Any one know how to get daphnia out of my tank?

[fish fanatic centeral]

I have a 55 long planted aquarium with 6 amano shrimp in there and no fish because I am still in the cycling faze. The daphnia are eating my plants (mostly the jungle val), I'm thinking when I get fish (which should be soon, i'm on a waiting list for silver tip tetras and female green swordtails) It should help or get rid of the problem.

 

[Loren]

You could get some feeder goldfish from a local LFS and just give them back once your get your tetras and swordtails.

 

[fish fanatic centeral]

That's a disaster waiting to happen with my micro swords and my duckweed

 

[Kaosu]

Are you sure you have daphnia?

To my knowledge they do not eat plants.

 

[fish fanatic centeral]

they're tiny dots that sit on the glass, driftwood, plants, and substrate. They swim away if your finger goes near them. If this helps at all I am experiencing slight green water (which I think is just because it is getting a lot sunnier here in Washington and my tank is in slight sunlight, and it being a young tank), and my shrimp eat it but not enough to make much of a dent.

 

[fish fanatic centeral]

PROBLEM SOLVED, I bought some swordtails yesterday and the annihilated them in one night .