Daphnia Hatching Kit! | Aquatic Live Food

An unboxing and review of the Daphnia Hatching Kit from Aquatic Live Food.
In this video I show how to hatch and raise Daphnia from eggs. I also show their development under a microscope and talk about their biology, anatomy and physiology.
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[@johnnorker6431]

I have no objections to the Daphia kit being called "a freshwater version of Sea-Monkeys" but my fairy shrimp are deeply insulted! 🙂

[@pico-cosmos]

😆 ok yeah fairy shrimp are definitely the TRUE freshwater Sea-Monkey. Which species do you have?

[@johnnorker6431]

@@pico-cosmos B. Thailandensis. They've been fussy, but I've had success leaving them in heated, non-aerated water under intense, algae-fostering light. They also get a bit of red Astaxanthin powder when their guts look empty. Thanks for an another interesting video with great production values. The inclusion of your Antarctic footage was fun too. Have you ever considered collecting and cultivating Branchiopoda from Antarctica? NB -- This question should not be construed as conspiracy to break any international treaties! 🙂

[@robotortoise]

I tried fairy shrimp and had no luck, despite having a UV light and an aerator and spring water. I can see why they went with brine shrimp over fairy shrimp.

[@KeplerTheCat]

I have a eco sphere with daphnia

[@KeplerTheCat]

Well, They may be ostracods

[@Diloparker]

I like how honest this kit is. No need to call them “Sea Monkeys!”, “Sea Dragons!”, or “Mermaids!”. This kit just goes, “They’re just Daphnia! Oh you think they’re boring because they’re not magical anomalies? Well you shouldn’t have bought the kit dammit!”

[@pico-cosmos]

🤣🤣🤣 totally agree! These animals are so incredible in their own right, they don’t need any gimmicks to be appreciated

[@Ben-fp2yc]

which one sounds nicer, daphnia or brine shrimp

[@AndresCarima]

​@@Ben-fp2yc brine shrimp 🥰👍

[@Ben-fp2yc]

daphina sounds like a flower, brine shrimp sounds like pickled prawns@@AndresCarima

[@danmcgladdery1813]

They should’ve called them Pacific Primates and watched the stocks rise.

[@goldentortoisebeetle]

I love people treating the very smallest creatures (often overlooked simply as food) given their proper due as pets. Would love to see more daphnia tanks in the future!

[@carrielankford4036]

This was very cool. I love seeing the other tiny aquatic animals that can be raised like this.

[@pico-cosmos]

There are lots of other species out there too! I’ll be making videos on them later this year :)

[@carrielankford4036]

@@pico-cosmos That sounds great. I always love seeing you've uploaded a video

[@amberback1]

Me too! I just had to combine all my brine shrimp into a 20 gal tank, which is making me look at my Sea Monkey tank, Aqua Dragon tank, and 2 single gal glass “fish bowls” like “hmm, what should I put in here next???”

[@KillerCaitie]

I love seeing the little flap flaps as they move, that's so cool!

[@pico-cosmos]

They’re cute huh! I love the way they swim. It’s quite similar to baby brine shrimp

[@clownhartz]

Your channel has given me a new found love for these small creatures that are commonly used as fish food.. they are so wonderful and amazing :)

[@pico-cosmos]

Aw I’m glad to hear that 🤗 I feel the same way about these guys. They’re more interesting than the fish that eat them lol

[@georgieann2971]

I'd absolutely love to see a video with more Daphnia.. Very interesting video!!! Thank you soo much

[@pico-cosmos]

I’ll experiment a little more with different tank mates and plants 👌 I think it has a lot of potential

[@georgieann2971]

@@pico-cosmos you're amazing with these and all the other videos as well. I bet that you have some amazing tanks that are set up really cool!! Can't wait to see them some day!!!

