FAQ: What's the difference between Paramecium and Infusoria? Courtesy of Wikipedia: "Infusoria is a word used to describe various freshwater microorganisms, including ciliates, copepods, euglenoids, planktonic crustaceans, protozoa, unicellular algae and small invertebrates [...] In modern, formal classifications, the term is considered obsolete; the microorganisms previously and colloquially referred to as Infusoria are mostly assigned to the kingdom Protista." How I would describe their relationship: Paramecium are one example of many organisms that fall into the category of Infusoria. The term, in our context, translates to "tiny stuff that grows in the water that baby fish might like to eat." I personally associate infusoria more to organisms on the order of ciliates than microcrustaceans. Add yeast or don't add yeast?: Adding yeast can help kick things off, you just have to be a little careful with the amount. Too much can turn the upper layer of the culture into soup and choke out the water beneath. Yeast also floats around in the air so it will inoculate the culture no matter what. In short, we're all using yeast whether we add it deliberately or not. What species of paramecium? I use Paramecium Caudatum specifically for their size. At 0.2-0.3 mm, they are the largest (at the time of this writing) offered by Carolina Biological Supply. They are small enough to be eaten easily by any fry I have worked with personally, yet are large enough to be clearly visible without magnification. This makes it easy to judge the state of a culture and the density of live organisms in a sample. This is in contrast to a broad, luck-of-the-draw infusoria culture where, depending on which species happen to dominate the culture, it might be hard to judge whether you have a useful food source or just cloudy, putrid water.
@jjxtwo16 ай бұрын
Love your sense of humor. Great project. 'Good enough for government work' is an old favorite of mine. My phone keyboard even remembers the phrase! 😂
@lukeabberley98Ай бұрын
Here in Australia we say good enough for the bush !
@madprunes5 ай бұрын
The moment you realise you basically reinvented a teapot
@MakeMoreFish5 ай бұрын
Well, you don't actually make tea in tea pots, you make hot water. But good effort. Cold brew coffee. that's what this is.
@madprunes5 ай бұрын
@@MakeMoreFish You put hot water and tea leaves in a tea pot so the tea can steep, the tea goes in a little basket that goes in the top (Google glass teapot for an easy image). A kettle makes hot water.
@madprunes5 ай бұрын
@@MakeMoreFish I didn't think about how America redefined established words, In English speaking countries a kettle boils water, a modern teapot has a basket for you to put loose leaf tea in to steep with the boiled water from the kettle.
@seth464819 күн бұрын
@madprunes avid tea drinker from the states here. I felt very dumb when I learned this after first getting into loose leaf. Lol why do we call kettles tea pots? Hahaha
@madprunes18 күн бұрын
@@seth4648 not sure probably mistaken identification from a image a long time ago, then the good old USA inability to adapt to change kept it around.
@matthewganun12476 ай бұрын
You, sir, are a gentlemen and a scholar. Best fish breeding related videos on KZbin hands down
@donivanstryker13406 ай бұрын
Giant Nerd here, I culture paramecium, not for fish but for a group of aquatic carnivorous plants called utricularia and aldrovanda. Since I am a dyi guy I am going to try your method and see how it works for me.
@gabeoleinik44356 ай бұрын
I’m a carnivorous plant nerd culturing paramecium for fish. I can’t believe it hadn’t occurred to me that I was growing food for these plants. Time to order some plants lol
@donivanstryker13406 ай бұрын
@@gabeoleinik4435 Glad I could help you further your collection of carnivorous plants since you already grow food for them. If you need help finding the plants let me know. I can tell you where to get them.
@MakeMoreFish6 ай бұрын
That's really cool, I always wondered how people feed their UG carpets.
@GrumpyGillsFishing6 ай бұрын
How carnivorous are these plants? Would they eat my fish? lol
@donivanstryker13406 ай бұрын
@@GrumpyGillsFishing Yes, they can eat the smallest of fish fry like Rainbows, Neons and Barbs.
@Cupo6666 ай бұрын
I cannot tell you how much I appreciate a weird special little container
@skrounst2 ай бұрын
It's the fish keeping hobby. Everyone has repurposed at least one container into some sort of DIY jerry-rigged contraption.
