Russian Red daphnia 6 bags No Food W/ cold packs

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Russian Red daphnia Live  count 6 Bags No Food
The exact species unspecified:   (Daphnia magna and/or moina). We do not specify or guarantee the exact mixture or species as we raise them together and ship from whichever culture tanks are ready. The daphnia cultures start out shipped in green water -- but will eat it before you see it. We have options to ship bags of green water separate from the daphnia.  The daphnia will number at least 8400 and will be shipped by Priority mail.  This is a culture we have had for over 2 years and I was told it is from an original culture taken from the Moscow Zoo alligator pond in the 60's.
It has some adaptations to survive in adverse water conditions in the hobby all those years. They like but do not require the green water and will do just fine on Yeast.  Just a Pinch  Do Not Overfeed. We also make our own daphnia food using food grade algaes and the powdered all-in-one drink mixes. This type of feed is more expensive and prone to overfeeding so most people use the yeast or some similar hobby recipes. On established cultures we feed a little crumble pelletize food each day (available in bulk from us).
I typically have an airline bubbling and some snails with no heater. A functioning culture has detritus decaying and apparently producing bacteria and infusoria for the newborns. They can live down to freezing -- but at reduced vigor. Shipping temperatures are not a problem as long as it is under 90F. See some movies of the daphnia below.
Instructions are at our web site (see below). Daphnia are small, planktonic crustaceans, between 0.2 and 5 mm in length. Daphnia are members of the order Cladocera, and are one of the several small aquatic crustaceans commonly called water fleas.
The pictures are of the strains we sell . Be sure and look at the video(s) below and on the website as these guys don't stop to pose for me and the videos capture the action and beauty of these bugs. On the website there is info on identifying which type(s) you have and info on the genetics -- they will all be females and probably clones of one ancestral female. If there are both species types -- the russian reds and moina -- there will be two sets of cloned females. If you want to have both sexes you have to stress them -- usually in really cold water -- then they will produce eggs -- ephippia -- and if you can hatch them there will be two sexes in the hatchlings. The moina are smaller -- buzz around like bees -- have an odd hooked tail end -- hide on the bottom when you change their water -- and have a black line/question-mark kind of like a spine down their bodies. Note -- in the main picture -- you can see some of the hooked question marks of the moina.
Shipping Info
We ship usilng Fedex or usps depending on location  in your area to ship  I ship MOnday through Friday  to help my customers who need the daphnia
they have eaten all of it.  The Russian Reds are usually red in color and my previous investigations into Brine Shrimp indicates that color is indicative of an increased amount of -- but don't ask me to prove it -- that these guys have been distributed through the hobby since the 1960's when they were originally collected from the alligator pond at the Moscow Zoo -- thus the name. Perhaps this strain is like the legendary Yeti or the real life Sherpas of the Himalayas -- naturally selected or adapted for a low-oxygen environment -- I wonder how a Sherpa would do in a marathon race?? The water of some of my established cultures appear reddish. In interviews of some of my friends that have crashed the cultures the common denominator is a boom before the crash -- keep some low-level safety cultures going for insurance -- don't have all of your culture risked in boom culturing for more food. Feeding daily rather than in mass feedings every week or few days is less risky. The green water is not required but helps get a culture going. Black dots in the daphnia are eggs which indicates that the conditions are adverse -- they normally reproduce asexually (all females).
, DAPHNIA CAN LIVE RIGHT DOWN TO FREEZING. THANKS   Let me know if you need your daphnia shipped on Friday -- as that I only do on special request.  Please don't leave negative feedback -- contact me first , thanks.  If you have a problem with your daphnia I need pictures  to reship your daphnia .  We are no longer sending Daphnia food in the daphnia boxes, Not enough people want the daphnia food.  Cost of shipping went up. FACEBOOK: Rhondas Daphnia Culture   If you have a problem with your daphnia please contact me  and we will  reship . First contact me before leaving any Bad feed back  Please  It will Cost more if you want Styrofoam box and Ice packs --