Elaine Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 As above, just noticed fry in my tank, have them now in their own tank and was wondering what the best food to give them is. all advice welcome. cheers........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 Finely crush flake food in your fingers, that will be fine. Make sure you either separate they fry from the other fish, or have plenty of floating fine leaved plants for them to hide in or they will be eaten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elaine Posted February 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 thanks, yes have seperated. they are in their own little tank now. very excited and happy children. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joliet Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 I just crush up my normal tropical fish food with the flat edge of something like a knife. Then I wet the end of my finger with the tank water, pick up the crushed dust and dip my finger back into the tank and the food should come away with a bit of waggling. I feed mine in the morning when I get up, in the afternoon when I come home and just before I go to bed - they seem to be growing quickly! Don't forget to do water changes and keep an eye out for dead fry and get rid of them as soon as you can Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 Decapsulated brine shrimp is also a very good food for the guppy fry, and you will get amazing growth rates with it too also no need to crush it up. As with everything variety is good so feed some decap and some crushed flake etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elaine Posted February 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 thanks everyone. will keep you posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diver21 Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 ive currently got some plattys in a tank full of daphnia and green water, platys are growing really quick and have constant live food, i havnt had to worry about them, just a quick head count and make shure that the daphnia is still in there, mind you though theres only 3 fry in there.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elaine Posted February 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 where can you get daphina from??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diver21 Posted February 17, 2009 Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 i got mine from trademe but if you put up an add in the trade and exchange here im shure someone near you could give/sell you a starting culture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted February 17, 2009 Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 I put a container of water outside and the daphnia find it and breed all by themselves. Never had to buy a culture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted February 17, 2009 Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 I put a container of water outside and the daphnia find it and breed all by themselves. Never had to buy a culture What? Daphnia are a fully aquatic insectthing. How would that happen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted February 17, 2009 Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 How should I know? I'm not a daphnia :lol: We live near a river though (although I think it is dry at the moment) and have strong norwest winds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diver21 Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 maybe the daphnia is hideing in the water supply? thats really weird how they just appeared Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsarmina Posted February 21, 2009 Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 another good one is microworms. a little better than daphnia at that age as the fry can't quite fit the adult daphnia into theirs mouths. once they are about 2wks old the daphnia should be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted February 21, 2009 Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 I put a container of water outside and the daphnia find it and breed all by themselves. Never had to buy a culture i used to have multiple troughs outside and only daphnia in a couple, within 6 months all had it...maybe i contaminated them without knowing but i dont think so, i wunder if my dogs big sloppy lips carried them from one trough to another also always gets me how daphnia ends up in the horse troughs far from any waterways Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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