5 Easy Live Foods to Feed your Fish - Live Food Cultures You Can Keep at Home

Hunting is fun, and there’s less poop

I am surprised you had not included Daphnia.- I find these to work well for me, as my allergies are triggered when hatching BBS. Can't hatch them in the house. But I have kept or currently keep all of the others. I like that the creatures will live much longer in the fresh water column, or even survive and reproduce there!

The microwave worms are just like the fruit flies' maintenance

Good stuff as usual.👍 👍 👍 👍

Terima kasih banyak tips budidaya pakan hidupnya yang sangat membantu dan bermanfaat

intro sounds like Retro game

Awsome, thankyou

My brine shrimp eggs arrived in the mail this week. I had watched some videos and it seemed simple enough. But there was 3 pages of instructions which came with the eggs, making them seem extremely complicated, time consuming and not worth all the effort. I threw the packet of eggs in one of my fish drawers and ordered a Grindal Worm culture instead. I don't have any babies to feed yet, just a few guppies and a betta, so I think they will appreciate the larger live food for now. I'm sort of planning on breeding some endlers at a later date, so maybe then.

ha e you thought about black worms

You really should read about the type of water you put out for mosquitoes as the feeding/breeding preference is genus specific. You are better off trapping adults and using breeder medium. Find a species that doesn't require a blood meal to lay eggs. Not all species bite most in fact eat plant nectar.

Been getting interested in live food cultures for fish. Adding to the list above: sprintails combined with grindal worms. Same medium, intermixed. Worms sink to bottom, springtails to the top. Moist environment, some moss, powdered cereal, all they need. Piece of clear plastic on top makes for an easy harvest mechanism as does a small pippette.

Thanks Blake

which is more suitable for betta fish and endler guppies?

Hi Thanks for this video, Really cool. Apparently you can make your own micro worm culture. cut a potato in half scoop out a hole in one side of the innards of the potato (Leaving a 1cm wall all around the skin side.) Burry the potato under a tree with a large tile or something to keep the rain off that spot, uncover it in a couple of weeks and you should have your own starter micro worm culture. 💌

Fantastic info, thanks! What are your thoughts on Daphnia, and how to breed them?

Is fly larvae good live food for bettas?

What about daphnia? Is it a viable food for fish?

I feed them lil scuds 😇 they love hunting them!

April 2022 mozzie shouldn't be bred. Parts of Australia have Japanese encephalitis. Unfortunately the continual wet weather has caused mozzie explosions in many areas. I've been collecting larvae of all sizes for weeks to feed fry. Most containers in yard I remove water now

Hi Blake, I have a question. My walter worm cultures are infested with hydra. Is there any way I can eliminate them without also killing the walter worms? Love your video, thanks so much!

I've heard from many people that brine shrimp are some of the least nutritious live foods. I know it's common and relatively easy to raise, but I've heard a lot of mixed information about them. What I've heard is that Daphnia provides the best nutrition of the most common live foods.

sorry - where do you get vinegar eel culture?

Infisoria are not coming broo... I have done as you said but no infisoria....🤷‍♂️

Thanks, very informative video

I will try mosquito larvea

I give my fish mosquito larvae and caterpillars as well.
Their colours are brighter, they appear more sturdy and there are less deaths when I mimic nature.

I am new..ty

Great video Blake

Great tips mate. thanks for the upload

Great video bud. Everybody should be feeding these in my book for the benefits to the fish and for the enjoyment of culturing them. 👍

Nice info, I agree that live food is superior to pre-prepared food. I do live blackworms (bought from a store.). And live baby brine (hatched at my house.)

Another easy to culture live food are White worm.
Just garden multi purpose compost and feed porridge oats mixed to a paste with water .
Keep compost moist and store in a dark cool place with a cover over to stop drying
Put an old out of date credit card also on surface which worms will be attached to
Feed directly to fish to condition for breeding or a special treat

Brooooo is that Neolamprologus tretocephalus you? Great vid mate currently marking my brine shrimp hatchery using your old vid. Thanks for that too 😉

I have a red wriggler worm farm that I feed my goldfish, severum, silver dollars.

Always an added bonus watching fish eat mosquito larvae, makes me happy haha

Hi Blake, a handful of grass in a blender mixed with aquarium water then placed in a container with more aquarium water, instant green water, mosquitoes love it.

Do you sell any of the starter cultures Blake? I like the idea of the vinegar eels.

Why don’t have daphnia

Great informative vid as usual, microworms, ironically I got a new culture today off a mate down the road after mine crashed... 👍

Cool video.
I put in live blackworms for the first time the other day and my male apisto borellii turned in the boldest colours. Now just trying to keep up the live baby brine. 🙂

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gday blake