Re: Feeding Microworms to fry?

["Helen Burns" <helen.burns@bigwig.net>]

Graham,
Microworms are much smaller that bs and when feeding fry initially this is a
good first food.  I have found that fry can easily eat bs on their second
day free swimming.  As a rule once they are able to eat bs there is no need
to feed the microworms as you already have found out.  I think most on this
list will agree with me that bs is the best food for fry, regardless of the
species.
Helen

From: hammer@idirect.ca <hammer@idirect.ca>
I am looking for feedback on experience with microworms and
feeding Apistogramma cacatuoides fry. It seems that their interest
in it is neutral with them sampling it and then spitting it back out. If
I feed them bbs it is eaten rapidly with more interest.

Is microworms a relatively poor choice as first foods and is bbs
better?
Is something else affecting the feeding of the fry (water parameters
etc.)?

Thanks in advance

Graham
Toronto, Canada



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