[@FaultBoyy]

would love to see some of the items in this kit in future sea monkey kits, especially the heat mat

[@pico-cosmos]

! Totally agree! It’s kinda funny that they’ve included it in this kit when it’s not all that necessary, but the Sea-Monkey kits don’t have one when they’re the species that really need it 😅

[@carrielange2692]

thank goodness! I learned to raise brine shrimp from you and my colony has been thriving for almost a year now. But my daphnia always crash. I'm looking forward to learning how to keep them alive from you! I have a physically disabled betta that is basically paralyzed and I have to hand feed him live brine to keep him healthy. I'd love to add live daphnia as well. thank you again so much for your great videos!

[@RobHorror240]

I love raising animals as pets when they aren't traditionally kept as lets. I have Fathead Minnows that I caught in the wild that are usually kept as feeder fish or bait. But I have them as pets.

[@OddLeah]

I became fascinated by lichens a couple years ago, and have spent many happy hours crawling through prairie grasses and riverbank thickets with a magnifying glass and pocket microscope. Look like I need to add splashing in the river and ponds to my rambles! There are so many weird little beasties to see!

[@Lillian2167]

Awww, Daphnia are so cute!! :3 Thanks for showing us these interesting lil creatures. :3

[@pico-cosmos]

Glad to hear you think they’re cute too :)) thanks for supporting the channel 🙏

[@hattie302]

Happy to see you trying out freshwater setups! I used to have a culture of cyclops copepods and bladder snails, their life stages were so much fun to watch. Maybe in the future I'll set up another tank and try out fairy and clam shrimp with daphnia ☺️

[@pico-cosmos]

Yeah I love how dynamic freshwater setups can be! Have you tried raising Fairy & Clam Shrimp before?

[@hattie302]

@@pico-cosmos Haha not yet! I just happened to have cyclops pop up in my bladder snail tank, but I've yet to seek out and buy eggs for specific ostracods. Fairy shrimp are my favorite little guys though, I would almost almost put them above brine shrimp if not for the lack of live birth.. I'm too lazy to dry out eggs to hatch the next generation haha 😆 maybe one day...

[@evelynpayne5995]

great video. love that you covered another species! i hope you do triops someday!

[@pico-cosmos]

Will definitely be making videos about Triops! I’d love to review a bunch of the different kits

[@night0wl213]

I'm definitely curious to know more about the freshwater castle tank you've got going. It looks to be an interesting little set-up.

[@pico-cosmos]

Daphnia work so well in Sea-Monkey tanks! I’ll experiment with plants a little more and then make a video about it 👍

[@CamelotGaming]

HELL YEAH, NEW ANIMALS Now we wait for Tadpole Shrimp

[@pico-cosmos]

It’s been super fun finally being able to learn about and make a video on a new species! I do still have a bunch of other Sea-Monkey tank review videos to make, but I’ll get around to Triops eventually 😅

[@nowirehangers2815]

@@pico-cosmostriops are trickier and don’t live long but they get sooooo big

[@eh.440]

I'm so glad you can get these in NZ. I usually have to buy my daphnia live from a school science resource place and they often end up dead from shipping 😢 ordering eggs is a much safer and easier way.

[@spyroserepisos3459]

Great video! Very throughly explained and could understand how to grow… thanks

[@pico-cosmos]

🤗 thanks speeds

[@sogga5696]

This is sooo cool I’m loving these other sea creature vids

[@pico-cosmos]

It seems there are a lot of these small aquatic animals that aren’t too well known. It’s super fun raising them and making these videos 😀

[@kylenguyen200]

They are so round! I love them!

[@strangeduckling]

I think it would be pretty cool to see your more elaborate setups! I really enjoy seeing biodiversity within a setup, with different plant and animal species, so I'm interested to see what other tank mates would work with the daphnia :) Also, can sea monkeys work with tank mates?

[@pico-cosmos]

Yeah I agree, dynamic setups are definitely more interesting to look at 👌 tank mates with Sea-Monkeys are a little complicated. I think the saltwater species of Daphnia (Daphnia Salina) could potentially work. I’ve heard bumblebee snails work too 👍

[@ryrypie2574]

Oh no, now I want to make a second tank for these guys

[@pico-cosmos]

Dooo it giirl!

