HOW TO CULTURE INFUSORIA FOR FISH FRY

[@michaela-be4le]

Keep teaching Mark; not everyone explains and shows actual results in detail as you do:)

[@MARKSAQUATICS]

Thanks Michael. 👍😀

[@christianpearson5436]

Helpful tip, I personally did an infusoria culture by using lettuce which did not stink.

[@Lazy_Fish_Keeper]

Lettuce and carrots both stink for about 24 hours as the bacteria develop for the infusoria to feed on.🤷‍♂️

[@juliuswicked4587]

For me the most detailed and easiest way to culture infusoria! Now im ready to breed my bettas 😃

[@jjjessee245]

Thanks a bushel, Mark. Extremely helpful and critical step in fish breeding. Exquisite pair of angels.

[@eisvogel8099]

The most pleasant way to learn about the aquarium hobby, thanks a lot, Mark

[@sherabdrolma4682]

This is amazing! thank you so much for teaching - a few days ago I saw infusoria and what looks like walter worms in one of my tanks. I read that they came from the apple snails. I also have several types of plants that could have brought them in. I will follow your instruction and see if I can culture them! Thanks again!

[@fishfolk4059]

Helpful video! You are an encouraging teacher, sir. Thanks for this, and other similar fine videos. Keep it up!

[@Sheikyerbouti8]

Best aquarium channel on youtube. Thank you

[@MARKSAQUATICS]

Thanks for watching 😀👍

[@ct2136]

Super helpful step by step guide, thank you

[@FirozAlam-fm4zz]

Very nice Mark. Thanks for such a beautiful video.

[@ryanwakebradtelle8682]

Thank you for making me a good quality tutorial I just discovered it today when I was considering attempting to start a daphnia culture again. I've attempted it three or four times with eggs and a few more times with bags of daphnia that I got shipped from somewhere else in America. The ex never got started and all of the bags of daphnia died off. I just started my culture today, I used smoked vegetables that I microwaved and I added tank water. Now I just need to watch every tutorial on KZbin I can find in the next 2 hours. I'm hoping to find one where they convert the jar into a 10 gallon tank. And the ankle is to convert trash bags of leaves into fish food, because I spend more money on fish food that I do on upgrading my fish room.

[@0dan56]

Thanks for showing how to set up a live food source. The more I know the better I'm prepped for breeding ciclids. Thanks again, O'dan

[@ultraidtech8250]

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[@rashidbaig7473]

This is awesome. loved it.

[@Shaden0040]

Have you ever done a culture of vinegar worms? Fairly easy to make once you have an initial stock of them to breed and the culture can last for years. All you need is a clean bottle, one apple cored and sliced placed in the bottle and add vinegar to 3/4 full then add your vinegar worms which I think you can order on line, and then cover with burlap over the top to prevent flies and such from infecting the culture, and set in a warm place, say on top of a fridge or up on a high shelf in a room where the heat rises to. Harvest as needed with a pipette. Cory of Aquarium Co-op did a video a year or so ago on how to set them up to culture. They are a good second stage food for fry and not as smelly as walter/micro worms, not as time intense as baby brine shrimps. You can also culture Red-Tailed Fairy Shrimps instead of Brine Shrimps, same as brine shrimps but they are fresh water micro shrimps. Their eggs can also be ordered online as can Daphnia and Cyclops eggs.

[@MARKSAQUATICS]

Thanks for sharing that with the gang. 👍😀

[@Shaden0040]

I may have forgotten a step to add distilled water to the vinegar, but check out Cory's video it is very comprehensive on how to do it. Also secure the burlap with string around the neck of the bottle to keep it in place. Rubber bands will rot over time.

[@laurenwestlake5507]

You are simply, AMAZING. Truly a gifted soul. So glad we have your knowledge in this hobby! Thank you.

[@praetorkambu]

Best infusoria culture video I've seen yet. Thank you for this?

