tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30584505.post6619073408123451963..comments2024-01-18T11:19:45.934-08:00Comments on Wanderin' Weeta (With Waterfowl and Weeds): Spotty amphipodSusannah Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923063322849781223noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30584505.post-62656564019459029042013-05-04T02:52:18.444-07:002013-05-04T02:52:18.444-07:00Interesting! I have been thinking about setting up...Interesting! I have been thinking about setting up a separate breeding tank for my amphipods, because they clog the filter, and get lost when I clean it. Next time I clean the filter (I do this about once a week), I'll use the gunk to start the colony.Susannah Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11923063322849781223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30584505.post-35585238365770340752013-05-03T17:47:18.200-07:002013-05-03T17:47:18.200-07:00Amphipods are are a resilient bunch. Back when I ...Amphipods are are a resilient bunch. Back when I kept aquariums, I raised freshwater amphipods (we called them "scuds") purely for food. I fed them the detritus that would siphon out from my tank. The same colony survived maybe 10 years, before I stopped raising fish. As a vestige of my aquatic passions, I kept one colony of amphipods with a bit of duckweed floating in its transparent plastic container. I leave it in a sunny spot to generate a bit of algal food and keep the duckweed alive (though duckweed is probably harder to kill than to keep alive)<br /><br />That colony has been, for the last 5 years, completely isolated from anything except for me topping off the water from evaporation. They are still happily swimming about.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06455752000373769998noreply@blogger.com