Lex Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 I have a some electric yellow fry hatching and start seeing their tails in my egg tumbler at the moment...just want to know: When should I remove them to an egg saver? What to feed to them when they start to swim freely? I have heard of Microworm culture... any good ? Does anyone have existing culture to spare? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bijengum Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 They don't need feeding until the egg sac is used up. When this happens they should be moved to a fry saver and fed on microworms and/or crushed flake or fry food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 baby brine shrimp are an option as well. a LFS near me sells them for $1 a bag which is plenty enough kept in the fridge to get them old enough for crushed flake/pellets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Posted July 27, 2006 Author Share Posted July 27, 2006 can you skip the microworms.. and just feed flakes after the egg sac is finished? or will they die? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bijengum Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 You can. Make sure the food is ground very fine. can you skip the microworms.. and just feed flakes after the egg sac is finished? or will they die? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_1 Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 i feed my free swimming yellow fry crushed color bits. it works a treat they seem to grow much quicjer than on flake. but thats just my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Posted July 27, 2006 Author Share Posted July 27, 2006 Thanks guys for all the advise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waruna Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 Hi Lex, you can feed NLS H2O Stable wafers or NLS Grow Formula. NLS H2O wafers stay in water without disintegrating for over 24 hours, excellent fry food and also your fry gets a continuos feed. Another advantage is if you are away for a few days you can easily get some one else to feed your fish without overfeeding; simply say how many discs to put in the tank. HTH Waruna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Morant Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 I've successfully raised at least 200 electric yellow fry this year (with only about a 3% fatality rate in the first 24 hours, 0% thereafter) and just crush micro food into powder to start with and then just crushed flake once they grow a little. Quiet frankly with Electric Yellows I don't see the need to bother with brineshrimp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeW Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 I'm with Harry, I wouldnt use microworms or brine shrimp for any baby mouthbrooders. They are big enough to take milled (in a pepper mill) pelleted food (of your choice). Alternatively - make a fine food from your pelleted foods using a coffee grinder (I have one I use just for this purpose). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batche81 Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 I use White Crane A.D.P No 2 (Granular Type) it a powder formula, they love it and they grow fast.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.