Brett1970 Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 does anyone have any microworms and can u please give me instructions on how to use it. Is this the best stuff to feed small fry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nycnlo Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 id start them on microworms then use novotom powdered food seems to work a treat.. plus baby brine shrimp once they week or two old Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nycnlo Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 PS the white hm in your avatar looks nice.. is he yours? i want Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaVitamins Posted September 26, 2009 Report Share Posted September 26, 2009 I read something about putting a jar with some tank water and grass in the sun for a few days, and then harvesting the slime of the top and using that as a food.. That sounds cheaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nycnlo Posted September 26, 2009 Report Share Posted September 26, 2009 you mean imfusoria ... bacteria in other words appar it works well.. alot of people are skeptical about it as ur introducing a unknown to the tank ur technically using rabbit pellets..horse poo..lettuce ..grass and letting the bacteria level get out of hand then go clear (which means its worked) so then you feed the clear water to the fry (full or yummy infusoria) i havent tried it but from what ive read people dont do it much even tho this is generally a way to make the biggest amount of your fry survive the first few weeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 26, 2009 Report Share Posted September 26, 2009 Yeah infusoria sounds like it's the best first food but I can't be bother waiting for it to grow so I just use bbs and microworms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nycnlo Posted September 26, 2009 Report Share Posted September 26, 2009 at the end of the day ... only the strongest will survive.. but if you use infusoria could you cope with a spawn of say 350-500??? even my spawns where i get 150-180 i find that hard enough to try keep the tanks clean etc as they create soo much waste microworms a good starter but i would switch to bbs after a week or two to give them a good go at growing microworms makes them grow very slow as there isnt that much protein in them i believe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaVitamins Posted September 26, 2009 Report Share Posted September 26, 2009 Omg 250 to 500 fry! i would drown :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nycnlo Posted September 26, 2009 Report Share Posted September 26, 2009 i think that amount for me even id choke!!! i can deal with spawns of around 200 but dont really want any more i guess if you had a spawn of 500 you would soon learn to cull the ones to only keep the best.. i just dont like doing it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 26, 2009 Report Share Posted September 26, 2009 Yeah if the spawn are too big you'd have to cull a few of them and most would get stunted if they don't have enough space. I only like around 100-150 for each spawn and even then I hope that only the fittest and strongest make it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nycnlo Posted September 26, 2009 Report Share Posted September 26, 2009 it all comes down to your care of them as i have a spawn of about 60 pure red hms ... and a spawn of 150-180 blue black hms ... the blue black hms are doing way better than the red ones growth wize they are catchin up fast to their brothers who are nearly 2 months ahead in age culling is a good thing if you can bring your self into doing it... but you never know how a certain fish is going to turn out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaVitamins Posted September 27, 2009 Report Share Posted September 27, 2009 i think that amount for me even id choke!!! i can deal with spawns of around 200 but dont really want any more i guess if you had a spawn of 500 you would soon learn to cull the ones to only keep the best.. i just dont like doing it I would'nt be able to go though with culling them all. Ehgh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 27, 2009 Report Share Posted September 27, 2009 You don't need to culkl alot of them if you have the space to grow them otherwise if you get a big spawn and not much space you'd have to cull a few unless you want te to grow slow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted September 27, 2009 Report Share Posted September 27, 2009 That's where ponds and bath tubs come in handy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaVitamins Posted September 27, 2009 Report Share Posted September 27, 2009 How do bath tubs help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N1CK Posted September 27, 2009 Report Share Posted September 27, 2009 Bath tubs help to grow live food to feed lotsa fish , i.e daphnia/small critters Or he means that you can stick 500 babies in a bathtub inside with a heater :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaVitamins Posted September 27, 2009 Report Share Posted September 27, 2009 oh right, i though he was talking about using a bath tub to somehow cull the fry lol my bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkles Posted September 27, 2009 Report Share Posted September 27, 2009 or a black pond in full sun over the hottest part of the year = at least 24deg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nycnlo Posted September 27, 2009 Report Share Posted September 27, 2009 hahah we looked at a house a while back... had a huge pool... ie was about 10m wide and good 40m+long it was full of misquito larve etc i looked at it and thought aloud about if that was heated it would make a awesome fighter tank at 800,000litres!! stuff WC it tho lmao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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