@audrameyer95586 ай бұрын
This is the BEST paramecuum set up!!! Thank you 😊
@DigitalProjectAI4 ай бұрын
Hi how can i breed peremicium , if i can't buy peremicium coulture in my country
@CyrilleTremblay-f2d6 ай бұрын
Hi Lowell! Just want to thank you for this great idea! Yes, I’m some kind of livefood and fish nerd 😊 You give me wonder ideas to use the material I hoard 😏🤩✌️
@Richardmunoz866 ай бұрын
Amazing ideas as usual. Thank you
@CSR4626 ай бұрын
thanks for the video. you are a great source of information and every new video helps everyone out a little more
@kurtr1215 күн бұрын
Here's an idea. How about using a reusable K-cup to replace the basket, sponge, and food bag? It is the same size, has a lid and a fine mesh inside of it to have the food source to get through.
@MakeMoreFish14 күн бұрын
Sounds like a good idea. Give it a try
@geckopete5 ай бұрын
Just 1 little tip for people doing this and using the 2 inch hole saw shown here.. If you use it in reverse, they dont cut a quickly but will still work and you wont crack your hard plastic doing it... Give it a try..
@dowhilegeek5 ай бұрын
a closable extra hole for the pipette might be an convenience improvement, so you dont have to lift out the net cup?
@FishEZ6 ай бұрын
Total "giant nerd" here. You found me. I think mine originally were acquired from Carolina Biological by Greg Sage but I got mine from him. I use the wheat kernals as well. Corn husks just put out too strong of an odor.
@jeffkane43916 ай бұрын
😉😁
@MakeMoreFish6 ай бұрын
I got started with wheat kernels after reading a guide written for use in breeding zebrafish for lab studies. I figure those folks know what they're doing and I've followed it ever since.
@richardmei25065 ай бұрын
@@MakeMoreFish Hi Can you share with that guide? I noted now many science labs are using marine rotifers to raise zebrafish. Not sure whether we can try rotifers.
@MakeMoreFish5 ай бұрын
@@richardmei2506 It's been a few years but I'm pretty sure it was this guide or another that quoted the same source: zfin.org/zf_info/zfbook/chapt3/3.3.html
@neilcox27396 ай бұрын
Great video. Thanks
@Daves_FishRoom6 ай бұрын
Why aren't you using yeast as part of this process? Is it really not necessary? Ive been culturing paramecium for years and haven't really found the best way that produces an abundant amount.
@MakeMoreFish6 ай бұрын
Adding yeast can help kick things off, you just have to be a little careful with the amount. Too much can turn the upper layer of the culture into soup and choke out the water beneath. Yeast also floats around in the air so it will inoculate the culture no matter what.
@thombaz2 күн бұрын
Woo, you just acccidentaly mad one of the best illusions. 2:38
@bobs55965 ай бұрын
hi lowell, is it important to strictly culture paramecium rather than standard infusoria?
@MakeMoreFish5 ай бұрын
Paramecium are just one form of what we would call infusoria. I find them easy to culture consistently and also to see clearly because they are on the larger side. An infusoria culture started from a sample of aquarium water could have any number of species in it. It might work out great, you might get nothing useful, or you might get cyclops in the mix that might end up consuming everything else. You just never know. I like the control and consistency of culturing a single known species.
@MrSlmarvin6 ай бұрын
Excellent thank you
@happymcslappy36403 ай бұрын
PAUSE!!! Plastic pot taken from my what java fern now??? U lookin in my house??? 🤣💀🤣💀🤣💀🤣💀
@TheTubejunky6 ай бұрын
Swap that cup out with a kueireg coffee pod filter. Simple
@MakeMoreFish5 ай бұрын
Do it
@FrankRowell-db7xq12 күн бұрын
My foam sheet is very fine and my hole saw has large teeth; they hate each other! Even running backwards the saw grabs and tears the foam. Luckily I kept the disks cut-out from the lids. So I held/pressed the cut-out disk tight against the foam, compressing it at the point of cutting as I cut it with curved scissors, the kind you might use for dog grooming. The result is not quite as pretty as yours but looks surprisingly good and is perfectly serviceable. Alternatively, I also used the disks as a template to cut out a circle of crochet mesh. I covered the top of the pot with a coffee filter, then popped in the crochet mesh to hold it in place. To remove the mesh circle just pull up on the edge of the coffee filter. Looks good, works good, but be careful not to get it wet. If anyone else had trouble I hope this helps. Thank you for the ideas and the videos.
