What to do with powdered algae?

[Becca]

So I had a "moment" a couple of weeks ago while placing an order for food at Ken's. I simultaneously decided to call it quits on my daphnia culture and purchase food for it (culture number 2 did not fare well in the move, culture number 1 was wiped out by pepco problems).

Among the items I ordered from Ken's was 1 bag of freeze-dried Daphnia (DO NOT BUY THIS IF YOU HAVE A SENSE OF SMELL OR LIVE WITH SOMEONE WHO DOES), 1 bag of astaxanthin powder, and 1 bag of pure spirulina powder.

The latter two were things ordered to feed the daphnia I'd given up on (like I said, I had a "moment"), the first was a replacement for said daphnia. All joking aside, my fish love the freeze-dried, but it really does STINK.

What does one do with these various powders? For kicks and giggles I added a sprinkle of the red stuff to my worm cultures (thanks Alexandra!), but I'm really not sure what to do with it otherwise. Don't tell me to make a shake with it... I am not that kind of girl.

 

[Localzoo]

You could try making your own algae flakes. Rehydrate them into a thick paste lay on a sheet of wax paper or parchment. preheat oven at maybe a 100 or 150 then turn the oven off when it's preheated then place in oven.
Just a suggestion someone else might have a better idea


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[chriscoli]

I also feed them to my copepod cultures. But you can also mix them into Repashy.

 

[festaedan]

I mix spirulina into fry food. I also like to mix it into my home-made gel food.

 

[captmicha]

Enrich microworms or grindals. Make egg food flakes.

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[Frank Cowherd]

Sell them at the next auction is one way to go. I am sure they would be in demand but probably not at the price you paid. Or advertise them for sale on the forum.

 

[Becca]

Sell them at the next auction is one way to go. I am sure they would be in demand but probably not at the price you paid. Or advertise them for sale on the forum.

I traded with Jesse for some other food ., though it occurs to me that one could make "christmas" microworm cultures out of these powders . If only I'd thought of that a few weeks ago!

I do wish I was better at keeping your Daphnia cultures alive, Frank. Not only are they amusing little critters, but they smell MUCH better alive than they do slow-dried.