[@ChristianNationalAuthoritarian]

Underrated channel.

[@pico-cosmos]

🙏

[@miashadows]

I have seed shrimp and cyclops in my cherry shrimp tank, and I love watching them almost as much as the shrimp! Scuds are also very fun to watch, you should try them!

[@MisterBones2910]

0:52 Regarding this being the world's first kit of its kind, I think the Japanese used to sell daphnia as their version of sea monkeys at some point. I've seen little sea monkey tanks filled with them in videogames before; a standout example being a Wario Ware game where it was a collectable toy item.

[@umbrellacorp.]

Wow, it's nice to see other types of creatures besides sea monkeys. I would like to see more elaborate setups in your tanks for sea monkeys and daphnia. I love this channel, it's so relaxing to watch. I totally Subscribed. Keep up the good work. 😎👍💯

[@Plane4ever]

This really looks cool and I’m saving up for my own maybe

[@carelesswhisper2119]

I so so so wanna see you grow the triops shrimp grow kits.

[@pico-cosmos]

I’ll get around to it eventually! I need to learn more about them first 😅

[@eh.440]

​@@pico-cosmos unfortunately you can't get triops commercially here in NZ as they are considered potentially invasive. I remember reading an article about a kiwi kids science fair being disqualified for that reason. It's unfortunate but I guess it's for environmental protection

[@Charlii42069]

Excited to hear you mention Scuds! Initially got them to start a live food culture for my betta fish, but they've quickly become a staple in every tank in my room, their insatiable hunger for thread algae makes them a fantastic addition to any freshwater aquarium, IMO.

[@BULLFITE]

so exciting to see freshwater critters popping up on this channel!! your sea monkey videos inspired me to get back into freshwater vernal crustaceans again after all these years, and im strongly considering finally taking the plunge into salt and getting some sea monkeys going in a jar on my windowsill too lol. my fairy shrimp and clam shrimp colony (which, funnily enough, were accidentally hatched from what had been sold as daphnia eggs. either i accidentally cross contaminated the jar with nauplii from another culture that outcompeted my water fleas, or there were a lot of hitchhikers in the sand the eggs were mixed in) all say hello!! :DD

[@pico-cosmos]

Ah that’s so cool! Do you know which species of Fairy Shrimp you have? I’m planning on raising some later this year :)

[@ittybittybeasties]

I'd love to get a kit like this, though sadly I haven't found anything like it in my neck of the woods (the United States). It's a fun idea and I really want to start a freshwater mini tank again. Hopefully this becomes more popular over time!

[@Sinserg]

Yes I want to try raising daphia!

[@TigressPhoenix]

Very cool ❤

[@kaitokaitoV1]

i am interested in in more elaborate sea monkey and daphnia set ups! i also like watching serpa design and other aquascaping channels, tank set ups go hand in hand with any aquatic husbandry hobby. i would love to see what your setups look like! even just the simple addition of duckweed to a seamonkey tank tho- took my breath away! what a lovely contrast between the natural roots and the cute, plastic sand castle. makes me want to start painting again

[@pico-cosmos]

I’ll definitely make a video about this in the future :) I need to experiment more with other plant species and substrates, I’m still quite new to this stuff 😅 thanks for your suggestions and support :)

[@kimberleycopeland9448]

I love it how you show your sea monkeys and helping us it makes it easy for me so my sea monkeys can stay longer and I am gonna subscribe .❤

[@Glimmerstargaming]

Yaaay second Comment also love the cute hatchlings ❤

[@pico-cosmos]

Thanks! They’re super cute huh 😀

[@johanna006]

Fascinating to see it under the microscope. Thanks! I'd like to see infusoria.

