast method 🤓👍
can you explain ?
@@Vgb_ali_official mix a little gran flour in water to make a “milk” lime solution. Add just enough of the solution to the infusoria culture to turn it slightly cloudy - the infusoria will feed on this or the bacteria it produces.
This is great, I'd never thought of using yeast. It'll definitely make me more popular at home. Do you have any issues with the culture impacting your fry tank parameters at all?
Infusoria: Ciliates, euglenoids, protozoa, unicellular algae and small invertebrates are what make up Infusoria. Thanks for the Video...
Great video, I just started breeding fish and have been using frozen baby brine shrimp and powdered food but this is a great educational video for those of us just starting out
I just fed my first attempted culture to my CPD fry, fingers crossed i did it correctly lol I feel like i just fed them water.... lol
Can the baby fish not just eat the Cyclops that are eating the Infusoria? Also thank you so much for taking the time to make this video.
If their mouths are big enough. Eventually the cyclops and seedshrimp get eaten too but they are closer to the size of brine shrimp.
What can I do to keep the infusoria growing in the yeast culture jar?
Absolutely enjoy your videos. All the way from here in Cleveland Ohio. Keep them coming it always inspires me to do things in my fish room.
I was born in Cleveland, so we are basically brothers.
@@TheChefmike66 I was born in a few cities over from Cleveland, so we are basically cousins.
Awesome video and information. Thank you Nick your video has been a ton of help. And I agree your culturing methods are very simple and much faster to become usable.
Omg yay! I’ve been waiting excitedly for this vid to come out. I’ve tried all the vegetable methods but it doesn’t work. I will try both methods as soon as I can get my hands on another bunch of Java moss at my local fish auction, whenever they are back. Amazing video, I used to say u we’re going places but I think u are there now. What an inspiration. Thanks
i recently added some swan mussles to my tank and because theyre filter feeders i was really worried i had made an impulse buy with no idea of how to feed them. this video was very informative and im pleased to say my mussels doing well.
Your muscles shouldn’t need to be fed tbh. They eat the fish waste. 1 per 40 litres of tank water is enough to sustain simply off algae, bacteria and fish waist
Wow that concept looks super easy thanks for sharing.
That mustache looks like it's about to come alive and wriggle off of his face
Lol
So, you're saying that if I put some water in a jar, squeeze a sponge from a filter and there, and feed with yeast, it will grow infusoria? Meaning that they are normally in the aquarium? Or do I need to have an initial culture?
Also, do baby shrimp eat infusoria?
Please, I'd really appreciate answers. Thank you for the video, and for answering.
I like the mustache
I don't understand why my is not blooming. I use quarium water and sqeeze the filter from it, add a little of yeast. And after two days it's still cloudy and stinks. I use my camera lenses to see through as a magnifying lens( it's really strong) but I see nothing it's like dead water. The jar is in the window. Around 24 degrees. And aquarium water is OK - fish is living well, breading and so on. It is 4 months old at the moment. I don't use any chemicals except fertilizers macro and micro, no Carbo! I don't understand why don't have any infusoria. Tried many times with more yeast less yeast. Nothing
Correction. It works indeed. In my case was just taking little more time 3-4 days in the beginning starting from only aquarium water. When I have the infusoria I start the next jar using sample from old one that's starting be smelly. Now in two days I have new fresh jar. Thanks for this informative video.
can one just add more yeast every 48 hours to keep building the infusoria population?
THANKS! I tried about 6 times using various methods (lettuce, spirulina, filter sludge). I finally had success with your method. 20 fat zebra danios thank you too.
I got some green water from outside and left it inside for a couple days then put it in my pearl Gourami fry tank think it kept them busy in-between when I was feeding vinegar eels. now they're bigger they love microworms
Did the 24 hr method and it worked like charm . Thanks a lot for sharing the method ❤️👏🏼
This is exactly what I've been looking for for my crazy projects! Thank you! Been on a binge of your videos as of late
A lot of households have old vases laying around too. Those could be great for infusoria
where can i find infusoria?
lets go i'm first
All I get when I try is seedshrimp and cyclops. 🤷🏼♀️🤦♀️
Edit: I checked again in a dark room with a flashlight and now it seems that my culture is full of tiny dust specs. I guess I managed to create infusoria culture on your advice!
It has some cyclops and seed shrimp too. But I guess it is not bad.
I used yeast method.
I set up a 2 gallon crock about 2 years ago using your method. Its still going strong and I've just started a second one. Thank you so much !!!!!
