Re: decapsulated brine shrimp eggs

[Frauley/Elson <fraulels@minet.ca>]

gkadar wrote:
> 
> The female cacatoides has a brood that's been free-swimming for about 5 days
> now.  I've been giving them the decapsulated brine shrimp and the fry don't
> recognize them as food.  This has been going on now for three days three
> times per day.  How long does it take them to realize that the stuff coming
> down in front of their noses is actually edible?  Or are my fry especially
> stupid or stubborn?  They are grazing on the rocks and in the java moss.
> 
> Gabriella Kadar

Hi Gabriella,
I usually feed one or two times with live bbs, then switch to
decapsulated swished in water and squirted
 with a turkey baster. I've raised half a dozen species with equal
results to what live bbs gave me. I find if I squirt it into java moss
(okay, or hair algae...) the fry will spend more time picking though
that specific clump. There's no feeding frenzy as you have with live
bbs, but the stuff gets eaten. They get those little orange
brine-bellies.
-Gary


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