What size is safe for giving baby b/n away (cough.. swapping for beer!)?

I only ask because I currently have about 100 fry, and I just got home to find another fresh clutch of eggs in dad's favourite cave :lol:

do you want the beer per inch of fish? if thats the case I'd wait

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lol!

hehehe

I'm not worried about keeping em longer, just wondered what was considered a safe minimum size before moving em (I've heard about wee ones dying after moves etc before)

how big are they now misnoma? I would have though an inchish would be fine.

Just under a month old and about 2cm, they seem to be growing more sideways then lengthways at the mo hehe

ur not feeding them on a diet of beer are you! :-?

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hahahahahha

maaaaaybe

I have the tank space anyhows, so will keep growing em out

Once i get my plant tank running would I be able to get a few off you?

I have a nice dozen Tui sitting round somewhere. :lol: :lol:

Of course mmmmm I like tui

Yeah seems to be the only drink around most the places i go.

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Most wholesalers sell them at 3.5mm. They don't move easily when small so I would wait till they were larger if I were you.

3.5mm or 35mm ? Must be 35mm.

My GBA are about 10mm when born, i like to wait till they are 40-50mm long.

Must have been too early in the morning when I posted that. You are right snowman. 3.5cm.

Snowman - what kind of time does it take to get them to 50mm?

Ummm never really thought about it, it would be around 3-4 mths i think

(Although it is after 5 Friday evening so brain has gone into weekend mode)

You can get Bristles to 3 cm SL in about 12weeks ( about the smallest I like to move them much,,,,,,,unless newly hatched and then only in my fish room)

To get them to 5 cm SL takes quite a bit longer as they put on body bulk as well as length.

I try to sell all mine at 3 cm, most economical for time, food and growing space. The time, food and space is not worth the extra $1 I get for a 5 cm fish.

But that is here where I get $1 for a 3 cm fish or $2 for a 5cm fish. I have no idea the value in NZ.

Alan.

hey misnoma,

how are they going?

I have space for a few now as soon as you would like to get rid of some/ you think they are big enough to move

well....

I now have twice as many lol - next batch of eggs hatched last thursday and they're all over the tank now.

first batch are about 2cm, I've been given some good ideas for varying their diet, so hopefully they'll grow a bit faster too