@arman_22156 ай бұрын
You are the Wes Anderson of Breeding fish.
@MakeMoreFish6 ай бұрын
I just watched the grand Budapest hotel recently. I can live with that.
@LushSaltyAquariums6 ай бұрын
Cheers from my fish room channel in Chicago, where I am a satisfied subscriber of yours! This is such a simple yet fabulous hack, solving all manner of challenges associated with raising these cultures. Thank you!
@AquaticMoose6 ай бұрын
Thanks fo sharing! Another great one, easily one of my favorite channels. Well done 👌
@SliceYouTube6 ай бұрын
Thank you for making yet another fun and useful video! Love the design and idea behind it :)
@hugoalyra2 ай бұрын
This method works without the starter?
@MakeMoreFish2 ай бұрын
It would not work without a start, no. You need some starting population to reproduce within the culture.
@yawg3336 ай бұрын
hey man lets not bring up the java fern ok?
@MakeMoreFish6 ай бұрын
It's an easy plant they said. perfect for beginners they said...
@RadMax86 ай бұрын
"A two-inch net pot stolen from your half-dead Java fern..." SHUT UP AND GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!
@MakeMoreFish6 ай бұрын
It's not your fault. All java ferns are dying, some of them just haven't died yet.
@oS3R0o7774 ай бұрын
@@MakeMoreFish This just killed me! 😂🤣😭😭😭👍
@cjday5734 ай бұрын
Would you ever consider culturing cyclops copepods? I managed to accidentally create several "cultures" after adding some pond sediment to a large plastic pretzel barrel with some dried leaves and soil, and then siphoning some of the buggers off the top with a pippette. Probably could be similar to culturing brine shrimp albeit freshwater instead of salt, or daphnia.
@MakeMoreFish4 ай бұрын
Live cyclops can be a little challenging for fish to catch and eat but for certain proficient micropredators I can see them being a great food supplement
@cjday5734 ай бұрын
@MakeMoreFish I guess you're right, they do move quite erratically even as nauplii.
@vikkirountoit4972 ай бұрын
Woohoo I'm a giant nerd! This is excellent, thank you for sharing technique:)
@ArchangelHornet2 ай бұрын
my water keeps turning green for some reason so i have to keep changing the water and just restarting the culture 🤷🏻♂️
@jimmied2838Сағат бұрын
Try to keep it out of direct light.
@stiaininbeglan3844Ай бұрын
Maybe a giant nerd, but I just want to be able to set up my tank so my mum can babysit it completely hands off, instead of feeding my snails, like she only recently learned how not to do...
@richardreynolds98966 ай бұрын
Great project!
@FishmanEricRussell6 ай бұрын
Nicely done! Glad to see others culturing and Doing DIY
@Milkex5 ай бұрын
I just bought 200 net cups for my hydroponic herbs! eeez pz
@MalawisLilleKanal4 ай бұрын
I am thinking that a paramecium culture with an overflow (hose into the side of the container) could be used as an automatic food dispenser for small fry by adding a secondary water source with a small water-pump on a timer.
@lemonlizard16 ай бұрын
I'm really glad I hoarded those pots & mesh bags haha. Amazing idea since I'm currently not breeding any fish that require paramecia and it's been quite a bother to maintain. By the way, how's the mega culture going? I've always wondered if those giant cultures actually worked in practice
@MakeMoreFish6 ай бұрын
They big ones in plastic tubs? I still have two of them and at some point added hanging net pots to the lids just like I showed here. They work great. Those are my backup cultures that I set and forget for months at a time.
@shadowsedgeminiatures12306 ай бұрын
This is absolutely brilliant. Paramecium is the next culture on my to-do list so the timing is wonderful. I just set up some Vinegar Eels using your walkthrough and they are thriving.
