How to Culture Infusoria! (Easiest and Fastest Methods) 

The Java moss hasn’t died in this culture and I’ve had it for a few months. Seems to survive and rot at the same time. Weird

When i was a kid i used to harvest tadpoles and grow them into tiny frogs for me to release and i fed them infusoria, the recipe was way simpler in the 80s: I just put some lettuce into a jar of water and left it in the sunlight until the water got yellow, then i poured some of that water to my growing tadpoles, it was a fun kid science project!

I set up a 2 gallon crock about 2 years ago using your method. Its still going strong and I've just started a second one. Thank you so much !!!!!

WOW! Once again you have saved my baby fish! I definitely have seen cyclops and didn’t even think about them killing off my cultures! 🤦🏻‍♀️ YOU ARE AMAZING!!!! No one helps breeders like you do man! ❤️❤️❤️

You're always my go to when it comes to fish care! I recently breed two marble bettas because of your breeding betta in tub video...that video alone made my first fish breeding a success. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

Thanks for the vid. Tried the boiled veggie method a few times with no success. Tried your yeast method and worked first time . Made a second batch and worked first go to . I've been using the yeast to keep my culture going and so far it's now been 5weeks in a large jar and thriving .. thanks again...

De todos los vídeos q he visto buscando como hacer infusorios.... Este ha Sido el único q funciona. Claro, al grano y bien explicado, y eso q está en inglés. Este chico ya es una autoridad en el aquarismo, saludos desde México 🇲🇽

I'm loving all the video content and how often they are being posted now. Keep it up man.

Wait a second! Should anyone expect to have infusoria in their filters all along? I feel so much hasn't been explained in this video. You need to make an in depth video on this since to me you did a magic!

Awesome video and information. Thank you Nick your video has been a ton of help. And I agree your culturing methods are very simple and much faster to become usable.

Did the 24 hr method and it worked like charm . Thanks a lot for sharing the method ❤️👏🏼

Great video, so much info and made it simple. I was surching for this the day before you posted it - perfect timing!

Tried the yeast method its so ez. Day 2 the water clears and by day 4 its full of infusoria. Thanks i just breed my tiger barbs, danios, redeye tetra and black widow tetra. I estimated like 1.5 - 2k fry and this help me a lot. Cant thank you enough man.

Expertese + clear + concise + enthusiasm = Great videos. Thanks for your time and effort. I'm now very hopeful of a result 👍

And there's me who's never even heard of infusoria. . . . . . . . .

Omg yay! I’ve been waiting excitedly for this vid to come out. I’ve tried all the vegetable methods but it doesn’t work. I will try both methods as soon as I can get my hands on another bunch of Java moss at my local fish auction, whenever they are back. Amazing video, I used to say u we’re going places but I think u are there now. What an inspiration. Thanks

Dude I was just looking for a video about this! Perfect timing! thank you!

Infusoria: Ciliates, euglenoids, protozoa, unicellular algae and small invertebrates are what make up Infusoria. Thanks for the Video...

Great video, I just started breeding fish and have been using frozen baby brine shrimp and powdered food but this is a great educational video for those of us just starting out

Absolutely enjoy your videos. All the way from here in Cleveland Ohio. Keep them coming it always inspires me to do things in my fish room.

Marvellous. One of the best channels! Thanks!

Thank you for sharing! Your method is way easier than some others I have seen so very much appreciate it.

Best infusoria video yet. I have been struggling and it hasn't made sense to me.

Best infusoria video I have ever seen. Thank you

Thank you so much for making and sharing this. I am going to try and breed some this week!

Awesome video Nick! You’re almost at 100K! 😃

I told my wife I have infusoria. She told me to call the doctor 😮

Edwin from Costa Rica. Thank you for all your tips !!! New to the hobby and I stared n a culture yesterday . Once again thank you !!!

