Werner Posted September 18, 2005 Report Share Posted September 18, 2005 Halloooo All good and the guys are swimming around. Now a question about the bbs... Do I just keep feeding from the culture I have - with millions in there - or do you need fresh ones after a while? Thanks for the help. Werner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted September 18, 2005 Report Share Posted September 18, 2005 Don't make up too many BBS at a time. Try just to do two days woth. Yes to feed out till MT.But plan ahead and have a culture ready to hatch as required. BBS are the most nutritious at hatching. Did you get babies from both lots?? Alan 104 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werner Posted September 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2005 Yip; i must still seperate EJ's but I see some swimming around. Will keep them seprate from Stu's until I know which strain is which. Both are N. Korth. Yellow though. Got to get that new batch setup strait away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werner Posted September 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2005 Alan, what is MT?? I find quite a number of the fry end up dead All bent up. Any reason for this? Still mostly ok though, just getting a bit worried Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted September 20, 2005 Report Share Posted September 20, 2005 MT is just that MT = Empty The eggs may have been hatched prematurely. Are you separating the egg shells from the BBS?? Alan 104 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werner Posted September 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2005 No i just suck the dudes from the bottom - pink mass. I worry about so many fry dying though - of the killies mean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misnoma Posted September 20, 2005 Report Share Posted September 20, 2005 You're putting the bbs through a hankerchief or something similar to drain the salt water before feeding, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted September 20, 2005 Report Share Posted September 20, 2005 How much water changes are you giving the baby killies?? Do you have snails in with them to eat uneaten BBS?? I don't wash my BBS off, they say it is to remove the water that apparently is heavily polluted by the egg-shells breaking down. But then I add the shrimp to fresh water, then pipette that to the baby fish. Alan 104 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted September 20, 2005 Report Share Posted September 20, 2005 The prem. hatching that I refered to is that of the fish. By the look of your reply, I don't think you realized that. Alan 104 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misnoma Posted September 20, 2005 Report Share Posted September 20, 2005 But then I add the shrimp to fresh water, then pipette that to the baby fish. Likewise.. just minus the pipette bit, I use the far less scientific method of "pour a lil bit in" :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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