Live Food Cultures
Culturing can be less expensive than buying live foods. We offer a variety of live starter cultures to ensure that your fish and especially fry will always have a plentiful supply of food.
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£10.00Offering Asellus aquaticus starting culture originating from Scotland. You will get approx 20 of them. As live food for fish nutritionally they have no equal. The chitin layer they have is very soft and they are all eaten by the fish. Asellus aquaticus is a perfect addition to your tank as one of the best cleaners removing debris and algae. If there are any questions you have then please get in touch before you place an order.
Asellus Aquaticus Live Culture
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£5.00Banana Worms are the smallest of the micro worm cultures, less than half the size of Microworms. The worms are an ideal alternative to newly hatched brine shrimp, but with the added bonus of an endless supply. Feeding fry live food instead of powdered flake food or similar increases the survival rate for most species and will also aid rapid growth and development. If there are any questions you have then please get in touch before you place an order.
Banana Worms Live Culture
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£5.00Cyclops can be fed to fry as well as adult fish, and make a good quality high protein meal. The culture comes with live crustaceans and eggs. Let it settle providing indirect sunlight for algae growth and the colony will flourish in a few weeks. If there are any questions you have then please get in touch before you place an order.
Cyclops Live Culture
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£3.10 – £3.70Our earthworms live cultures are supplied in 3 sizes: 0.8 … 1 gram (30 worms), 1 … 1.2 gram (20 worms) and 1.2 … 1.3 gram (15 worms). The figures are approximate. Just choose your preferred size/amount from the drop-down list below. It may take up to 10 working days (except holidays and weekends) before this order is shipped. If there are any questions you have then please get in touch before you place an order.
Earthworms Live Culture
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£20.00Offering a Gammarus pulex starting culture originating from Scotland. You will get approx 20 of them. If there are any questions you have then please get in touch before you place an order.
Gammarus Pulex Live Culture
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£5.00Phytoplankton (Green Water) are the autotrophic (self-feeding) components of the plankton community and a key part of oceans, seas, and freshwater basin ecosystems. Phytoplankton is one of the best live foods for the smallest fry. If there are any questions you have then please get in touch before you place an order.
Green Water Live Culture
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£10.00Grindal Worms (Enchytraeus buchholzi) are a smaller relative of the White Worm, but usually, only grow to about 10 mm and thus are an ideal size for most killifishes, rainbowfishes, etc. including both adults and larger fry (juveniles). It may take up to 10 working days (except holidays and weekends) before this order is shipped. If there are any questions you have then please get in touch before you place an order.
Grindal Worms Live Culture
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£5.00Infusoria is a collective term for minute aquatic creatures such as ciliates, euglenoids, protozoa, unicellular algae and small invertebrates that exist in freshwater ponds. If there are any questions you have then please get in touch before you place an order.
Infusoria Live Culture
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£5.50We are offering high-quality live large-size fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) cultures. They are perfect food for the large top dwelling fish. It may take up to 10 working days (except holidays and weekends) before this order is shipped. If there are any questions you have then please get in touch before you place an order.
Large-Size Fruit Fly Live Culture
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£5.00Microworms are the perfect first food for fry, and they can easily complement brine shrimp in a baby fry’s diet. They are easily cultured and can be available on a continuous basis to feed even the largest batches of fry. If there are any questions you have then please get in touch before you place an order.
Microworm Live Culture
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£5.00Paramecium is one of the best live foods for the smallest fry. Culturing Paramecium is relatively easy but your vessels need to be maintained on a rotational basis in order to keep the culture going. Paramecia multiply mostly by fission, with a little sex on the side from time to time. This flexible strategy helps them multiply very fast, so your culture will be mature in a matter of days. If there are any questions you have then please get in touch before you place an order.
Paramecium Live Culture
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£5.50We are offering high-quality live small-size fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) cultures. They are perfect food for the top dwelling fish. It may take up to 10 working days (except holidays and weekends) before this order is shipped. If there are any questions you have then please get in touch before you place an order.
Small-Size Fruit Fly Live Culture
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£6.40Springtails (Collembola) live culture is supplied in a special ventilated tub measured 10 x 11 x 6 cm. They are a perfect food for the top dwelling fish like Aphanius, Aplocheilus, Epiplatys, Oryzias, Livebearers, Tetras, Barbs, etc. It may take up to 10 working days (except holidays and weekends) before this order is shipped. If there are any questions you have then please get in touch before you place an order.
Springtails Live Culture
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£5.00Vinegar Eels are tiny white worms. They are great food for very small fry. The great thing about vinegar eel culture is that it’s a no-brainer. There is no maintenance work involved and the eels have the ability to control their own population. The culture never crashes as long as there’s sufficient food and air. If there are any questions you have then please get in touch before you place an order.
Vinegar Eels Live Culture
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£5.00Walter Worms are the perfect first food for fry, and they can easily complement brine shrimp in a baby fry’s diet. They are easily cultured and can be available on a continuous basis to feed even the largest batches of fry. If there are any questions you have then please get in touch before you place an order.
Walter Worms Live Culture
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£14.00The established White Worms culture is supplied in a 9 x 17 cm special ventilated breeding container. It may take up to 10 working days (except holidays and weekends) before this order is shipped. If there are any questions you have then please get in touch before you place an order.
White Worms Live Culture
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