Cheers for the video ! I've been hoping you would post one for this. 🤙keep smashing it

Will definitely try these methods for my upcoming betta projects. Thanks man!

Thanks so much for this video! Learned a lot

Love the videos man. Great tips

This is exactly what I've been looking for for my crazy projects! Thank you! Been on a binge of your videos as of late

Whoot! Easy! Thanks again, you teach with each 💕

Thanks for the video man. It was helpful

i recently added some swan mussles to my tank and because theyre filter feeders i was really worried i had made an impulse buy with no idea of how to feed them. this video was very informative and im pleased to say my mussels doing well.

Thanks for the video bro We asked and here comes the video.... Gonna try soon Keep uploading stay safe

Thanks for this information!

Thank you for the great information

This is great advice for others like me

I always appreciate all accounts of people who actually use stuff like this. Sometimes you get opinions on these culturing topics where you don't know that they're actually doing it, at all, or at scale. I would be a little scared about the "stinky" method fouling up the aquarium water because the fry live in a smaller volume.

Thanks! I think I can do it! :) I appreciate the tutorial.

Very cool information! I'm hoping that I will need it soon :)

Thks for sharing im learning a lot from you.

Love your videos bro whenever I watch your videos I feel good about my hobe and keep making videos ❤️❤️ lots of love from INDIA

Fantastic explanation

Awesome video Sir. Excellent information. 👍👍👍👍👍 I just asked on your last post how to make it & very next video you shared your method. Thank you Sir. Keep up the great work...

This is great, I'd never thought of using yeast. It'll definitely make me more popular at home. Do you have any issues with the culture impacting your fry tank parameters at all?

Very helpful. Cheers mate!

Brilliant. Thanks 🙏 for sharing. BR Paul from Leeds England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

can one just add more yeast every 48 hours to keep building the infusoria population?

THANK YOU!! You are the best. I have been keeping fish for 30 years and your methods are unique. I will try this week-end. Again you are a great inspiration for this hobby, I am very impress by your knowledge and your wiliness to share the good and the bad. I guess big RU-vidrs are forgetting that we are learning a great deal from mistake. One that I will share openly is the use of rain water (substitute for RO water). This is a great method if you do not want to invest in a RO system. BUT, be very careful, rainwater can have MAJOR problems, such as pest infestation if you leave your water outside for few days. I had QTY 3 tanks infested with leeches. Nothing kills Leeches, you can through away everything (plants/substrate), boil you equipment (filter/heater/sponge/media), disinfect your tank with alcohol and start all over again, hoping you are not killing your fish and they are not infected. No one will tell you the risk of using rainwater well, here you go! lesson learned, I need to invest in a small RO system. Thank you.

Great video. Keeping it simple and effective. Anyone asks me about this I'll be sending them right here.

Great stuff!

SO AWESOME 👏👏❤️❤️⭐️⭐️🙏🙏 thank you 🙏

INTERESTING WAYS TO TRAY :) THANK YOU FOR SHARING :) THANK YOU FROM ISRAEL :)

Well done, great video. My batches using the rotting broccoli ect have been hit and miss. Spectacular success or total doom. This looks more reliable. Thank you for sharing.

thanks so much for the tip

Going to try this in the morning for my betta fry, who are only a few days old.

Great just what I’m looking for Cheers

Great info, thanks! Every day I spot more and more cpd fry in my tank and while they must be finding things to eat in there I want to add infusoria and bbs to make sure they survive and grow well

Wow thanks for sharing. God bless.

Thank you for this

I've done the broccoli method. and I'm not a fan. however I do have a lot of spare moss. thanks for the top advice 👍

Great video

My honey gouramis just had their fry hatch so now I got to try this I hope it works!

