Sterbai fry.

[Floater]

So I'm currently managing to keep a few sterbai fry alive, feeding them on microworms. How big do they have to be before they can eat normal sinking tablets? Also what size should they be before I move them to my 450L community tank (2 blue Rams, 5 ottos, 10 neons)? 1cm? Or are they too fragile still at that size?

[Simian]

IMO 2cm would be the min size to move yr little uns into a community tank, they would survive at 1cm but growth rate will be really slow, keep up the microworms, thats teh best food for little cories, but start introducing new foods about 3/4 cm, they will eat sinking tabs when really small but waste is going to be the biggest issue, they will be sensitive to waste buildup on teh bottom of your tank for quite a while, crumble up a small amount of pellet and see how it goes. Apparently many young cories are sensitve to deep water (never had any issues myself tho) and losses can be expected if they are moved to a deep tank too soon.

If you have a white worm culture, selectively feed them some small ones (its great fun watching them slurp up a worm 1/2 their size)

Well done with teh sterbai fry, my group spawns occasionaly but none of the eggs are ever fertile

Owen

[Floater]

IMO 2cm would be the min size to move yr little uns into a community tank, they would survive at 1cm but growth rate will be really slow, keep up the microworms, thats teh best food for little cories, but start introducing new foods about 3/4 cm, they will eat sinking tabs when really small but waste is going to be the biggest issue, they will be sensitive to waste buildup on teh bottom of your tank for quite a while, crumble up a small amount of pellet and see how it goes. Apparently many young cories are sensitve to deep water (never had any issues myself tho) and losses can be expected if they are moved to a deep tank too soon.

If you have a white worm culture, selectively feed them some small ones (its great fun watching them slurp up a worm 1/2 their size)

Well done with teh sterbai fry, my group spawns occasionaly but none of the eggs are ever fertile

Owen

I have some white worms, I'll give that a shot when they're a little bigger. They'll be a week old tomorrow I think. I get the eggs from my sister, they've been laying every few weeks and there are usually at least 6 on the glass. I lost the first two batches of 6 due to starvation I'm pretty sure (didn't have any microworms at the time). It's amazing how much better these 5 I have currently look, they're about 5mm at present and eagerly ferreting round chomping microworms.

Thanks for the advice.

[Jennifer]

I believe whiteworms are very high in fat so they might not be good to feed more than a couple of times a week. Grindal worms might be good though, and possibly vinegar eels.

BTW, congrats on the fry, good to know they are enjoying the microworms.