@MakeMoreFish6 ай бұрын
Now that you mention it, it probably would work well for vinegar eels. Might just limit the amount of apple that could be added to the culture at once.
@shadowsedgeminiatures12306 ай бұрын
@@MakeMoreFish I like that idea. Maybe a longer basket could be found or made to reduce that limitation?
@huntermclaren3226 ай бұрын
Absolute banger of a set-up king
@FierceMamma2 ай бұрын
Damn it you didn't have to call me out like that; from the half dead java fern all the way through to being a nerd. 🤣
@shaunneal99816 ай бұрын
Your videos are always amazing. I have gone full nerd on live cultures with black worms, daphnia, adult brine shrimp, grindle worms, micro worms, vinegar eels and paramecium. I am even culturing phytoplankton to feed to the brine shrimp and green water to feed to the daphnia. It can take a lot of work but so far I am enjoying it! I also have springtails, isopods, meal worms and wood roaches to feed my pet ants.
@MakeMoreFish6 ай бұрын
That's a really impressive list. Awesome! The way I look at live foods is as a little more labor in exchange for trivializing the difficulty of raising fry. It's worth it.
@jtool91126 ай бұрын
I once accidentally cultured paramecium with water and yeast because i was bored and wanted to see whag would happen
@oS3R0o7774 ай бұрын
Thanks for this! My Java fern agrees... 😎👍
@netandjer70246 ай бұрын
you are very handy and funny in that order. how do you come up with these ideal? (i just bought a fry saver from you) jerry canada
@MakeMoreFish6 ай бұрын
Well, one thing that fish keeping is good for is filling your house with boxes of junk. Then you have to come up with creative ways to combine that junk into something "useful" to avoid admitting that you're some kind of hoarder and to justify the accumulation of more junk. This will all be used some day. This is a responsible purchase. I don't have a problem.
@netandjer70246 ай бұрын
you should try and get an interview with jerry seinfeld to be one of his writers!@@MakeMoreFish
@notatopyoutuber3 ай бұрын
Recently I added a dried oak leaf to a jar of ostracods and after a few days I had paramecium.
@addammadd5 ай бұрын
2:22 run this holesaw in reverse, it’ll melt instead of rip and tear and leave a much nicer hole (with a much safer operation)
@Rews-fish-shed6 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing
@jagtrader64335 ай бұрын
Do you use a specific type of wheat kernals
@davemorris13415 ай бұрын
Hi Lowell. Thanks so much for this helpful video. I had wheat berries from Dog feeding adventures. I had everything else except for the starter culture which I picked up off of eBay. My 2 jars of Paramecium are doing well and my baby White Clouds and Danios are very happy. I have a question though, do you add a small amount of Yeast when you start a Culture? I don't see it in your video, but I swear I saw it somewhere. Thoughts on Yeast?
@MakeMoreFish4 ай бұрын
I used to add yeast deliberately but lately I haven't. There will be yeast in a starter culture and also floating around in the air so it gets into the culture no matter what.
@joemama6134 ай бұрын
Super Great Video! On Carolina's web site, there are six specimen types of Paramecium...any one that you particularly recommend?
@MakeMoreFish4 ай бұрын
Paramecium caudatum because it is the largest. It's easy to see.
@richardmei25065 ай бұрын
Hi Lowell, thank you for your such a creative idea to maintain the paramecium culture. I have some questions regarding the water you use for the paramecium culture. I lived in Australia and I can source the start culture from a local biological supply company. Its science name is Paramecium caudatum. However, when I tried to use pure water to do the culture by following your previous video, the result is not always satisfactory as its multiplication is not very stable. I could not maintaiin the culture for long period. I searched some information on website about how a science lab is doing that, it suggest to prepare the culture medium by adding 0.25g sodium bicarbonate into 1 liter of pure water apart from the wheat grains. Maybe the added sodium bicarbonate can be used to buffer the pH of the water. Do you think it is necessary? I don't want to make things too complicated for my hobby, but I would like to hear your comments. The purified water you use is the same as pure water that TDS is zero? Thank you.
