E4G13M4N Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 Liquid fry food is a waste of time IMO, sounds like the youngens are not getting enough food, babies need to be fed small amounts 3 or 4 times a day to keep up the food, these days the fry starter powders are much more reliable as is Micro worms etc .. If you bought them as youngsters they were locally bred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batty Posted December 14, 2010 Author Share Posted December 14, 2010 Yeah, bought the parents at about 3cm from Aggies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batty Posted December 14, 2010 Author Share Posted December 14, 2010 Saums in their own redecorated tank now, will try again and will get advice from LFS, see what they have for the little guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batty Posted December 24, 2010 Author Share Posted December 24, 2010 OK, the eggs hatched yesterday morning, I now have a mass of wriggly critters, bought some micro-worms and powdered fry food from Aggies. The worms should be ready in a few days which luckily coinsides with about the time the egg sac should be used up by the fry. also I can mix up some of the powder. Just got to get Mrs Batty to feed them while I'm at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benno Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 good to hear mate, they should turn out awesome judgin by your pair, been seein plenty of beautiful little Gts around lately and have been so tempted but really dont wanna add one to the malawi tank lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batty Posted December 25, 2010 Author Share Posted December 25, 2010 good to hear mate, they should turn out awesome judgin by your pair, been seein plenty of beautiful little Gts around lately and have been so tempted but really dont wanna add one to the malawi tank lol No certainly not, different water conditions for a start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benno Posted December 25, 2010 Share Posted December 25, 2010 yeah im aware of that and thats the reason i didnt get one, plus i dont like the look of tanks with cichlids mixed from africa and america just doesnt look right to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batty Posted December 25, 2010 Author Share Posted December 25, 2010 7 convicts in my tank in the lounge with 5 gouramis and a couple of barbs and a ghost knife, 2 clown loaches and 3 Common BNs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batty Posted December 31, 2010 Author Share Posted December 31, 2010 The fry are growing well, feeding micro worms and some very fine powdered fry food mixed to a paste with a little tank water. Fingers crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batty Posted January 6, 2011 Author Share Posted January 6, 2011 taken today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E4G13M4N Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Looking good so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batty Posted January 6, 2011 Author Share Posted January 6, 2011 The microworms are doing the trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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