[@giftofthewild6665]

Thanks for the tips, and thanks for presenting this info with no drama or silly KZbin edits. Love the music you use for backing tracks too, so relaxing ❤

[@PaulsKoipond]

glad i remembered i saw you make this, got koi fry and need some for them....thanks mark

[@aaronosb7787]

Great new I finally got it to work and got my 1st glow eye tetra babies thanks for everything

[@michelletom5066]

Thanks for the best explanation of these little guys and I didn't know, but had hoped, they're already living in our tanks and we just need to grow, and harvest them little stinkers👍😃

[@SV-ki7si]

Found your channel yesterday and I really enjoyed watching it… thanks 🙏, I don’t have fishes but I used too, I will get back in the hobby soon

[@MARKSAQUATICS]

@@SV-ki7si thanks for watching

[@guitardave3028]

I've been watchong yput vidrod for awhile now and have become attached to your layed back easygoing style....i truly look to ypur content an most of my breeding projects...good stuff buddy, i look pn you as a friend and fellow hobbyist that loves what we do...thanks bro!

[@cooldudesjce]

You are the best that I have found !!! Thank you soo much !

[@bolezy9070]

That's awesome. I breed a bunch of different fish from guppies to bettas and I like giving a varied diet. This is just one more thing to add to my arsenal

[@lawrenceogorman6634]

love the content dude, I look forward to your vids.

[@m.a.n.benyisreal4185]

Thank you for putting these videos together! They are immensely informative.

[@dcphifer4307]

Thank you this tutorial. You made this seem so easy. I will be adding small shoals to this 55G once it is ready to receive the fish. Currently, I have a male Betta and a few Clean-up Crew.

[@mgl63823]

Excellent Video, learnt so much. Thanks Mark

[@Mpreston89]

Thank you really enjoy you vids and you help me!

[@sibsaquatics482]

Hello Mark. Brilliant content ! I stumbled across your channel a few days ago and it's good to see an Englishman making content. Through doing some research there are ways to get microworms and vinegar eels, without needing to buy them. It may also help anyone wanting to have a culture and feel a sense of self achievement. I am starting my infusoria culture right this second. I have opted for broccoli and runner beans.

[@ADHDAquatics]

Loved it Mark thanks!

[@armenestrapatey257]

Brilliant video thanks.

[@2tardi]

Finally I’ve checked how to breed them! Thanks.

[@JohnlynHD]

Thanks Mark, great video and as always educational.

[@FishmanEricRussell]

Great job. Thanks for sharing

[@DMike54]

Another informative, helpful video from you Mark. Thanks for posting......from the USA.

[@deborahb5361]

Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge! God bless!

[@karenwolfsen]

Aww. So sorry for your loss ❤️

[@wheen]

You're a good man thankyou!

[@angelturner3270]

Another great video!

[@ronniebaetiong2195]

good job!! thanks for sharing!!

[@alwayswondering4051]

You are, the very best in my opinion, the absolute very best on U-Tube toward showing hobbiest's how to successfully keep, breed, raise, and enjoy these animal's. You are outstanding. What in the hell are you doing way over in Wales ? All that talent hidden away in the west of Britain, you should be ashamed of yourself. 🙂 Why don't you live next door; that's all I want to know. Thank's mate.

[@andystokes8702]

I saw another video some time ago, another 'how to breed' video (sorry, can't link to it because I can't remember where I saw it) and the guy said that one of the best triggers to get your fish to spawn was to put infusoria into the breeding tank. The adult fish won't eat it because it is too small for them but they know it is there. He suggested that it may trigger the adult fish to spawn because they know there is food available for their fry once they hatch. Don't know if it's true or not but the theory sounds good, most other animals, birds etc time their breeding to coincide with when their food source is most abundant.

[@mystique_tinajones4423]

that was Dean on aquarium co-op's channel, I think it might have been "how to breed Ram's"

[@Lazy_Fish_Keeper]

@@mystique_tinajones4423 yes it was!

[@guitardave3028]

I've heard seversl others mention the trick about feeding adults micro worms or bbs to stimulate spawning...icm sure there is something go it#

[@caewalker9276]

Brussel sprouts are good for something! Thanks Mark

[@MARKSAQUATICS]

👍😂

[@GirlTalksFish]

Lol!