@MakeMoreFish5 ай бұрын
The purpose of using purified water as I understand it is only to avoid heavy metals or other potential toxins that paramecium are particularly sensitive to. I don't remember any objective relating to water chemistry or mineral content. These days I make my cultures from my tap water run through a carbon block filter. That would be a little heavier on the mineral content. I have also raised them in RODI water. I doubt that is best for them but I didn't notice any negative impact. So in short, I don't have any reason to believe they are demanding of specific water parameters.
@seth464827 күн бұрын
Cpd lover here. This is about to make my life so much easier. Just ordered an egg catcher and fry box yesterday. Excited to see how they do compared to the old Dean refrigerator tray.
@MakeMoreFish24 күн бұрын
I hope it works well for you!
@MoreChannelNoise27 күн бұрын
Do you think it would be worth feeding this to shrimp? caradina
@MakeMoreFish24 күн бұрын
I honestly have no idea. Maybe? Filter feeders might like it. Amanos do that sometimes
@zombi39075 ай бұрын
Dude, you make some of the best fish care videos I have seen on the internet. Thank you so much for the work you are doing. I feel so much more confident in my fishkeeping because of you. You have really helped me understand a lot about breeding fish, and you inspire me to think creatively about problem solving in my fishkeeping hobby. I just really, really appreciate you. It feels like a valuable public service. I am so grateful.
@MakeMoreFish5 ай бұрын
That is so great to hear. Thank you! More than anything I want these videos to be helpful, even if just to prompt a thought that leads to doing something completely different from what I do. That makes me happy.
@BryceJob5 ай бұрын
Container is made. Wheat kernels bought. Culture arrives tomorrow. Many thanks for your constant inspiration. Also instead of a mesh I’m using part of a worm feeder which fits perfectly in a 2” planter. Seems to be the most easy way to maintain.
@MakeMoreFish4 ай бұрын
If it fits, that sounds great.
@sandystern50156 ай бұрын
I find vinegar eels the easiest. Are they a reasonable substitute for paramecium?
@MakeMoreFish6 ай бұрын
They are both useful, I would just use them in different situations. Though their diameters are similar, vinegar eels are 6-7 times longer than paramecium caudatum (which is large by paramecium standards). I use paramecium for freshly hatched fry that are too small for something like vinegar eels or baby brine shrimp. Tetras or danios for example.
@luisromo20365 ай бұрын
What specimen of paramecium is it ? I went to North Carolina and there is a different kind of specimens. Is it paramecium Aurelia, bursaria, caudatum?
@MakeMoreFish5 ай бұрын
Caudatum, specifically because they are the largest. Small enough for any fry to handle but large enough to see clearly without magnification.
@MikeKriztanBagaporo6 ай бұрын
Cool thanks for all the help. You are the best at breeding and taking care of fish.
@tigercow6 ай бұрын
Innovative and easy. I've never successfully grown these guys so I just opted to use egg yolk lol
@MakeMoreFish6 ай бұрын
Maybe this will help a future attempt to be successful. I find them to be really helpful for the smallest fry that are also picky eaters.
@jeffnekuza36796 ай бұрын
Do you use Paramecium over the Moina because they are easier to propogate or solely on size ?
@MakeMoreFish6 ай бұрын
Size. I use paramecium to feed fry that are exceptionally small and also picky eaters. Moina or brine shrimp I would use later once the fry have grown larger.
@ryanjayimperial53956 ай бұрын
This is awesome. Do you think it will work for infusoria, too?
@MakeMoreFish6 ай бұрын
Yes it will. Infusoria is an umbrella term for any microorganism, usually more on the ciliate level than microcrustacean, that fish fry might eat. Functionally they're the same thing. I like paramecium because they are easy to culture in a stable and consistent way and are also physically large enough to see without magnification. It helps to know whether a culture truly has living, edible organisms in it rather than just being putrid water.
@Schalkx985 күн бұрын
Any info on if barley kernels work?
@MakeMoreFishКүн бұрын
I suspect they would, being starchy
@ntsp0017 күн бұрын
Any tips on where to source some nylon mesh with large holes like you used in the video? I'm struggling to find anything larger than 400 microns on Amazon which is a very fine mesh, it looks like the mesh in the video is at least 1000 microns
@MakeMoreFish14 күн бұрын
I used an insect netting but it was a very large sheet so that might not be efficient for you if you just want a little piece. I wouldn't worry about the size of the mesh though, the paramecium don't need to reach the food source they consume microbes out of the water column. As long as water passes through, that need will be met.