[@ehheeajeshika]

Nice to see something other than sea monkey's ❤ hope to see triops soon they're so fascinating 😍

[@Nuttilicious]

I love that you're branching out on to other microfauna! This kit seems well thought-out at first, but if you think about it a bit more, it's not really too well thought-out. The first thing that struck out to me was the fact that the thermometer's range doesn't even fit the daphnia's whole range, so it's useless if you want to use it to tell you if it's cold enough to use the heating pad, so that seems like a weird oversight because it's not like there aren't any sticker thermometers that go down low enough. The next thing that I thought of was food. I guess if you're using them as feeders, it might not be a big deal because you can likely just seed the tank with algae from your main tank, but still. I do like that they included the heating pad, tannins, airline tubing, pipette, and net though. That's more thought to the comfort and longevity of the animals than Sea Monkey kits that don't even accomodate for airline and heaters. As for tank-mates, do you think triops would be a good idea? I'd love to see other similar animals and even more videos with these little guys. Cool vid as always, man!

[@pico-cosmos]

Yeah those are some good point. It kinda feels like that they just threw a bunch of accessories into the box without too much consideration for them. The website doesn’t even say that this kit comes with a heat pad - and when I asked them about it they said it wasn’t supposed to be included in the kit 🤷‍♂️ I dunno lol. I’m not sure about Triops! It’s a good question though. Maybe they’re eat the Daphnia?

[@Nuttilicious]

@@pico-cosmos it sounds like the customer service team don't know much about the r&d for the products and I'm questioning the company's internal communications lol. also good point about the triops. I thought they were around the same size but a quick Google search says daphnia are also feeders for triops, which wouldn't be ideal for tank mates. can't wait to see what you do with them though!

[@meemumeem1913]

I want to thank you for your awesome and interesting videos! I will get my first sea monkeys soon! I hope you have a wonderful day!! 😊

[@pico-cosmos]

Did you get some? 😃

[@jasonhedtke659]

I would be interested in having some! They look cool and pretty self sufficient as long as you have algae growing in the tank

[@pico-cosmos]

Yup! They’re super hardy too. Even when you don’t feed them the population drops down but there’s always some that survive

[@jasonhedtke659]

@@pico-cosmos oooo that's also good Might have to set myself up with a 3-5 gallon tank and raise a civilization 😎

[@spectralan0maly]

love this. looking at potentially get some of these or maybe some fairy shrimp. have you ever kept triops?

[@natesface]

Where did you get your daphnia and artemia statues from? They're so cool.

[@pico-cosmos]

On eBay! I think they’re a Japanese brand that came out a few years back so they’re not always easy to find

[@slavalavi7865]

​@@pico-cosmos Maybe you can show me the link , where I can get it too . Thanks. The video is really interesting

[@BlackArroToons]

Excellent video on this new Daphnia pet available now, thank you. When they include the features you mentioned including a better tank and food, at an eventual lower price, I'd be interested in raising them. I'll have to research how they compare with Brine Shrimp lifespans. I also always wanted to see a Tardigrade Water Bear pet, but I think they're probably way too small for pets.

[@pico-cosmos]

Glad you enjoyed the video :) haha Tardigrades would be awesome to see under the microscope, but yeah I think they’re much too small to keep as pets 😅 I think they’re barely visible to the human eye

[@MalO.ver1.0.x]

Finally a species of tiny fresh water animals who likes the same temperatures as I do. :D

[@OddLeah]

Those were my thoughts too! The beavertail fairy shrimp are cute but they like it far too warm!

[@kashmoney5249]

about time I'm not 2 weeks late

[@pico-cosmos]

Haha appreciate you supporting the channel mate :)

[@DJ3lectrical]

The manufacturer should refer to the exact species with the moniker “Anomopoda Nyos” as a little dunk on Transcience 😛

[@pico-cosmos]

🤣 I love this idea. “Specifically bred hybrid species which jump twice as high as water fleas in nature!”

[@videolover2003]

If you like these, you need to try triops. They're massive freshwater crustaceans that live in the same environments as fairy shrimp. Lots of kits for them online. I would love to see you try them. I had to raise daphnia for various research projects and they are a lot of fun to watch. Not so fun to individually pipette and count.

