Re: First food for fry. appendum

["David Sanchez" <dsanchez@realestatechannel.com>]

I meant to say if the bbs is not larger then the eyes the you should be ok
with the bbs as a general rule.

The Dave


----- Original Message -----
From: "David Sanchez" <dsanchez@realestatechannel.com>
To: <apisto@listbox.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2000 1:37 PM
Subject: Re: First food for fry.


> I agree with Bob that they should be large enough to eat the bbs. A good
> indication is the size of the eye. If the bbs is larger then their eyes
> generally speaking you should be ok. Microworms, viniger eels, and
infusoria
> would be good foods for fry that cant take bbs yet. If you have about 2-3
> days before their free swimming just take 2-3 grains of uncooked rice and
> throw it into a quart jar add some water from an old established tank (
the
> junk from a sponge filter is great) and in a few days you'll see a small
> cloud of specks. These infusorions are a great first food. They are much
> better then many of the commercial preparations which only serve to foul
the
> water.
>
> The Dave
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Anthony Broyles" <jamalb@bellsouth.net>
> To: <apisto@listbox.com>
> Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2000 11:57 AM
> Subject: First food for fry.
>
>
> > I'd like to know what would be the best first food for the fry of my
> > Laetacara dorsigera? They should be free swimming within the next 48
> hours,
> > I have a batch of baby brine shrimp hatching as I'm sending this. But
I'm
> > concerned that they may be a little to large for the fry. I purchased a
> > small tube of the Wardley Liquid Small Fry food but It doesn't seem to
> have
> > any consistency to it . Any suggestions will be grateful. Reply to the
> list
> > or me or both. Thank you for the help!!!
> >
> >
> > Anthony Broyles
> > jamalb@bellsouth.net
> >
> >
> >
> >
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