@FrankRowell-db7xq9 күн бұрын
I sacrificed a net bag I use to put dirt into for a dirted tank substrate. You might use a cheap fishnet, just cut off the net. Best bang for your buck would be a fabric store. Crinoline fabric can be had in a variety of mesh sizes and usually just a few bucks a yard. You might be able to find it or something like it in the craft or sewing section at Walmart.
@instinctzz664624 күн бұрын
Your ingenuity will always be remembered in this hobby . Everytime i watch your channel every video is a yet another genius small trick that saves everyone hassle and time !! Thank you ! Sending fishy vibes 👀😁
@luisromo20365 ай бұрын
Have you consider to breed red pencil fish ?
@MakeMoreFish5 ай бұрын
I have some beckfordi that I would like to breed
@greenthumbaquariums11856 ай бұрын
Do your cultures smell when set up this way?
@MakeMoreFish6 ай бұрын
Not noticeably. Right when I take the cap off there's a whiff of funk but otherwise, not that I notice.
@Don_Thai4 ай бұрын
@Lowell's Fish Lab: I have the "Fry Tray 7W x 8.6L", I have a pair of Balloon Rams actively defending the nest. I watched your instructions many times to raise Paramecium as food for newly hatched fish. I put 1 liter of purified water in the jar along with wheat that had been boiled for 15 minutes and added half of the Paramecium Caudatum purchased from Carolina Bio Supply (without yeast). I put them on a window sill without sunny. My problem now is that it looks like the Paramecium Caudatum population is decreasing, the water remains clear and the wheat grains remain unchanged after a few days. Do they have no food and are dying? I look forward to receiving your reply. Thanks Lowell.
@MakeMoreFish4 ай бұрын
I would say you should see the water clouding slightly. It will come on quickly as the wheat breaks down. Sometimes it can look like the paramecium are disappearing but really they are congregating closely around the wheat because there isn't much food floating around in the water column as a whole. If the situation doesn't improve then that does sound like an appropriate time to consider adding a tiny bit of yeast to kick off the process
@Don_Thai4 ай бұрын
@@MakeMoreFish Yes, I got it 👍🏻Thank you very much 🍀🐠 Good luck and success to you 🍀🐠
@missyoreilly48154 ай бұрын
This fed my ADHD everything it needed for the day. My rainbowfish fry will also appreciate this if I end up getting my stuff together to make one 😅
@shanefuruta34253 ай бұрын
What a great set up! I will definitely be making one of these. Keep up the great vids. Aloha! 🤙🏽
@samsavill85136 ай бұрын
That was awesome. Straight forward, knowledge sharing. I'm a big fan.
@FMAquascapes3 ай бұрын
great idea....will certainly build one of these.... new sub here x
@Gaby836 ай бұрын
Is Paramecium same as Infusoria or they are different things? Thank you for the video!🙂
@MakeMoreFish6 ай бұрын
Absolutely, they're the same thing. Paramecium are just one example of hundreds or thousands of simple organisms that we would include in infusoria as an umbrella term.
@Gaby836 ай бұрын
@@MakeMoreFishaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, ok, thanks for clarifying that !🙂I will apply your method as my wife was very angry with me because of the smell of my water bowl with boiled potato 🤭
@1800Supreme5 ай бұрын
Wishful thinking was very effective I have no clue where they came from, but they are here now.
@Sue.57765 ай бұрын
Excellent idea! Thanks for sharing.
@jeffchambers4495 ай бұрын
Have you stopped using yeast in your Paramecium cultures? Your previous video on Paramecium culture included a small amount of yeast.
@MakeMoreFish5 ай бұрын
Not in this case. I got to thinking recently that there is A) probably yeast present in any starter culture of paramecium and B) definitely yeast floating around in the air all around us so yeast will end up in the culture no matter what. Adding it deliberately can speed things up but as I think is shown here, it isn't strictly necessary.
@jeffchambers4495 ай бұрын
@@MakeMoreFish Thanks for the reply and the post.