[@Lazy_Fish_Keeper]

🤣🤣🤣

[@bushaythatun8418]

Thank you for all your videos!

[@followchristwithme37]

So impressive Mark.

[@johnwilliams293]

Cool video.... THANKS Mark!!!

[@MARKSAQUATICS]

Thanks John. 👍😀

[@CJFishwhisperer]

Sorry to hear about Jack. I’m very attached to my fish & they all have names. The losses I have suffered have been very sad, so I can empathise with you. Thank you for your videos x

[@MARKSAQUATICS]

Thanks for watching Carrie. Yes it was a sad day.

[@Lazy_Fish_Keeper]

@@MARKSAQUATICS I know it was a while back, and I wanted to say thank you for normalizing mourning our fish. My CT Betta passed away while I was in the hospital with a TIA. That was really hard to come home to... no clue what happened, she was barely passed her second birthday. This was a fabulous introduction to your channel, thank you for your dedication to the detail, and to your humanity.

[@dwarfycottage]

Can I use this for shrimp. Thank you for your video.

[@janmichaelsugarol5220]

thank for this info bro

[@cigarinstructionwithdonant1277]

Brussels Sprouts? Couldn’t you use something that would stink more? 😂

[@veneshpillay2988]

I am new to your chanel, thank you for sharing you knowledge.

[@AussieAquatic]

Super video Mark :)

[@0602Jonboy]

Superb Mark! just trying to raise rice fish from eggs for the first time ever of raising anything. The fry are so tiny almost need a nagnifying glass to see them but you've certainly help solve my feeding worries a great deal. I am so wary of using Hikari first bites as i can't see them feed and even just putting the tiniest amount in the tank it all settles on the bottom and I don't want to overfeed or foul the water. I'm currently boiling lettuce as I write! Thanks for such a rewarding and easy listening tutorial, well done to you, kind regards, Tony. (have subbed)👍👍

[@muraliaj5129]

Thank you so much Sir for your best advice for feeding the fries. No one says how many days we have to feed infosuria but yo said for a weeks time. and we can feed other stuff later on .Thank you so much . My name is murali from chennai.,india. I am a live bearers breeder for a couple of years. But I did not try egg layers till now. On seeing your video ,now I will try ,Thank you so much .

[@MARKSAQUATICS]

Glad I could help. Thanks for watching 😀👍

[@lisasaxon7828]

Thankyou, I’ll set up a jar with ingredients today and hope that there’s some Infusoria in a few days as my sparkling gouramis have just laid eggs n placed in bubble nest last night. (Plus I’ll be able to feed it to my 6 week old peacock gudgeon fry also (still very tiny only around 6 mm)

[@bettablue2660]

Thank again for this video. I didn’t catch that it needs to be in light.

[@seraph2018]

Thanks for the info man ! I never knew about this tip and it will be very helpful :)

[@NaturallyHighDanny]

Your videos are seriously epic. I think you don’t have many subs only because you pause frequently and we end up staring at a blank screen and getting bored. But if we stick around the content is actually really great. Just please try to get to the point faster and stay at it! Love them.

[@danialzulkarnain9955]

Hello sir, please try lemongrass. it works well and low stink.

[@MrsStevenBrown]

Danial Zulkarnain wheat grass is another one, boil for just 30 seconds and use to feed the culture after( keep in fridge) , very low smell and you can drop in 5/9 wheat seeds a week to feed the culture...can last 2/3 months on wheat grass seed

[@valdirjose2252]

Thank you Mark; very nice!

[@heinvdwalt3618]

Damn, i love this channel, thnx Mark

[@FridayFishFacts]

Great video Mark

[@MELODYMUNRO]

Hi mark, what is the longevity of the infusoria culture? Does it exhaust/run out of 'food' at some point? can you feed it to perpetuate it ?

[@iWh15tl3]

Thank you so much for your video it has really helped me a lot!

[@yanjijay6752]

Interesting I want to know how you do with the daphnia to & are they breedable.

