HenryT
"The idea is to die young as late as possible" Ashley Montagu
Quoting anutej-in-loxinfo.co.th:
> I have some success with red shiner fry using powder-like dry food for
> fry, and cyclops when they are big enough [I have no BBS]. Microworms
> are eaten with gusto but somehow they seem to cause deformities so now
> I would use them only when absolutely necessary. Fry of other
> Cyprinellas I had kept are much easier to rear. Generally they are
> stronger swimmers and grow faster.
>
> Tony
>
>
> Peter Unmack wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, 15 Apr 2006 anutej-in-loxinfo.co.th wrote:
> >
> > > Of all Cyprinellas I had bred red shiners are the easiest to spawn
> > > [almost always ready], but their eggs seem smallest and their young
> > > are the hardest for me to rear. Greenfins and others either have
> > > larger eggs or easier to rear youngs.
> >
> > That's a good point. Allan Semeit's article suggested fry were small, but
> > he fed baby brine and crushed flake food and-in-least some of them made it
> > through ok. What have you tried feeding your baby red shiners?
> >
> > One food that is popular with rainbowfish people in Australia is
> > vinegar eels. Would seem to me that these would be great for smaller baby
> > minnows too small for baby brine shrimp. But does anyone here on this use
> > them-in-all? I wrote an article in AFM a few years ago on them, a similar
> > version to that can be found here,
> > http://www.peter.unmack.net/papers/1996.vinegeel.rt.html
> >
> > Cheers
> > Peter
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