[@linkinparkfanforever2728]

Haha lol, I was thinking of such a video and now there is just a video 🥰😍😅. But I will also buy that or only the Daphnia eggs, since I have been breeding the food algae for a year 😊.

[@pico-cosmos]

Yeah it wouldn’t be too difficult to make a DIY setup for this kinda thing. You could use pretty much any tank you want too

[@linkinparkfanforever2728]

@@pico-cosmos Yes, I will also use any container that has a minimum capacity of one liter, the bigger the better, so I will probably use two liters or so

[@jasondevelopz]

i like that the daphnia eggs sort of look like actual chicken eggs XD

[@lobomatias422]

Want one of these!!!❤

[@pico-cosmos]

They’re a fun alternative to Sea-Monkeys!

[@BETTA_MALE]

Yum, a Thai Company, has been offering Daphnia Raising Kits for both, moina and magna for at least 8 Years...

[@insidesound]

fantastic ) what is your microscope setup ?

[@TheWitchesList]

Someone needs to send this guy some fairy shrimp. I think they would be very loved in his home :)

[@brickch4pel]

This kit is really cool! They kind of look like hearts (not the symbolic representation, I mean the actual organ). The body is the heart itself, and the legs are arteries

[@pico-cosmos]

Never thought of that but you’re totally right

[@fuggleradventures5820]

Wow I would love to raise some as pets. Hopefully they will be available where I live someday😊

[@weaponizedham826]

Id love to see you do a video on triops!!

[@pico-cosmos]

Will be doing videos about them later this year :)

[@Segafishy]

I'd definately be intrested in something like this and seeing more of what can be done with them, I'd used flash frozen ones for feeding Fish in the past but never thought of raising them like I do with Sea Monkeys as pets. I'll have to see if theres anything similar avalible here even if not a straight forward kit (I'm in the process of doing so for Fairy shrimp too if I can refrain from breaking another Jar and cutting my feet) as I'm not sure on how it will fair travelling that far.

[@pico-cosmos]

Ah yeah I’d definitely recommend figuring out Fairy Shrimp first 👌 I think once you have that down raising Daphnia will be a breeze. Which species of Fairy Shrimp are you raising?

[@guineapiggamer7717]

My fish LOVE frozen Daphnia, but that amount of eggs really couldn't feed more than a 40 gallon tank with smaller fish. At the rate we go through food, it wouldn't be enough. For a betta fish this could last for quite a few meals, though.

[@pico-cosmos]

Ah yeah but Daphnia proliferate very quickly! I think after a month or so in a larger than you could have thousands!

[@babygorilla4233]

Im trying to hatch and seperate some from the triops eggs they came with. If i culture them in green water under the grow lights for my plants they would make great tankmates/food.

[@RoxanneLaWinSTABBY]

I got really mad about half an hour ago, finding out that some sort of Algorithm Gremlin had un-subbed me from this channel, but full confession: I’m also in exactly the right place for a Friday night 4-5 video catch-up. Send me to jail.

[@RoxanneLaWinSTABBY]

That’s the most boring, Facebook mom comment I’ve ever put on the internet. Good lord. In my defence: I’m not sober

[@pico-cosmos]

🤣

[@pico-cosmos]

Haha I appreciate you binging the channel while drunk

[@RoxanneLaWinSTABBY]

@@pico-cosmos It wasn’t booze, but the other, better unsober that the British government won’t allow. Narcs.

[@WolfmanLarryTalbot]

Awesomev ideo bringing new crustatians to our attention. I bought a shrimp bubble with a differnt kind of shrimp than Sea-Monkeys. They have to be treated completly differenty, I would like to see what you do with live plants and other annimals with the Daphnia.

[@pico-cosmos]

Thanks man! Do you know what species the shrimp is that you bought? Sounds interesting 👌

[@THEprincessFirefly]

I would love to try snd keep Daphia,such cool little critters. I like the kit aswell.

[@pico-cosmos]

Much easier to raise than Sea-Monkeys, I just wish they were a little larger 😅

[@THEprincessFirefly]

@@pico-cosmos Would be cool if they were.

