Re: Feeding Microworms to fry?

["Cory and Susanne Williamson" <webwill@infinet.net>]

That's what I have read- my worry is about left over food slowing down the
growth rates- I guess I worry too much

Cory Williamson
-----Original Message-----
From: ruddigar@home.com <ruddigar@home.com>
To: apisto@admin.listbox.com <apisto@admin.listbox.com>
Date: April 26, 1999 7:20 PM
Subject: Re: Feeding Microworms to fry?


>Decapsulated bs cysts are actually better for fry because they have a
>higher energy content.  Because no energy is used by the bbs in hatching
>(which takes *A LOT* of energy), the fry will grow faster than fry fed
>on bbs.
>
>Jason Miller
>Sherwood Park, AB
>
>IDMiamiBob@aol.com wrote:
>>
>> Cory writes:
>>
>> > To that end, has anyone on the list tried decapsulated bs- I recently
>> >  purchased some and I am interested to know what peoples thoughts and
>> >  experiences are. So far my fish seem to like them, although they do
not eat
>> >  unhatched cysts as fast as the hatched bs.
>> >
>> I am using decapsulated BS eggs almost exclusively.  I currently have
three
>> coonsecutive hatches of A cacatuoides that were hatched in very
algae-ridden
>> tanks.  I left them with "Mom for varying amounts of time, and started
>> feeding the de-cap on day 4.  They survived just fine on the nasties in
the
>> algae until then.  They have never seen live BBS, and are doing great.
>> Growth is as good as or slightly better than when I used BBS.  For the
first
>> week of de-cap, I hold a pinch under the water and stir it in.  After
that, I
>> start sprinkling it on the surface and let the filter current slowly
drive it
>> in over time.  The fish will sometimes leave the bottom and hover at
mid-tank
>> for more than an hour, snatching at the de-cap as it sinks.  This allows
for
>> a longer feeding period, which I figure is closer to the way they eat in
the
>> wild.
>>
>> Bob Dixon
>>
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