You can also use “gran flour” which is available at most Asia stores instead of the yeast method 🤓👍

very informative

So this would have worked for my axolotyl babies, i wish i had of known that back then. Great info thank you

so i was wondering how my neon tetra babies would grow up easily without feeding them. guess the little tiny white things i see in my tank are infusorias. thought it was planaria or something i never do gravel vacuum and have tone of plants with dead plant leaves. and me trying to feed the babies with egg yolk might have started a infusoria culture without me realizing it. and yes just like the video i have a ton of dead looking java moss like ur bucket, of course i have a lot of healthy ones but recently in the corner of the tank a baseball size batch started to decay but i never cleaned it up and guess that also triggered a infusoria boom on my tank lol

I have many tubs and bins of plants that tend to rot a little and some algae. I suppose they also have infusoria yet I don't have a microscope to test out that theory. However, in the past whenever I need to house fish for a build I tend to leave them in those tanks and have found fish fry thriving; I raised a few to maturity that way too.

Thank you !!!

interesting i may have to do this when i start breeding fish

My shrimp tank with matten filter has it's own copepod colony . Baby guppies love them.

Nice stash 👍

You are a master breeders

top tier video

I used your quick method with my Galaxy Raspora and Red Neon blue eyed tetras ~ despite not being able to see the fish are going crazy 😅 eating something ! Thank you!

yeah, even for infusories brocolis are bad 😁😅😅 Thanks for the method with the yeast , simple and efficient and no smell is a big plus !! BTW you look awesome with a moustache ! 🤩🤩

Man I needed this, perfect timing. I wonder will bronze coreydora fry will rather these.

thank you

I like the mustache

I set up 2 jars to try before the video was over😆. If they do good then I'll need to get more Java moss and try the bucket.

Thanks for another great video no doubt in my mind now I reckon I could it . The only question I have is. How does the Java moss live with the lid on or does it die ?

Nice video Nick! Super helpful! But I have a question; do we need to buy a culture for the 2nd method? Thanks for making this video and making it easy for every one out there who wants something good to feed to their fry. Keep up the amazing work bro! 👍👏🐠

Hey Sanchez looking good bro 😎

thank you for the tip , my convict has produces some frys

Great learning video ! You just stay true to yourself and have fun sharing what you have learned. You really do a beautiful job on all levels here on RU-vid. If others want to argue, just let them be, they're not worth the energy. i used to breed all kinds of fish back in the 70's, way before the internet. i had a public library for my studies where i had to look up infusoria and how to culture it. The biggest secret for success for raising fry to the safety of the juvenile stages. Have you tried the hardboiled egg yolk technique for the babies ? Thanks for sharing !

Never been this early but this is very helpful!!! I just got a spawn of bettas so this is a nice extra food option

I initially skipped watching this video because I didn’t think I’d need to know how to culture infusoria. 8 months later, I’m trying to breed CBDs, and I’m watching this video in preparation for the fry.

Nick Sir could you please share what type of lighting you're using & the plants in your fishroom? Could you share link for the lights?

I'm having the same issue with micro predators. first videos I've seen that addresses this

I got some green water from outside and left it inside for a couple days then put it in my pearl Gourami fry tank think it kept them busy in-between when I was feeding vinegar eels. now they're bigger they love microworms

Ive failed every attempt at culturing this. Hope this method works 😊

Hey There! Love your videos. You didn’t say if it’s better to leave it in the dark place or more sunny place ? I live in Germany so not sure if I should leave next to window or leave it under my bed in the dark ? Thanks

Cheers for the info lol simple to get a colony started and keep alive but I have a question 🤔 I have a betta tank with a male and a few ramshorn snails and I've just noticed a small amount in the tank and I haven't used anything from the colony to add to the tank so it's got me puzzled

I made some tonight, fingers crossed it works.. I did it with the yeast.

That java moss method, also results seed shrimp, it seems they appear at infrequent occasions for me. I did not realize my tubs of java moss were already loaded with infusoria. Now I don't have to worry of running out.

Fave new RU-vid o yes

Thanks for sharing. I used Java moss to help me with dwarf honey gouramis. Once Their eggs hatch at the water line