I have them as a pet. I also have snails, water mites and daphnia all in the same tank as the scuds and they all seem to get along just fine for the most part.

Thanks for the vid! I just got my first scuds for betta food and this was very clear and informative.

Thanks Dan, Just got my scuds yesterday and the fork in a food idea is genius. Love it.

Great tutorial. Thank you Dan. Now I can start my own scuds. This is something I have been wanted to do for a very long time. Just didn't know how to. I will now be ordering a culture.

Great video! Appreciate all the info put together so well

Great food oh and scuds love hornwort. Thanks for sharing 💯💗👍✌️

I have some in a jar as well as some flatworms and microscopic creatures and plants. Watching them swim is satisfying.

Wow I think this is one of the best scud cultures I've seen including my own. Definitely gonna take some pointers from your setup very nice. I have a few buckets with live plants hornwort and little have moss and some leaves at the bottom mine seem to by doing good but I like your setup

Oh, man!!! Thanks for the feeding tips! I got scuds somewhere (no clue where, all the live plants I have in the 10 gallon "scud tank" actually a pest snail tank, lol). I tried overripe banana and they went insane!!!!! They're entertaining, but sometimes I do feed them to my bettas.

Very helpful thanks 🙏

Great vid might have to raise these to feed my fish

Awesome info, very descriptive and well done video. I’ve seen them on my green beans in shrimp tanks before, had no idea it was that simple to culture them, thanks for sharing!

Helpful!! You’re awesome!

The title made me laugh lol Great information Dan Thanks!

Found your video after hearing Cory (Aquarium Co-OP) talk about scuds. I was trying to raise snails for my pea puffer and these little guys showed up. I wasn't getting many snails so, I started feeding these to the puffer. She loves them and so does her tank mate, a huge ghost shrimp. I really had no idea what they were called. I had even taken some of these to the only fish store we have (50 miles away) and the owner could not tell me what they were. I had no idea what to feed them to keep them going. I was using vacation fish feeders but I noticed that they were also eating the snails. Gave them some cooked carrots after seeing this and they swarmed on them. Now I know how to keep them coming. Thanks for a great video.

GREAT INFO!!

Interesting video, very nice.

I'm seriously thinking of starting a culture. Thanks for taking the time to make this video. Very informative!

Im gonna start cultivating these for my bumblebee gobies

Dan, great topic! I think Acids may have a larger part to play, maybe, possibly. As a fly fisher, I get to know a bit about local invertebrates and Schds exist darned near everywhere. I have seen them from about 3/16 of an inch, to darn near large enough to fillet, they are one of the top food invertebrates out there. They are prolific and do not need heat to survive. Most ice fishers will see them when they drill holes, Gammarus are everywhere. They are also good at cleaning up garbage, waste, protein based foods. I have watched them help in the disposal of dead fish, though never to the point where you could say they predate on them (Fry) I would not say they wouldn't. They sort of seem to be on the carnivorous side of the food chain. Yep, awesome fish food, but I wonder how they would be as part of the clean up crew?

The European ones grow pretty big, almost cherry shrimp size. Great for puffers and larger fish.

Thanks for the I info on them. I recently found some in my planted tank and have no clue where they came from. I guess i can feed them to my angelfish.

Hey Dan. Thanks for sharing ☺️

Thank you, I've been kind of winging it with these . Focusing on other parts of the fish room. Cool to stumble across some detailed experience.

The most informative and complete video about scuds and how to keep them I’ve been able to find, thank you!

Can I mix Scuds with black worms together? Right now I have two 2 gallon tanks for both of the live foods but not sure if its too small for them. I have a 7 gallon tub I can use. =) thanks for the video!

Do you have any suggestions about how many you need to start with? I bought 25 and put them in a 10g similar to your setup.

What filter do you use? I am in process of starting a tank of scuds and I don't want to suck them up with wrong filter

OK i'm sold, as soon as you said puffers lol than you for the information much appreciated

Will these outcompete my shrimp?

How often should I feed them?

nice, now, where and how to get em?

sweet

If you feed them protein will they produce more eggs?

Do you sell starter cultures of scuds?

Which species/genus are they?

would they eat fish fry?

Anyone know if that blob of algae filled Java moss can act like a feeder during a few days away?? -It appears it would work well... if the fish don't shred the thing all at once.

Hi, thanx for sharing your videos, they are greate. i have just collected som scuds localy, and the adults are huge (1")2,5cm. my question is, in how high density can they be cultured if waterquality and feed are at optimum at all times?

My son has some of these as pets caught from the river

Wow gr8 info Do you cook the pumpkin or use raw?

I use prime - it seems to be fine

How quickly do they reproduce? Could they be the sole staple food item? Is there a stocking density that they will start killing each other, or maybe crash the tank?

Are scuds terrestrial ?

Hey I checked out your stores page. I'm guessing the cost comes in to shippping. But you should sell for more.locally , thanks good work.

Dan, I enjoyed the video. Quick question though, are scuds small enough to be eaten by harlequin rasboras and dwarf gouramis? it was hard for me to tell how they would compare to say Daphnia magna. The ease of culturing does interest me greatly. And since my Cory Cats keep breeding i have a lot more mouths to feed. Oh yeah, one other thing. Do you think having a blackwater tank would would affect the culture? Thanks for any help.

Hi Dan: Where do you get the starter? Thanks.

