Creating infusoria indoors in winter
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Hello all, I’m going to try to create some infusoria and I’ve got a question, it’s winter here now and my house gets down to 63 degrees every night. Can I create a culture at this temp? I was thinking about putting a desk lamp with a compact flouresent bulb close to a jar to get the temp up and provide light instead of using a window sill. Should this work?
Optimal temperature for your culture would be in the 70 to 78F range with around 16 hours of full-spectrum lighting. For the past several years I’ve been using screw-in compact fluorescent lights with good success. The “daylight” bulbs seem to offer good full-spectrum lighting.
Dennis
One more question, once I get my culture going how is it sustained? Do you just add new water to replace what is used? How long will a culture last?
@mostlydave wrote:
One more question, once I get my culture going how is it sustained? Do you just add new water to replace what is used? How long will a culture last?
I’ve kept cultures going for several years.
I would replace the water removed from this culture with tank water from fry grow-out tanks during water changes. It always seemed to have enough nutrient to feed the culture well and keep the water nice and green. I had lots of daphnia back when I had this culture going and used to pull off 2 gallons a day just to feed the daphnia.
Dennis
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