[@MARKSAQUATICS]

In the summer I fill an old dustbin up with rain water fill it with old oak leaves and add a starter culture from from my fish shop and leave it for a month and you'll have millions of them.👍😀

[@732002]

This retired CVT was surprised to see a TR band syringe. thanks

[@dcphifer4307]

I am new. I am so sorry to hear of your loss of your water friend Jack.

[@hannahdemon]

Hi Mark, loving all these videos I've had a binge this week going through everything I want to try. My baby brine shrimp hatchery was a bit of a disaster I bought rubbish eggs and all the shells sank so could not safely feed to fry :-( My questions about infusoria are: can fry eat that until they are big enough for crushed flake or ground Betta pellets? And secondly, do infusoria need water changes or will they balance themselves out in any given body of water?

[@wilsfishroom6017]

Great video!

[@ABonline2011]

Thankyou !!!🙏 your a legend bro.

[@Hangar77]

Nice tutorial! I’ll have to give this a try.

[@lyndawilliams8434]

Your wife either a) loves you very much or b) has no sense of smell ;) thanks for another great tutorial Mark

[@MARKSAQUATICS]

I hope It's number 1. 👍😀

[@janecourtenay3676]

Thank you! Subscribed …

[@wowdad3055]

GREAT VIDEO we are able to see the process ,the white little worms are they from the infusoria culture

[@LolsFishingAdventures]

Excellent video Mark, exactly what I need to know to feed my first sextuplets of Corys I’ve managed to hatch successfully! Thank you🙏

[@bodybuildingABC]

appreciated.

[@ragingcalmness7815]

I hope to see this happen from my rotifers 😅 I want clouds of them like you did

[@MoreChannelNoise]

Yes it realy helps if you already have a matured aquarim to take water from and some plants. Would it have speeded things up if you had liquidized the brussel sprout first? Some people like to put in a snail or two as well. Couldn't you put a pint of culture in a jar above the tank and drip feed it into the tank throughout the day so they get a constant supply?

[@MARKSAQUATICS]

Yes drip feeding is a good way to feed if your away for a couple of days.

[@paulconway2051]

Mark, you are the only channel I've found that goes into full detail on how to do stuff, brilliant! Great to see the whole process. It's a pity it's so smelly, does temp matter, could it be kept outside in the warmer months?

[@MARKSAQUATICS]

You can leave it outside in the summer months. Thanks for watching.

[@adysmith3138]

Hi Mark. Love the videos buddy. I notice your having problems with reflection when filming during the day. When I'm viewing my tanks during the day I get a black foam floor tile and hold it at a 45 degree angle with the bottom edge up against the take base. The mat black reflection improve visibility superbly. Thought it might be worth a try. Cheers Mark

[@MARKSAQUATICS]

Cheers I'll give it a go 😀👍

[@jimsrenaski7118]

I'm not where to post this question but I value your opinion more than any other.:Right now I have a 29ga. tank that I used to have 25 goldfish in. I have since moved them to a 55. everyone is fine. In this 29 I now have a couple of pleckos and about a dozen of pygmy cories. Is it a bad idea to add 18 silver hatchets to this tank or should I take the entire group and put them into a a 40 I have and leave the water level about b6 inches below the top

[@deanmanley8301]

Mark I would like to know if you can grow this food under a light bulb in cold weather and do you need to keep light on it until used

[@joelholliday7976]

Hi Mark great videos for how long does the culture stink? Im guessing always. Thanks much and love the info

[@Lazy_Fish_Keeper]

Until the infusoria eat enough of the bacteria to make the smell go away 😅

[@wojtekkrzesinski6283]

Can you please make video about how to culture freshwater Rotifers? Infusoria culture stinks and I live in apartment so this not good for me. I tried and failed with Rotifers and neons larva. Thank you!

