Aslund Posted November 14, 2016 Report Share Posted November 14, 2016 I have recently managed to raise four Honey Gourami babies from my breeding pair, but from the hundreds of babies born only these four survived. I currently have about 100 to 200 babies who have just hatched today. Does anyone out there have any experience or advice that may help me save more? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted November 14, 2016 Report Share Posted November 14, 2016 Feed them on the smallest brine shrimp nuplii (available from fro www.brineshrimpdirect.com) and make sure that the air above the water is warm and humid. Most gourami grow at different rates so you end up with offspring of all different sizes and the smaller ones get eaten or bullied so you need lots of spare tanks so you can separate them out by size. le Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aslund Posted November 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2016 Thanks, I was thinking that I might start a brine shrimp hatchery, I bought some eggs a while ago and have hatched a couple of batches but I wasn't sure if they were too big for the Gourami babies, so thanks for that, also do they eat boiled egg yolk or anything like that? Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted November 15, 2016 Report Share Posted November 15, 2016 You can feed that but it is very easy to overfeed and cause a bacterial bloom that will starve the fish of oxygen. I have always used live brine shrimp nuplii as they stay alive for a while and move. This encourages the fry to eat and you can see the nuplii in their belly and be assured that they are feeding ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aslund Posted November 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2016 That's awesome, thanks for the advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Posted November 17, 2016 Report Share Posted November 17, 2016 Infusoria/microworms are another alternative that tend to stay alive in fresh water for a longer period of time. If you have an old sponge filter, squeeze it out a couple times in some old tank water and chuck a small (maybe thumbnail-sized) piece of crushed lettuce/dandelion/similar leaf in, leave out in the sun for a week, and then look carefully for little cloudy moving rod-like objects with a magnifying glass. Ceriodaphnia and similar small zooplankton can be cultured in that water as well, and their young are definitely bite-sized for fry. Bigger daphnia (e.g. Daphnia carinata) have young that is too big though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted November 17, 2016 Report Share Posted November 17, 2016 I have never used them to feed dwarfs but have recently obtained and maintained a culture of vinegar eels which would also be OK but my preference would be brine shrimp nuplii because they are virtually live pieces of egg yolk and I suspect they are better food value. Silverdollarboy2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aslund Posted December 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 Thanks a lot, I will try hatching some brine shrimp and see how they do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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