Feeding Fry different food

[Christian74]

my discus babies are 14 days free swimming i been losing a few here and there but i guess its just the weak ones dying off i was wondering when or what i can start feeding besides baby brine

[timmy82]

I normally start adding a fine fry dry mix at around 7 - 10 days fs and at 16 or so I will add FDBW they take a while to work out what it is and 21 or so I will start with a bit of BH just a little till they start feeding properly on it. I normally pull them around the 3 weeks but varies sometimes.
In relation to the losses have you treated for flukes?

[John_Nicholson]

How much water are you changing? I would start putting some BH in the tank for them to peck on.

-john

[Christian74]

How much water are you changing? I would start putting some BH in the tank for them to peck on.

-john

i feed the parents beef heart im not sure if they are eating the remains off the bottom.

[nc0gnet0]

How much water are you changing?

[Christian74]

How much water are you changing?

Daily water change of 25%

[John_Nicholson]

Increase that to between 50 and 75% and you will probably stop losing fry. If you are feeding them enough then you are not changing enough water.

-john

[Christian74]

Increase that to between 50 and 75% and you will probably stop losing fry. If you are feeding them enough then you are not changing enough water.

-john

Thanks John do u recommend I pull them from the parents and do that or leave them still?

[John_Nicholson]

If the parents seem to be doing fine I would leave them in for another week or so. If you see the parents acting like they wqant to spawn again pull the fry as quick as you can.

-john

[Christian74]

If the parents seem to be doing fine I would leave them in for another week or so. If you see the parents acting like they wqant to spawn again pull the fry as quick as you can.

-john

Will do thanks John I think I need to do something cause the fry are around dime size I don't think they are growing as fast as they could

[John_Nicholson]

Properly growing fry takes 2 things. Lots of good food, and lots of big water changes. As long as the fry are healthy that is all it takes.

-john

[Christian74]

Properly growing fry takes 2 things. Lots of good food, and lots of big water changes. As long as the fry are healthy that is all it takes.

-john

Thanks for the advise John

[nc0gnet0]

Lots of good food, and lots of big water changes.

And the absolute worse thing you can do is to give them lots of good food, and skimp on the water changes. This is the most common rookie mistake. Hey it's easy to feed them lots and feed them often, but it's a PITA do do 2x a day major water changes, so I will just go with a, but not b.

[twocat]

Does anyone ever feed micro worms to young fry?

Mark