Whats the best and easiest to breed live food?

Question

for a community tank

Answer 1

Because fish flakes are too complicated?

Look here:

http://www.livefoodcultures.com/

Answer 2

I would breed Daphina or water fleas. Simple to breed and keep growing. Bigger that Brine shrimp and dont take as much time to look after.

You can grow them out doors in small containers.

Good live food!

Answer 3

About the best and simple thing to do is brine shrimp.

you can do that in a jar .

Answer 4

Brine shrimp are easy to hatch (the cysts cost one to three dollars for thousands and thousands).  They also feed off of suspended algae in the water, which grows in the sunlight and is FREE.  Nice, huh?  Be careful with brine shrimp, though, because they are saltwater (brine is saturated salt water) and when you add them to your freshwater tank, you are increasing the salinity.  Monitor salinity levels, and only use brine shrimp as an occasional treat.  

Microworm and vinegar eels are also simple to culture, but can start to smell after a week.  I personally dislike them (they STINK).  

Bloodworms are definitely not something I'd advise a thirteen year old to culture since they are larval mosquitos.  If you don't feed every single one to your fish before it grows into an adult, then you'll have mosquitos everywhere.  That's no fun.  

Ghost shrimp are used for food for larger fish species.  They breed readily in either brackish or fresh water, depending on the specific species of paleomonetes.  The saltwater ones have lots of tiny little eggs, while the freshwater species have larger eggs.  

Just be careful with live food because they'll transfer any illness they have to your fish.  And really, you don't need live food except as a treat.  After a number of illness outbreaks, I've stopped using live food except rarely, like when I'm conditioning a fish for a show or to breed.  If you insist on using a live food, use artemia franciscana (brine shrimp from the San Francisco bay company).  Just set up an airated three gallon tank with no gravel on the bottom and drop in a dollar bag of adult brine shrimp.  Set the tank in the sunlight, and drop in a pinch of baker's yeast once a week.  They'll flourish and you can move a couple occassionally over to your fishtank with an eyedropper.  They're also kind of fun to watch.  A lot of people keep brine shrimp as pets.  :)

Answer 5

Breed live food??? hmmm thats a good question i guess you would just put them in a different tank and see what happens sorry i dont know hope u figure it out.

Answer 6

guppies. they breed like rabits.but your have to put the pregnant mothers in a breeder box to have them. the babies fall to another chamber where she cant turn around and eat them . and then you keep them seprate from adults. youll have  hundreds of them in no time.

Answer 7

Probably White worms or Micro worms,it depends on the size of the fish you are feeding. Culturing any live food is harder than buying flake or frozen,but you will reap rewards in growth rate,color,and spawning potential. People that only feed prepared foods never have really healthy fish.

Also you don't state what sort of fishes you have in your community tank. Many fish are vegetarian or omnivorous,and these will benefit from a diet containing some fresh plant material.

There is an out-of-print book,called "The Encyclopedia of Live Foods" it was published by TFH (Tropical Fish Hobbyist) Publishing" and can sometimes be found in used book stores or at fish conventions.

Answer 8

Brine Shrimp.