Can paramecia cultures be obtained from aquarium water?
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How to easily culture paramecia as a small live food for feeding to tropical fish fry:
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Short version method of how to create the media solution for growing infusoria / paramecia for those who purchase the kit at www.aquarium.biz:
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Paramecia or paramecium are commonly found in the tiny organisms referred to as infusoria. They are easily cultured at home and make a simple and clean way to always have plenty of live fry food on hand for the smallest of fry. Paramecia are unicellular organisms with a shape resembling the sole of a shoe. It is mostly found in a freshwater environment but also in brackish and salt water.
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7 NOV 2020: I have been actually monitoring the time frames in which the culture sits around for a while now and I've come to the conclusion that after initial creation, I find it best to let it sit for 2 weeks before the culture is outstandingly concentrated. At that point it should be used but I've found that after 4 weeks the culture has slowly begun to die out. In some instances, the culture rebounds and will grow in higher conditions again, but I would recommend merely starting a new one each week no longer than every two weeks to ensure a very good supply of paramecia. This has been my observations.
25 Dec 2021: I have tried doing without the paramecia and used tank water as the starter. I did produce lots of small infusoria but none of the larger easier-to-see paramecia appeared in the culture. I almost missed it because the infusoria was so small, but it did appear. I think this method of producing a culture medium for paramecia / infusoria is the best that I've tried so far. I welcome your comments, they have been very educational and helpful.
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