First, if you're interested in scuds, absolutely buy from Dan since he sends a fantastic amount. Secondly, do they need a lid?

Do you think scuds will eat betta fry? Or any other baby fish? Like guppies and so, I just found some scuds in my betta fry tank. Thank you.

Do you have a link to purchase scuds so I can get started. Have been wanting to do this for a while. I will also be getting the blackworms I purchased, this week. We have pea puffers, discus, fancy freshwater shrimp and some bushynose plecos we are growing out to breed, oh and out betta sorority . So ya fun stuff, I want to get into the life foods. Thank u for your video, great info.

Awesome video Thanks for sharing FishFam NJAE19

Hey Dan, I'm getting the scuds I ordered tomorrow. Do you acclimate them same as fish? I usually drip acclimate everything.

Hello. I discovered your video on scuds. Thank you. I am setting up a 5 gallon tank to culture them, however how many do you think can live in a filter 5 gallon tank? Thanks for your time. Tamara

What temperature do you keep your scud tank at?

How long do you leave the pumpkin/food for?

Hey there, Please Respond ❗❗❗ Nice videos you got there, I was especially taken by this one. I just collected A LOT of scuds at a local lake and put them in a cycled aquarium. The gravel is medium to coarse and I have the whole back covered with plants. There are also 2 HOB filters on it which run only about 10 minutes per day. BUT… all the scuds hang out AT THE TOP in the corners of the tank and on the filter outlets or just zoom around the surface, they hardly ever go deeper into the water 😐 WHY❓ Is the water too dirty❓ Not enough oxygen in the water❓ Please give me your thoughts❗ Thanks

Hello is pumice stone lava rocks?

Lol I guess I'm the weird one because I have a semi-enclosed ecosystem and I'm trying to figure out how to get them to thrive. I love the scuds and isopods and I want them to take off so I don't have to worry about having predators in the tank with them.

Where do you get them to start? Do they just lay eggs and then multiply?

I have a bunch that just appeared in my shrimp tank and I dont have anything that eats them so they're happy

Do scuds need a heater and if so what temperature

Are freshwater skuds (amphipods) safe for nanofish (have pecock gudgeons, khuli loaches, and bumblbees gobies) got a awsome deal on floating plants at a lfs and they hitched a ride on my red duckweed and now im like... Should i even put the plants in with my lil guys? Lol

Could ramshorn snail breed regularly in the same tank as scuds, or will the scuds eat the snail eggs?

Hey from another Dan, are they ok with bladder snails, I have them in a tank breeding for the puffers I have, wondered if I could just chuck them in the same tank, rather than setting up another

can you raise scuds in a tank with an undergravel filter ?

Hi. Are they dangerous to fish eggs or fish fry ?

Where do you get the to start culture?

Where do you get them (to start a colony)? Do you sell starter groups?

I accidentally introduced several of these guys into my planted tank. Are they going to eat all my plants?

These hve invaded my shrimp tank and i hate it. Any suggestions on scud removal ????? They breed like rabbits

were do i get scuds ?

Are they too big for guppies to eat?

Two serious questions, will Cory catfish eat these? & I have them popping up in my aquarium that’s heavily planted and been established for about 4 years. Just recently started seeing them pop up a bunch. Are they a sign of bad conditions? Or did I do something wrong? I added a section of sand from my lfs and all the sudden boom everywhere.

Do all fish eat scuds?

I ordered plants and they came with scuds! How do I get rid of them in my shrimp tank :( what are some predator fish?

How about how to get rid of them

Where do you buy scuds to start with.

Will they eat string algae?

The only thing I don't like about scuds is that if they get into a tank with no predators like a shrimp tank they will take over and they really like to eat java moss.

I have a scud tank that I don’t do water changes, just add new water. How do you manage water changes without sucking them all up since they’re so small. I haven’t changed water because I’m scared I’d suck them all up with the small culture I have

The scuds I have will absolutely destroy java moss and damage java fern. I find them difficult to get rid of.

😉👌👍

I got scuds by accident 🤦🏻‍♂️ I bought a lot of guppy grass from a local breeder and they took over a 10g I have 2 aldino koi females I had 1 male aldino koi two but past away and a am 99.98 percent sure that that they ate him while he passed I was on a trip so that’s what I think what happen to him

Do scuds eat newborn cherry shrimp ? Is it safe to keep both scuds and cherry shrimp in the same tank ?

Do you do Grindal and White Worm cultures? If so, curious to know how you keep them and split them.

Where do you get them?

any foods to avoid? i tossed a chunk of carrot in there but no takers so far

cant find scuds on wiki , it just says tactical ballistic missiles ??

They won't starve, they get cannibalistic to a scary degree. They don't need plants at the top just a daily feeding. I fed leftover fish food, betta bites etc. Good to know they like banana and pumpkin because you can cut it up and freeze the meals for later. These are smaller that water beetles where 5 water beetles can overpower shrimp and such. If you add them to a fish tank...it might be wise to watch for them...the fish will keep their size in check but not their prolific nature to gang up if left to grow bigger.

My 55 is over run by scuds. I hope I can use this to remove the majority. Didn’t realize they were in such a great population. I guess the Ameca were eating them. They are eating my plants.

What is their scientific name ? I don't recognise them; they look a bit like grown brine shrimp.

Everything you said is opposite of what I've been taught

They are a nuisance in a wastewater treatment plant!! 😳😳🙄