If you could get some live brine shrimp going that would be good for them and easy to eat. Also micro worms, golden pearls and when they get bigger grindal worms and white worms. Love to see some pics.
I was wondering what food to give to 3 week old fry. I just took them away from the parents. I have been giving them crushed Tetra Color bits. They seem to like it. Was wondering what else. I guess another choice would be frozen baby brine shrimp. Any other suggestions. Their mouth are so small...
If you could get some live brine shrimp going that would be good for them and easy to eat. Also micro worms, golden pearls and when they get bigger grindal worms and white worms. Love to see some pics.
Not raising fry on bbs is about impossible. I'm an old fart, have tried about everything, including those mentioned and many more. Until they can graze on the bottom, the amount of benefical goodies the brine shrimp yield to the fry is pretty hard to replicate. Movement triggers feeding response, and besides, it's easy. Best of luck. Gary
The meek shall inherit the earth. The oceans are for the brave.
Freeze Dried Black Worms cut up Frozen beef Heart and ground up Super Beef Heart Flake are what I fed mine. They loved it all. And all of it can be found through Sponsors here. I will post some links for you.
Mishka
I am not sure why you do not want to feed the live BBS but you can get this:
IGO Pro http://www.igopro-online.com/Ocean-N...p/onbbs20g.htm
Aquatic Suppliers http://www.aquaticsuppliers.com/Free...d-foods_c2.htm (This is Al From Simply)
Inland Empire Discus http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showth...-GROWTH-UPDATE
HTH
Mishka
be very carefull if you are going to use the instant stuff. it makes a very big mess in your tank and is very expensive. my angels liked it but sure made a mess.
in the meantime, you can also use fdbw ground up in a coffe grinder pre soaked before fed, hikari first bites, flake food ran thru coffe grinder, and frozen cyclops. I had a bad batch of bbs eggs and my current batch of fry didnt get bbs. I guess I was lucky, they stayed on the parents for around 3 wks and then went straight to those foods and frozen bbs. I think because it was a fairly large spawn they followed the more aggressive siblings. Also I practically had them swimming in food for the first few weeks.
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This is the accepted practice, and has been since the dawn of aquariums..All of this other info is nice, but I'm putting 51 years of experience behind this..How about the rest of you???....
My method is antique, and effective. Any one gallon container will do. Add 5 tbsp. rock salt or equiv., hard dechlorinated water, an air line, and depending on the amount of fry, 1 to 2 teaspoons of bbs eggs. Place near light, and 24 hrs. later, Voila!..shrimp
The meek shall inherit the earth. The oceans are for the brave.
Also, I am wondering..the eggs I used were part of a mix that included the salt mix. I used an air line, and added a light source and a heater, still nothing. Do you think the mix instead of adding my own salt was to blame? Just trying to figure out the variable that cause the failure for the next time. It was very, very frustrating and disheartening, also stressful as this was my first batch of fry. I was very worried about losing them all.
“Be curious, not judgmental.”- Walt Whitman