@kamrankambang79535 ай бұрын
Man I'm a nerd. Thanks for sharing this nerd tricks
@James-gl1vi6 ай бұрын
instant sub! This is super cool! Thank you for sharing!
@garageaquatics20235 ай бұрын
Brilliant! Thanks for sharing this, Lowell. ~Ron
@madmax14126 ай бұрын
In your previous Paramecium video, you used some yeast. Does not using yeast have any positive or negative effect on the culture?
@emilsfishroom6 ай бұрын
Using gram flour or yeast will make the culture BOOM but it will crash faster aswell
@MakeMoreFish6 ай бұрын
Positive for sure. I assume that yeast is what is actually consumed by the paramecium rather than the wheat. Adding yeast can speed up the initial growth but there's also yeast floating around in the air. It'll get into the culture no matter what.
@madmax14126 ай бұрын
@@MakeMoreFish Thank you
@beatatarczon14024 ай бұрын
Do you add yeast to this culture ?
@MakeMoreFish4 ай бұрын
There's a note on yeast in the pinned comment
@andreterencio64326 ай бұрын
Didn’t get the name of the food
@MakeMoreFish6 ай бұрын
If you mean the food source for the paramecium, that was wheat. Whole wheat kernels briefly boiled and soaked.
@C-Hirsuta6 ай бұрын
Fantastic video, thank you very much
@duckilama8325 ай бұрын
I laughed out loud multiple times, thanks for the video
@JcoleMc5 ай бұрын
wait paramecium ? as in the single celled organism , what , I thought those were microscopic how are you able to film them with a normal camera ? Do they just get that big ?
@MakeMoreFish4 ай бұрын
Yes, they do get that big, and they're out there.
@JcoleMc4 ай бұрын
@@MakeMoreFish That's terrifying
@miashadows6 ай бұрын
Ive never cultured those, but its a great setup for daphnia! I need to get some of that spunge.
@310aquatics5 ай бұрын
I see there are several types of Paramecium. Does it matter which one to use? Is one more stable than another? Thanks
@MakeMoreFish5 ай бұрын
I use Paramecium Caudatum specifically for their size. At 0.2-0.3 mm, they are the largest (at the time of this writing) offered by Carolina Biological Supply. They are small enough to be eaten easily by any fry I have worked with personally, yet are large enough to be clearly visible without magnification. This makes it easy to judge the state of a culture and the density of live organisms in a sample. This is in contrast to a broad, luck-of-the-draw infusoria culture where, depending on which species happen to dominate the culture, it might be hard to judge whether you have a useful food source or just cloudy, putrid water.
@310aquatics5 ай бұрын
@@MakeMoreFish Thank you.
@Relax_Inn5 ай бұрын
I enjoy your sense of humor as i watch your vids.
@Mc4King6 ай бұрын
Thats genius, I‘m not gonna lie.
@jeffkane43916 ай бұрын
I really like this setup! Definitely going to give it a try 😉😁
@PsychoPlantLady5 ай бұрын
This is ingenious! Thank you for sharing this idea.
@chrishowell47756 ай бұрын
I also like vinagar eels
@jannolta30805 ай бұрын
Love it! So much more high tech and convenient than my juice jugs with a dog kibble in the bottom for them that I bring to auction. 😄and yes, I'm a giant nerd who loves growing (and feeding) paramecium.
@MakeMoreFish4 ай бұрын
Hey you're changing lives with those juice jugs. Paramecium are the best. I still need to try dog food.
@araticum26 ай бұрын
Great. Thanks ❤
@chrishowell47756 ай бұрын
Very well done video
@lmathews616 ай бұрын
Thank you!! 🙌🏽☺️
@Mr.SilverSmith5 ай бұрын
Very nice!
@MrKendavies6 ай бұрын
Superb idea 👍
@Richardmunoz866 ай бұрын
@Lowells Fish Lab do you think this would work for infusoria?
@MakeMoreFish6 ай бұрын
Yes it would work. Infusoria is an umbrella term used to describe a long and poorly defined list of small organisms that a fish fry might like to eat. More on the level of ciliates than microcrustaceans. Paramecium would absolutely be included in that list.