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Mixed Crustacean Culture Kit

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Mixed Crustacean Culture Kit is rated 2.7 out of 5 by 13.
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Produce your own crustacean culture, one that includes Daphnia pulex, by adding water to the dry egg/protist mix in this kit. The resting eggs (ephippia) keep for several years, providing you with maximum flexibility. Kit includes packet of dry eggs in detritus (which contains food), growing tank, and instructions.

 
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Produce your own crustacean culture, one that includes Daphnia pulex, by adding water to the dry egg/protist mix in this kit. The resting eggs (ephippia) keep for several years, providing you with maximum flexibility. Kit includes packet of dry eggs in detritus (which contains food), growing tank, and instructions.

 

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Rated 5 out of 5 by from Daphnia vs. Brine Shrimp Wow! This culture was fantastic! For the previous four years I have given my students an at home science project involving hatching brine shrimp to use and observe at school over a four week period of time. This year I gave them daphnia! Holy smokes! Not only did all of my 102 students successfully hatch daphina (and of course, fairy shrimp and triops) my classes ended up having three separate tanks of crustaceans with which to compare and contrast data. Absolutely fabulous results!
Date published: 2017-11-10
Rated 3 out of 5 by from Six creatures hatched I wish we would have known in advance that a black light was required to hatch the eggs. Six creatures and a few tiny creatures hatched by the third day. We were expecting more for the science experiment. They grew pretty big. My whole family was intrigued.
Date published: 2017-04-17
Rated 4 out of 5 by from Much better than previous reviews have suggested Most reviews for Carolina dried Daphnia eggs were negative, but I gave them a try, since I could not find another supplier. Furthermore, the poor reviews were a couple years old, and I was hopeful that the product had been improved. By following the instructions carefully, we eventually hatched well over 100 Daphnia. As directed, we removed Triops and fairy shrimp to a separate container to prevent predation. The Triops has become a "family pet" providing additional entertainment (and teaching opportunity) for the children. Kids as young as 5 years old found this fascinating. Adults too! Note that the Daphnia take longer to hatch and are quite small at first. (You might miss them.) They thrive in green pond water. I was able to quickly receive additional information when needed by emailing a Carolina live product specialist.
Date published: 2017-02-23
Rated 2 out of 5 by from More triops than daphnia Ordered this with the hatching kit. Ended up with more triops than daphnia, the triops ate everything including each other.
Date published: 2015-09-09
Rated 2 out of 5 by from Not so good This was bought for a student science project to try to have multiple specimens for an environmental impact study. We followed all the instructions. The triops that hatched ate the daphnia eggs and we had more triops than daphnia.
Date published: 2015-09-09
Rated 1 out of 5 by from No Daphnia I would have been happy with triops but nothing hatched at all.
Date published: 2015-06-17
Rated 1 out of 5 by from No daphnia hatched, only Triops. I don't recommend this product. Since no dapnia hatched, this product did not live up to expectations. Will go to another source for daphnia..
Date published: 2015-02-20
Rated 1 out of 5 by from No daphnia From this product I was able to hatch several triops and fairy shrimp but never any daphnia. If the purpose of this product is simply for children to learn about life, this product will work as there were more triops and fairy shrimp it in than even in other products designed solely for those critters. However, no daphnia ever came out of this pack and, although it might have just been a fluke, that was the sole purpose of my purchasing of this product.
Date published: 2013-07-28
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