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I tried crushing high quality pellets into a fine dust and noticed that they will eat it but end up spitting it back out. Today I tried cutting up blood worms (which is so time consuming) and noticed that only 4-5 of them will eat it and swallow. The rest eat and spit. Dunno what to make of it...
So my Apisto Borellii are now around 8-9 weeks old. How do I wean them off bbs because when I tried frozen they kind of ignore it. Am I doing it too early because some pieces of frozen brine shrimp are still almost as big as the fry itself lol.
Oh boy. I dont think im going to be able to convince the boss (aka wife) to get another tank. I guess Im going to leave the fry in there and hope that the females dont kill them. The males are back in the community tank so that should slow down their need to breed? I have a shrimp tank that I...
LOL, Im laughing at the thought of 1000 Neon Tetras in a tank. That would be madness. Thanks for the tips as always Mike.
I just need to be clear however. It seems that the fry seem to follow a different female everyday. I have fry that are out on their own or are being chased away and fry...
oh, I thought you meant over feed as in they eat themselves to death lol. Okay I dont think I feed enough to over pollute since its such a large tank. Will definitely up the water changes however to every 3 days instead of 3-5. Sometimes I see the females nipping their own fry. Dunno why. Maybe...
Hmmm. I didnt know the fry can be over fed. Definitely doing that.... yikes. I see people dumping like millions of bbs in their tank and thought "well at least Im not doing that" but I guess im still over feeding. Thanks !
I just thought about it some more. I have NOT been rinsing the brine shrimp and just using the salt water they were hatched in when feeding. Would this cause death to fry? If it did, shouldnt they all have died week one? maybe over exposure to salt? any help would greatly be appreciated
I just found another one that was on deaths door. It was able to scurry away when poked but thats about it. Ive noticed that the dead fry seem to turn whiteish colour on the inside of their bodies near the top and back where the tail is... any clues? Ive attached a photo but dont know if it'll...
Hi guys,
Once again I have a 33G Long tank, with three female Borellii's, what started as 60 fry and 3 amano shrimp. The fry are coming to around 3-4 weeks old now, depending on which female we're talking about. However, Ive noticed that every 1-3 days I'll find a dead fry or two. Is this...
Thanks so much for your responses Yukon and Mike. This is the first batch that Ive kept alive more than the first 4 days and I know its because I started feeding bbs from the start this time, and I dont want to fail again this time. As mentioned, this weekend will be week two and I think I'll...
So I guess I should remove the two males this weekend lol. It'll be around two weeks then. I just dont know when the females will be ready to spawn again and want to be ready to remove them as soon as I think they are going to eat their own fry.
Hello community, once again.... lol
I was just wondering when or if I should separate the fry into a breeder box? I have 3 female and 2 male borellii along with 3 amano shrimp in a 33G long tank. All the females laid eggs at the same time and they all hatched, although ive noticed a lot of...