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Moina salina Moina salina, saltwater daphnia

Moina salina is commonly referred to as Moina salina, saltwater daphnia. Difficulty in the aquarium: Vanskelig. A aquarium size of at least 60 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
7238 
AphiaID:
1302842 
Scientific:
Moina salina 
German:
Meerwasserfloh 
English:
Moina Salina, Saltwater Daphnia 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Branchiopoda (Class) > Anomopoda (Order) > Moinidae (Family) > Moina (Genus) > salina (Species) 
Initial determination:
Daday, 1888 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Size:
0" - 0.01" (0,01cm - 0.03cm) 
Temperature:
68 °F - 78.8 °F (20°C - 26°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), Bacteria (Bacterioplankton), Filter feeder, Isochrysis galbana 
Tank:
13.2 gal (~ 60L)  
Difficulty:
Vanskelig 
Offspring:
Possible to breed 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
:
  • Moina affinis
  • Moina australiensis
  • Moina baringoensis
  • Moina baylyi
  • Moina belli
  • Moina brachiata
  • Moina brachycephala
  • Moina brevicaudata
  • Moina chankensis
  • Moina diksamensis
 
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Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-12-04 13:35:47 

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Moina salina are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Moina salina, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Moina salina, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

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Daday, 1888

Moina salina is the "salt water variant" of the freshwater Daphnia pulex and a good food for small marine fishes, pipefishes and seahorses.

The salt water flea is a high-fiber food animal with about 2.5% fat, about 95% water and includes the vitamins A and B2, but with low energy value and therefore should be offered as a feed supplement.

If you have the opportunity, you should feed the fleas with algae such as Nannochloropsis salina, Nannochloropsis oculata and Isochrysis galbana .

In large containers, salt water fleas can be well bred, but only with good ventilation and enough phytoplancton.

External links

  1. First Fish, Homepage Ingo Bertelmann (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Interessengemeinschaft für marine Nachzuchten (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Killi.org (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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