Scuds Report

[Sonny Disposition]

So the Potomac River amphipods that I brought back from Rob's trip are still doing ok. I saw some smaller ones in the green water, so they may be reproducing (although they don't seem to be prolific.)

I also found some in a bucket of Val that I brought back from the trip. I didn't get to use all of it, and then cleaned out the bucket on Tuesday. These were fairly large, apparently doing well on the decayed plant material in the bucket.

[eleontie]

I gave up mine at some point . They did not do so well for me. They were feeding and reproducing but after a certain point I could not see any.

Eugen

[Ltrepeter2000]

I didnt have much luck with mine, not sure the cause but at least the source is close by so I will try them again in the spring more than likely.

[Sonny Disposition]

Mine aer reproducing at a low rate. I don't have too many of them. I think the trick may be to give them green water, lots of algae and plant matter, and a little bit of food suitable for crabs and shrimp. I'm thinking if you give them fishfood with copper in it, the copper will eventually catch up with them.

The other thing--if they die off, wait til you throw the water away. There may be eggs in the container that will hatch after the adults are gone.

[Rick Dotson]

I have some that I got from Florida Aquatic Nursery that are doing well in a tank full of a filamentous algae, probably Spirogyra. When it started growing Mary threw all of her extra Cherry Reds in there and they have done well. I threw some scuds in there which most died (from improper accliamation, my fault) but some are doing well.

If someone wants a patch of this algae let me know, otherwise I will throw it away.

Rick

PS. Daphnia is finally going well thanks to Frank.

[Sonny Disposition]

Mine are still going fairly strong. I'm starting to see a few young. They're all still in the two gallon with java moss. Every two or three days, I crush a shrimp pellet and throw it in.

[sherrymitchell]

Stupid Question time -------> What's a scud?

[DelawareJim]

Sherry;

http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/scud.htm

Cheers.
Jim

[Sonny Disposition]

We started calling them scuds because we didn't know what they were. They've since been tentatively identified as amphiods, members of a large family related to shrimp.

[DonkeyFish]

Do amphiods carry tapeworms? Because that's just gross. I could have done without reading that part of the description on scuds!