Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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Daphnia are an excellent live food, for aquarium fish, and there are many ways to culture daphnia. In this video I explain an easy way to culture daphnia in a quart jar with no aeration, no yeast, and very little effort! If you want to culture large quantities of daphnia, please check out my video here:
If you want to culture small quantities of daphnia, or just have a backup culture going (which I recommend), then this may be the best and easiest daphnia culture method for you!