[@jaysaquatics7195]

thank you for doing this video once again as in the past i have no problem in admitting that i have struggled in raising my fry so i'll be putting this into practice cheer's buddy

[@todd8634]

Great videos, i have just found your channel and have been watching everything regarding Betta. Sorry to hear about your boy, i have one that looks like is brother. Can i use pond water as my base with plants, the pond has goldfish in it, and is very old so guessing tgat woukd be better, my Betta tanks are new??

[@onl4180]

Hallo Mark from Belgium! Great fantastic video again! At what temperature do you breed infusoria? Thanks!

[@MARKSAQUATICS]

Anything between 10 to 20 Celsius is fine .room temperature

[@onl4180]

@@MARKSAQUATICS thank you very much for quick answering 👍😉

[@petezilahy4462]

How long does the culture last? Mine is getting pretty rank. Is it still safe to put in fish tank? Thanks for the videos. I have some zebra danio fry looking back at me from a tank now!

[@benaqua10]

What if dry food decades in the tank as it had happened once with me and there were several tiny white worms all over the glass... what were they and can they be fed to betta fry

[@sarahpauline4904]

They were probably detritus worms, and yes you can feed them to your betta fry.

[@fishiontanktics9356]

Another awesome video thank you Mark!!! Do not know what happened but I was only successful once. The smell was not as bad due to great air circulation and bay windows. Tried inside and outside. Inside never worked and I used the same water from my shrimp tanks? Outside worked after six days but died after a rain? Any ideas please and thank you!

[@MARKSAQUATICS]

It could be where you live. Is it really hot. ?

[@fishiontanktics9356]

Inside stays about 25c with the windows open. Outside maybe a little warmer.

[@fishiontanktics9356]

Awesome

[@freshlysqueezed2859]

Is this any good for marine fry?

[@kurtmutzelburg500]

Hi Mark, thanks for providing these videos. I’ve had my neon tetras spawn, but wondering at what stage do I start adding the infusoria? From the first day, or wait until free swimming at day 4?

[@MARKSAQUATICS]

As soon as they're free swimming ok.

[@grubbyamy]

@@MARKSAQUATICS Thanks, i'll let you know how they go. Your videos inspired me to get my tanks running again. A little tricky, as our ambient daytime temps remain around 30degC. Then breeding tanks were sitting at 26/27deg.

[@kurtmutzelburg500]

MARK'S AQUATICS ok, great news. 4.5 days following spawning, and despite the tank hovering around 28degC, I have some free swimming fry! Unfortunately, my infusoria culture doesn’t look great after some extra deposits from a passing gecko, but there seems to be some little creatures still in there. Hopefully enough along with what is already swimming around in the fry tank and the peat to keep them growing. I could see about 6 or 7 fry so far, but will keep looking as I suspect more might be amongst the moss. Thanks for the guidance Mark, and I’ll keep you posted on progress.

[@bolezy9070]

Truly sorry buddy. Bettas are so interactive. And Jack was a beaut, loved his colors.

[@fossphur]

Have you got an interloper in that fry tank? I'm sure I can spot a more mature looking fry towards the back at the bottom around 11:55 and out of focus at the back from about 12:28 iridescent blue and a different shape than your baby angels. He swims upwards and then back to the rear left by the sponge filter around 12:49 - I'm sure he's enjoying the infusoria too but I'd hate for him to start munching on your angels once he's big enough as he's clearly had a head start on them!

[@MARKSAQUATICS]

Yes It's two black neon fry. 👍😀

[@etiennedelange657]

Hi Mark, I was wondering if you could do a video on breeding dicrossus filamentosus? Your videos helps a lot👏🏻

[@MARKSAQUATICS]

Yes if can source some I will.

[@davidanderton2437]

Hi Mark, thanks for another fantastic video. A couple of questions... Can the infusoria get too hot? If I put it outside (I live in Australia) it's likely to swing from 18 to 35 deg. Does it need to have an open top for air or could I just open it once a day?

[@IronHelix4]

Hi Mark, quick question, if you dump maybe half the infusoria in the fry tank, would they be able to propagate enough to sustain the fry through that feeding stage or do you have to keep them separate?

[@vannarasong]

do you strain these guys or just add that water with rotting veg matter back into the feeding tank?