[@pico-cosmos]

I’m going to try raise the larger species Daphnia Magna soon. Excited to see how big they get 💪

[@THEprincessFirefly]

@@pico-cosmos Looking forward to seeing that video!!

[@seamonkeygirl68]

Please make the larger daphia Tank , they are fascinating creatures.

[@robyn6521]

I am interested in small freshwater animals like daphnia, but I do not think I'd buy a kit because these kinds of animals will just appear for you in water you leave outside. You can also get started on your infusoria by heading out to your local pond and grabbing a little handful of the damp mucky stuff near the edge (you'll likely get some little animals too--yay!). Tannins are an important part of freshwater systems. If you have the time and interest, look up "Blackwater Aquarium". The tannins you poured in that colored the water in a way you didn't quite like does look a little out of place in this tank, but it looks right at home in a blackwater aquarium. If you keep up with your daphnia and other freshwater animals, consider how you might create a setup that doesn't require water changes at all.

[@pico-cosmos]

Thanks for the insight! Yeah I’ve watched a few videos on blackwater aquariums, they look super interesting! Have you ever had one?

[@robyn6521]

@@pico-cosmos Unfortunately, no. I only have one tank of sea monkeys at the moment. I'm pondering some different ideas that I might try in a 2nd sea monkey tank in the future. A small tank of some freshwater species like cyclops, fairy shrimp, or daphnia is on my mind though. I was really happy to see you exploring these things.

[@reinashelby9495]

I theorise that Daphnia lay eggs. Ever since they hatch in eggs. So congratulations on making and unlimited Daphnia farm (I think)

[@loreleipierre5495]

I didn’t see any one mention it but the brown liquid is known as humic acid!

[@MurkyWaves]

I would love to see a video that talks about triops. Since I have a triop kit but I’m not sure where to start

[@pico-cosmos]

Will definitely be trying them out later this year :D

[@thombaz]

I love to go to the local fish shop busing a bag of them. They many times contain interesting cyclops too.

[@thombaz]

This company long been selling eggs of different little creatures, they are a bit high priced for me as I pay about 15cents for a live culture, but one day I will try them out.

[@aswins.p7155]

We call these moina I have cultured these . They become bright red in algae water they usually prefer less clean water and I have fed these with yeast and sugar solution 😇🍃

[@wyattacup3329]

I have an interesting story about daphnia,I had gotten some fairy shrimp eggs,once they arrived I set up a tank for them,they hatched and I did everything right,did not even over feed them,but for some reason each one passed,however for some reason tons of daphnia were in the tank,maybe they accidently put some in there,or got some when they harvested the fairy shrimp eggs.

[@pico-cosmos]

That is interesting! Perhaps they inhabit the same vernal pool that they collected the eggs from. I’ve seen some websites that sell Fairy Shrimp & Triops eggs - it’s not uncommon for them to also have other species mixed in there too

[@wyattacup3329]

@@pico-cosmos little bonus feature if you think about it 😂

[@pico-cosmos]

@@wyattacup3329yeah totally! I love having different species in the tank, it makes it more interesting to watch huh. I wish it was easy to put other species in with Sea-Monkeys 😅

[@christadauria4362]

In my Zoology classroom at Gallaudet University, I did dissecting a bull frog under the large microscope then I finally noticed a zigzag pattern of something. Then I discovered that it turned to be an adult daphnia swimming in “ Go- Go” dance in the Petri dish in close-up in careful observation under the large laboratory microscope. I was only one college student who found a daphnia however all of other college students found none. Then I told my woman college professor of Zoology about an adult daphnia in the Petri dish under the large microscope in my careful observation. She wouldn’t believe it!!

[@crusty5191]

I once had a daphnia colony that i got when an aquatics store gave me an algae sample. They thrived for a few months before dying out, likely due to me not knowing how to raise specifically Daphnia

[@pico-cosmos]

Haha that’s such a cool little bonus! Yeah I’ve found that regular water changes help a lot with a colony’s longevity. You should try raising them again some time!

