electricfish37 Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 My first batch of Angel fry is now free swimming - about 60 I guess. Very exciting, and they look great swimming around in a shoal. I thought I'd lost most of the eggs, especially as the snails got amongst them and were obviously not up to any good. But there the fry were this morning - don't know where they were hiding! I think I should start feeding them bbs soon, which I have never done before except for a trial hatching a couple of days ago. When they hatched, I put them in the aquarium and that seemed to kill them (the bbs, that is!). By next day, there did not seem to be any live bbs in the jar where I hatched them. So, exactly what do I do to be able to feed them to the fry 3 or 4 times a day? Do I need to have 2 or 3 hatching jars, to be able to rotate them and have live bbs available every day? I've also purchased some very fine dry food, but think that will not be o.k. until the fry are a few weeks old. Any advice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faran Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 You set up a jar with an airstone and salt it to the same concentration (1 teaspoon per litre) to keep them alive for longer periods of time. That's just for the sake of telling you how to do it, though. Your fry will have very small mouths and need freshly hatched BBS. Best to set up multiple hatching bottles. HTH and GL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 The fry do best in a bare bottom tank for the first while I found, and if the brine shrimp is hanging round the bottom keep the water leval down. You want them surrounded by food night and day if you can. Microworm is not as good for food value but is cheap and easy for when you are a bit low on bbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electricfish37 Posted March 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 Thanks for the advice. I'm now feeding them alternately on bbs and Liquifry, and they seem quite happy. Not that there seems to be as many as there were - I'm hoping they are just hiding! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNDYLOO Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 You will loose some of your fry, I too have Angel Fry, and losses are just something that you have to accept. Remember lots of BBS/ Microworms and lots of water changes. My Angels are onto their 4th spawning now, got Angel Fry coming out me ears. :lol: :lol: Good Luck with the Bubba's Lynda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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