HI KFS U ARE SOO HELPFUL I HAVE PLATYS AND THEY HAD BABIES AT ABOUT 1 OR 2 AM AND I ONLY FOUND 4 FRY BUT IM ONLY A BEGINNER WISH ME LUCK. PS I ONLY GOT THE PLATYS YESTERDAY AND CAN U GIVE ME SOME TIPS FOR PLATYS
How do you feed from the yeast solution? Do you filter it through a cloth, pipe up some and leave some? Do you use a torchlight to attract the infusoria? Is it ok to put the yeast water into the aquarium?
How's that gonna work tho if I have a breeder box hanging in the main tank. It's just gonna flow out into the main aquarium? Molly Fry been born this minute as I type 😮help!!
Edwin from Costa Rica. Thank you for all your tips !!! New to the hobby and I stared n a culture yesterday . Once again thank you !!!
I've done the broccoli method. and I'm not a fan. however I do have a lot of spare moss. thanks for the top advice 👍
Ya look better clean cut.
Love your videos bro whenever I watch your videos I feel good about my hobe and keep making videos ❤️❤️ lots of love from INDIA
How long can fry go without eating i can’t get yeast until tommorow. My fry are 1 week old and i haven’t fed them anything. All they have is java moss and i haven’t seen any bugs on it..
So. Where do i get "Infusoria". I currently have cultures of Seed Shrimp. Which I just leave in glass jars near windows.
starsh
@KeepingFishSimple, would like to ask if we did the bucket culture. Does it have to be put in a closed, non-transparent bucket?
Nice video Nick! Super helpful! But I have a question; do we need to buy a culture for the 2nd method?
Thanks for making this video and making it easy for every one out there who wants something good to feed to their fry. Keep up the amazing work bro! 👍👏🐠
I was wondering this too…
No, just put some soil in old aquarium water or rain water and you'll soon have infusoria.
Does it have to be Java Moss or any aquarium plant? Is this what's called "green water"?
Great video. Keeping it simple and effective.
Anyone asks me about this I'll be sending them right here.
I have many tubs and bins of plants that tend to rot a little and some algae. I suppose they also have infusoria yet I don't have a microscope to test out that theory. However, in the past whenever I need to house fish for a build I tend to leave them in those tanks and have found fish fry thriving; I raised a few to maturity that way too.
I'm loving all the video content and how often they are being posted now. Keep it up man.
Thank you very much. This gave me a 90% success but there is another creature created, more whiter, speeder and large than infusoria, If anyone knows about this creature??let me know
@KeepingFishSimple Using the 24hr method, do i just wait for the water to clear and siphon off the clearest water and feed straight unto my tank?
I have a lot of infusoria in my aquarium and there is no copepods 😊. I add some trimed plants in aquarium to float until they start to take roots. And i feed clams by dissolving algae based food in water. After few days i see tons of infusoria in part on aquarium where my plants float. I don't have baby fish but my clams love infusoria so i have almost cristal clear water and many food for my clams 😊. I have small colony with copepods in bowl. I'm not sure should i add some in aquarium for guppies i hope they will not eat all infusoria in my aquarium
He says the water in the yeast jar will "go clear" in a few days- I assume that means they ate all the food. Should we add more yeast when the water goes clear?
How do you decomtaminate your java fern . ? I bought some and didn't know to do this. I put it in a quarantine aquarium currently. Where do you get your Java moss?
Will definitely try these methods for my upcoming betta projects. Thanks man!
My honey gouramis just had their fry hatch so now I got to try this I hope it works!
Best infusoria video yet. I have been struggling and it hasn't made sense to me.
I wonder why no animal protector groups have said anything about the live feeding of infusoria to fish. :D
how do I make infusoria without water from an established tank? I have a new tank n I did a complete water change couple of days ago..
Cyclops are in themselves a good food for small fish- but not, of course, for the babies so small they can only eat infusoria.
i fermented a mango puree with s. boulardii which is a yeast that is a cousin to brewers yeast. i could easily take some of that yeasty mango paste and freeze it into ice cubes and toss in an ice cube in a jar with some dirty tank water easily. along with whatever plant clippings i am not replanting. could be interesting. way to keep it going if they like rotting plants (no longer sweet because of the yeast) and yeast.
Doest have to be infusoria. Any paramicium will work.
I’ve tried the first method but unfortunately it didn’t work.. what am I doing wrong?
Why does that Stash make me laugh?! Thew me off for a min. there Mr. Ratcliff..
Making 'infusoria', with aquarium water, was one of the biggest mistake i done in keeping fish.
Marvellous. One of the best channels! Thanks!
Hello is Filter Wool Good To use like Sponge Filter?
Cheers Thks For Sharing!
I have golden dwarf barb fry they won’t eat anything😭
Am I missing something? Where do you get the infursoria from in the first place? Ha?
You don't have problems with no airflow into the bucket?
