Tyrannosaurus Posted January 31, 2010 Report Share Posted January 31, 2010 I've been feeding my latest spawn microworms, and I can say that they are doing much better than the last spawn, which ate only BBS. The last spawn I had spent most of their time belly sliding across the bottom of the tank, only surfacing for air when they had to, whereas these guys are quite perky and zippy by comparison. I was wondering, is it necessary to change them to BBS? I'm having a really hard time hatching any live shrimp, and the fry are patently disinterested in the decap stuff I have to feed them. At the moment they are just coming up three weeks old. Should I keep trying to get them to eat decap BBS, or is a microworm diet okay for fry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted January 31, 2010 Report Share Posted January 31, 2010 Not compulsory but brine shrimp nuplii are better food value. If the first lot were belly sliders they would not have eaten either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrannosaurus Posted January 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2010 The first spawn definitely ate hatched BBS, they had nothing else to eat and their bellies were always full of orange. It just didn't seem to do them very much good. It is possible however, that given they were my first spawn, other factors were at play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davd-lw Posted February 1, 2010 Report Share Posted February 1, 2010 I've been feeding my latest spawn microworms, and I can say that they are doing much better than the last spawn, which ate only BBS. The last spawn I had spent most of their time belly sliding across the bottom of the tank, only surfacing for air when they had to, whereas these guys are quite perky and zippy by comparison. I was wondering, is it necessary to change them to BBS? I'm having a really hard time hatching any live shrimp, and the fry are patently disinterested in the decap stuff I have to feed them. At the moment they are just coming up three weeks old. Should I keep trying to get them to eat decap BBS, or is a microworm diet okay for fry? low your fry tank water level. they will be fine, and you may have one or two die, but the majorty of the fries will survilve, and they will be ok when they grow a bit bigger. personally, i do not recon DECAP ones, hard to clean the fry tank. good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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