How to make infusoria | USING LIVE FOOD IN AQUARIUM

INFUSORIA FISH FOOD FOR YOUR AQUARIUM FISH

If you’ve ever given some thought to breeding your fish and raising live food for the young fry, you’ve probably come across this term before. Infusoria is a catchall term for the microscopic or near-microscopic organisms found in aquatic environments.

This includes single-celled algae, parameciums, amoebas, and all of the other familiar faces from high school biology class. Weirder looking organisms include rotifers, stentors, and all sorts of other microscopic predators and prey.

So as interesting as the microcosmos is, as aquarists, why should we care about Infusoria? Because they are the perfect starter food for many young fish!

If you’ve raised Guppies and other livebearers, you were almost certainly rewarded with small yet relatively well developed fry. Large, free-swimming babies are a huge advantage – this is why Guppies give live birth in the first place. They can dart around and will eat powdered flake, brine shrimp nauplii, and other relatively large items early on.

Many other aquarium fish, such as Bettas and Gouramis, have tiny, helpless young. When born they hang out in their father’s bubble nest for a few days, passively snacking on microscopic prey until they grow enough to swim freely and eat larger items.

With such small fry to feed, Infusoria are a valuable resource to have on hand. Unfortunately, pet stores don’t typically carry it! What are we to do then?

Fortunately you don’t need to rely on your local store because Infusoria are incredibly easy to raise yourself! You’ll need to gather the following supplies:

1 medium to large jar (a mason jar works well)
Enough aquarium water to fill the jar ½ way
A light source. A nearby window with ample sun is ideal as the full spectrum light will fuel green algae and bacterial growth. However even a desk lamp placed overhead will provide light and heat.
A small piece of decaying vegetation. Anything can do the job but kitchen scraps are perfect. Some pieces of potato peel, leftover celery, or material from the crisper you never quite got around to using…Feel free to be creative.
An aeration stone & air pump (recommended).
A thermometer.
First, you’ll need to place the jar in a well-lit location and add aquarium water to it. Any mature aquarium already has colonies of infusoria. However, there’s rarely a lot at any one time and usually not enough to feed young fry.

Before adding the vegetation, give the jar an hour under direct sun or the lamp and check the temperature with the thermometer. If temperatures get much higher than 85, make an adjustment to the light source by finding a spot that gets indirect sun, direct sun only a few hours per day, or raise the light source higher.

Infusoria like warmth. But too much heat will fuel bacterial growth and kill many Infusoria species.

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