It's really hard at first with the green water - self-doubt and all "Can they really find enough to eat just from that greenwater? Maybe I should put more in". With the microworms it's easier because they live for a full day in water or maybe longer before they die so if you look in and see them moving on the bottom then you know there is still food for the babies.
Brine shrimp start dying really soon tho so you do need to be careful not to overfeed with them. I do a combo when I feed brine shrimp - some brine shrimp then later I add some microworms in case any of them didn't get any brine shrimp. Microworms just lay on the bottom and wiggle until they get eaten and soon the fish learn to go down and look for them if they feel hungry.
But fry REALLY like brine shrimp! I think my bettas would eat them until they burst their bellies! I think breeders get the fast growth from feeding brine shrimp because it's like chocolate to fish - they'll keep eating way past being full and then just get bigger. LOL!
--- In tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com, Diana Snyder <dianasnyder249@...> wrote:
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> Not moving them for awhile.they are way too small.My husband had a fit just because I mention how i would do water changes.He yell leave it alone ! I wasn't talking now but it will need water changes.Not that I look forward to it.
> I heavy hand at feeding time.Now I've got to learn not too much !!!!
> Diana
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> From: Larry Blanchard <labl@...>
> To: tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, August 1, 2011 4:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [tropical fish club] ? About Gourami frys ( Help) :)
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> On 08/01/2011 12:32 PM, haecklers wrote:
> > I've got 19 tanks going, plus 24 baby bettas jarred up in the kids' bathroom - LOL! It does get addictive.
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> > They are fragile at this size so you don't want to net them. Better to use the turkey baster.
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> If you're talking about transferring them to another tank, I've had good
> luck moving fry by siphoning them out with the same hose I use for water
> changes. I mentioned that to another fishnut and he said he's been
> doing the same thing for years.
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> Larry B.
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> It's turtles, all the way down!
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