I am culturing daphnia which will be used for toxicity studies. According to several protocols, they should be fed with live Chlorella. I am looking for an easy feeding method, and found that in some aquaria Daphnia are fed with a mixture of dry algae powder and yeast. Is this feeding method acceptable my Daphnia which will be used for toxicity assays?
Savinda Heshani
Dry yeast can be used as a feed to Daphnia. Feed them with a yeast suspension every 3-5 days or once the water becomes clear. Make sure to use aged tap water as the culture medium.
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Shivaraj Yallappa
According to international standards in OECD-GLP Guideline better to feed Yeast to Daphnia at early stages it will grow fast.
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