[@crusty5191]

@pico-cosmos I definitely will try. I want to set up my own online aquatics shop eventually and sell my own sort of knock off sea monkey kits for fun. Learning daphnia would help my horizons

[@TVPEWORM]

Where do you get your model figures at 6:40 ? I noticed those in other videos and i want one???

[@pico-cosmos]

I got this one on eBay! I think they’re a little old though, so they only come up for sale from time to time. I judt searched for “daphnia figure”

[@anie6142]

Have you given them names xD? I would definitely be interested in this kit but I'm still debating whether to keep them as pets or to breed them for possible fish food. I do know they sell dried Daphnia as snacks for Betta fish, and would probably be a good food source for Triops too. But these guys are kinda cute and I'd probably feel bad if I were to use them for food for other animals 🥺. Then again, the other animals also need to eat 😅.

[@pico-cosmos]

Haha there are too many to give them names.. plus they all kinda look identical 😅 you could always raise them as pets and then just remove a few to feed to your fish. I’ve heard it’s actually quite healthy for the Daphnia colony too because the population doesn’t get too dense

[@hansgunnarnilsensunde6139]

Hi! I have a question about sea monkeys and lighting, will grow lights for the algae be sufficient for the sea monkeys as well? I am thinking about keeping them in my bathroom which has a stable warm temperature, but weak fluorescent lighting😅 I really enjoy watching your videos, it inspired me to get the mars tank!🤩

[@pico-cosmos]

Great to hear you’re getting into Sea-Monkeys! Yeh the grow lights will be fine for the Sea-Monkeys :) I’d recommend leaving them on for around 16hrs each day 👍 good luck with your new pets!

[@hansgunnarnilsensunde6139]

@@pico-cosmos Thank you for the reply, I really appreciate it! Will do🤩

[@banana_friend9]

Im thinking of raising daphnia but with eggs not the kit, i have dechlorinator, indian almond leaves etc. So i was wondering how much chlorine is in the spring water your using and how much water does the jar your using hold? Thanks!

[@pico-cosmos]

No idea how much chlorine is in the spring water - but I assume basically none? Water volume doesn’t really matter. Anything larger than 200ml is adequate

[@banana_friend9]

Ok, Thanks!

[@bizarrebudgie3589]

I would get daphnia (but they are too small), I hope they make the bigger species that you talked about before for pets, also, I can’t seem to ever get my sea monkeys to have live birth (and to mate, but they did mate a few times soooo) maybe it’s because I’m in the uk? And the uk is cold like 24/7?

[@pico-cosmos]

They’ll only live birth if they’re comfortable. Using an aquarium heater helps a lot 👌 definitely give it a try

[@karen3530]

Those are some chonky little things 🥹😂

[@pico-cosmos]

Haha yeh Daphnia are definitely thicc girls 🍑 😂

[@samaraswad8332]

Yay 3 comment and werry collanimels almost as good as Seamonkeys

[@Batmancontingencyplans]

Bro ❤️ your videos. But I think it's time for you to go into the fish hobby with Guppy Fish. You can setup 1ft nano tanks with Guppy and shrimps.

[@pico-cosmos]

Haha I kinda like these smaller aquatic animals! We can’t get freshwater shrimp in NZ 😢 they’re illegal

[@Batmancontingencyplans]

@@pico-cosmos What about Guppy Fish & Snails ?

[@DarkSnP]

So with food and i suppose the right water temps and climate do these just continue to breed/survive? Is thi something that continues to have an animal inside it till something ruins the environment? Could these guys go inside the zoo kit if already had one but no SeaMonkey?

[@pico-cosmos]

Yup! You can sustain a colony indefinitely under good conditions

[@DarkSnP]

@@pico-cosmos tysvm! I'm so into all these little fellas and my seamonkeys have survived and thrived : D thank you for all the info!!

[@loutube7221]

Those things are are in a bucket in my back yard and I never new

[@pico-cosmos]

Lol how’d they get in there?