I'm trying the jar & yeast method right now. I'm guessing we'll need to add more yeast to keep the infusoria fed, how often do you need to do that?
Great video as always! 💪 But pls lose the moustache!
interesting i may have to do this when i start breeding fish
Hahaha i like the mustache way better than no mustache. You should grown beard out
This might sound a bit daft, but when feeding the infusoria to the fry, do you have to rinse them first cause of the yeast? Do you just take some of the water and feed that, or do you swab the side of the jar and feed?
How much liquid Infusoria do u use in a 48 litre tank? One cup?
Buenos métodos de hacer infusorios...aquí en Buenos Aires Argentina...en un recipiente de 20 litros agrego agua limpia y el agua de enjuague de ( una papa ) y caracoles planorbis, eso lo dejo al sol y en cuestión de días comienzan a aparecer microorganismos tales como infusorios....
Saludos desde Tierras Altas Tortuguitas Buenos Aires Argentina 🖐🏻🖐🏻🖐🏻👍🏻💪🏻🇦🇷💫💫💫
Infusoria? Oh...so that's what the fish are eating off the filter sponge. Makes sense.
The culture with yeast is not working would you help me why it's not working
Can the 24hr method be kept alive to use again and again or does it only work as a temporary solution?
Prefer the tank water in a jar with a bit of potatoe skin or mashed up frozen pea method.
I used your quick method with my Galaxy Raspora and Red Neon blue eyed tetras ~ despite not being able to see the fish are going crazy 😅 eating something ! Thank you!
I don't have Java moss what other aquarium plants can we use for the culture
Are infusoria alredy on my old sponge filter? Do I just need yeast?
THANK YOU!! You are the best. I have been keeping fish for 30 years and your methods are unique. I will try this week-end. Again you are a great inspiration for this hobby, I am very impress by your knowledge and your wiliness to share the good and the bad. I guess big UA-camrs are forgetting that we are learning a great deal from mistake. One that I will share openly is the use of rain water (substitute for RO water). This is a great method if you do not want to invest in a RO system. BUT, be very careful, rainwater can have MAJOR problems, such as pest infestation if you leave your water outside for few days. I had QTY 3 tanks infested with leeches. Nothing kills Leeches, you can through away everything (plants/substrate), boil you equipment (filter/heater/sponge/media), disinfect your tank with alcohol and start all over again, hoping you are not killing your fish and they are not infected. No one will tell you the risk of using rainwater well, here you go! lesson learned, I need to invest in a small RO system. Thank you.
Careful w blackworms and leeches too.
I know this is a year old at this point but ro water isn't the best for fish cause it's had it minerals removed. You have to re-add them every time, way to much extra work. Just treat tap water with water conditioner. Or let it sit out for a few days with an air stone in it. Spending hundreds of dollars on an ro system just to have to put in more work for water changes is well.... Dumb😅
How long does it take for a new tank to start having infusoria in it?
I tried the boiled broccoli and banana peels method and after 53 days still have just a smelly jar of yellowish water.
I then came across this video and tried to do the same using 1/8 teaspoon of active yeast mixed in a 5.6 litre jar. I squeezed a sponge filter from my Guppy tank into the jar, topped it up with water from that tank and added yeast and stirred it. Left it on a table outside (with lid on) under my awning. It doesn't get direct light but plenty of ambient light.
After 60 hours it looks like your water at the 10:35 mark - hazy. The bottom is covered in (mostly) white junk which would be the yeast. Middle of the base is brownish but that would be the "dirt" from the sponge after I swirled the water around when I added yeast.
There are small white flecks floating or on the sides but they aren't moving by themselves and look more like yeast fragments.
Do you have any ideas why what I tried didn't work?
Thanks in advance.
I have the same problem still did not have infuzoria using same method may in our country we do not have this bacteria
Without aquarium water. Just normal tap water will work?
Ive failed every attempt at culturing this. Hope this method works 😊
Did you have success? So far I have not, and I followed the directions meticulously.
can you make a video on how to get blood worms
Isn't the cyclops just another food source though?
But Will it polute the water.
Yeast in the tank, is not good I think
I have a cleaner method that yields better results, no yeast needed ;)
Just tried the 24 hour method with no success... Added some decaying aquarium plant matter and after a week all I have is cloudy water (which is now turning brown). Hm. Frustrating. But that aside, I wanted to comment on the remark about the cyclops never being able to overcome the population of infusoria in the second method discussed. Given a steady supply of food, any organism will eventually reproduce enough to overcome that supply. Cyclops are no different. There may be other factors limiting their reproduction in the bucket and allowing the infusoria to thrive there, but whatever it is, it isn't the fecundity of the infusoria that is keeping the infusoria going despite the cyclops. Trust me! 🙂