evilknieval69 Posted November 5, 2007 Report Share Posted November 5, 2007 I have read in a few places that you shouldn't feed Africans baby brine shrimp because it has too much mucus or something and is bad for them, but i have also read that people feed it to their baby's to bring them up. I think i recall Ryan talking about bringing his baby demasoni up on decapsulated brine shrimp, along with other stuff, and i have demasoni from him I always have freshly hatched bbs ready every 12 hours, and i always have excess so i feed it too all my other fish in my community tanks (once I've fed the killies and other fry of course) and every now and again i squirt a incy little bit into my Demasoni tank and they go absolutely NUTS over it. they all come out from the rock work instantly, and all go right up near the surface and munch it all back as fast as possible, but i try to not do it too much because i thought it was bad for them, but they love it. Does anybody else feed BBS to their Africans at all? I have a pair of Neo brichardi (ok pulchar :roll: ) and im sure they'd love it too. Id love to be able to feed it to them more as they love it,and i always have heaps of the stuff hatching/hatched people experiences? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted November 5, 2007 Report Share Posted November 5, 2007 I feed bbs to all the small fish and fry, hadn't heard it was bad i just make sure its fresh, hatch in natural sea water as well others more experienced may have a different view though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted November 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2007 Ohk thats cool. I hatch mine in natural salt water yea, and i also feed it in the salt water aswell. I just take it out of the bottle with a turkey baster and put it into a little container, then i syringe it into the tanks. I dont bother rinsing it in freshwater first or anything. Dunno if i should or not but it hasnt harmed my fish before, with a little bit of saltwater with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted November 5, 2007 Report Share Posted November 5, 2007 syphon ours through a stocking one of my old ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawiman Posted November 5, 2007 Report Share Posted November 5, 2007 Have been feeding my fry BBS and now because of time constraints feed the decapsulated eggs instead. Microworm is also on the menu, but before that I only used BBS and had no problems. That's my experience and you should be sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted November 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2007 LOL mark! Good to hear Malawiman, will feel much more comfortable doing it now Got microworms too (lots of em) sill see what they think of them too..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callum Posted November 5, 2007 Report Share Posted November 5, 2007 Has anyone tried freezing BBS in a very thick solution? Callum has been experimenting with this and found it a good solution to make them last, with time constraints sometimes to get a fresh batch on the go every few days. So far works a treat, has been feeding baby tangs, demasoni etc. Interested in your comments? :lol: Cheers Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiden Posted November 5, 2007 Report Share Posted November 5, 2007 All Neolamprologus would love them I would imagine since most of them if not all are carnivorous? I think most people on CF seem to be feeding their fry on it as well some just dont feed it as much when they get older, I think their reason is of what Evil mentioned at the start. But then if in moderation and you dont notice anything wrong with them....... :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 I feed decap brine shrimp to all of my little fish as part of a mixed died.. I think everything should be kept in moderation, you definitely get good growth rates with brineshrimp if I could be bothered id hatch it too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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