[@stardust9072]

use rice bran powder. make sure u filter it with fine net first.

[@That_Mazzini_Fan]

Finally,i'm early.

[@pico-cosmos]

:) thanks for supporting the channel! Really appreciate it 🎉

[@volcanixthanksyoufortheviewz]

Can you keep scud, daphnia and fairy shrimp together?

[@pico-cosmos]

I believe so yeah! Haven’t tried it myself yet though

[@TomFWA]

I'd be careful trying scuds as they can be predatory, even to fish fry and shrimp, but seed shrimp and daphnia can go together happily.

[@pico-cosmos]

Oo thanks for letting me know 👌 where do people usually get scuds from?

[@TomFWA]

@@pico-cosmos I've seen them at local fish stores, but I'm sure you would be able to find them online. Would be interesting to try them out and see how they go in an invert set up. But I have looked into them a bit and have heard you need to be a bit cautious.

[@jomo9454]

Wow, I couldn't personally get Indian almond leaves

[@pico-cosmos]

How come? I think they sell them at a lot of pet stores. Easy to find online too 👌

[@jasondevelopz]

12:00 i misheard "sheds her exoskeleton" as "shits her exoskeleton" 😂

[@pico-cosmos]

Hahaha you didn’t mishear ;)

[@airidas253]

Can you unbox Saltwater creatures bring the prehistoric back to life kit

[@pico-cosmos]

Ah is that the German one? I’ll get around to it eventually 👌

[@airidas253]

@@pico-cosmos its made by Kosmos i just bought it yesterday the hatch rate is good some hatched in 12 hours

[@pico-cosmos]

Nice! How many babies hatched?

[@airidas253]

Well it came with a pack full of millions of eggs and said the put four spatulas of eggs so out of the four spatulas around 14 hatched

[@airidas253]

Now im waiting to see how many more hatch

[@dominic9263]

make daphnias and artemias hang out 🥺

[@pico-cosmos]

I need to try and find a saltwater Daphnia species first 😬 they’re hard to come by

[@dominic9263]

@@pico-cosmos thank u for replying, i love ur videos man keep it up!!!!

[@mattymerr701]

The setup is pretty cheap and how ya doin, but it seems like it's thought out well

[@banarasiblog-mc7yn]

love fro bharat

[@hatednyc]

Imagine hatching beside that giant creature. It’s like their god is there beside the tank.

[@TVPEWORM]

OMG EARLY

[@pico-cosmos]

🙌 within the first minute!

[@TVPEWORM]

@@pico-cosmos I love your content so much!!! You inspired me to get my first pets (sea monkeys)

[@pico-cosmos]

Thanks! That’s so cool to hear :) are they still alive?

[@TVPEWORM]

@@pico-cosmos my first tank has had a drop in population sadly, there's only 4 left there, my second tank is better!! Should I transfer the 4 to my other tank then wash out the original one?

[@pico-cosmos]

@@TVPEWORMhmm I’d only move them over if they were looking unhealthy. But if they seem happy I’d just leave them :)

[@airidas253]

If you do get the saltwater creatures set dont put the reccomended 4 spatulas cause there is more than 200 now

[@pico-cosmos]

😬 that’s a lot! Hope they survive 🤞

[@airidas253]

100 died the other past to starting to become teenagers

[@55555711]

There cool 😎 and odd

[@pico-cosmos]

Yeah definitely weird little animals! I don’t think many people know about them tbh

[@danmcgladdery1813]

1:41 At least it moderately resembles an actual daphnia, unlike SOME brands.

[@mauvemoth569]

you done triops yet?

[@pico-cosmos]

Not yet! I still have a bunch of Brine Shrimp videos to make 😅 and Daphnia now too it seems. Will be doing Triops later this year 👍

[@Pam22191]

First Comment!

[@pico-cosmos]

🏆 that was quick! Thanks for supporting the channel :)

[@Pam22191]

By The Way That daphnia vid was brilliant!