Re: NANFA-- Longears Spawned! What do I feed 'em?

B.G. Granier (bgkajun_at_worldnet.att.net)
Tue, 31 Jul 2001 15:17:06 -0500

Too bad, Claudette.......

As young fry, they are extremely difficult to detect until you've attempted
to drain a tank.......

When you reached your destination, just fill the tank with treated water and
afterwards, until you've hatched some BBS (Baby Brine Shrimp), feed them
until their little bellies are glowing pink and they're on their way to
growing up.

And please remember that in the wilds, only about 1 % would ever make it to
adult-size anyway!

Best of luck and don't feel too badly,

BG

----- Original Message -----
From: Claudette Goldstein <claudettegoldstein_at_hotmail.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 2:47 PM
Subject: NANFA-- Longears Spawned! What do I feed 'em?

> My longears decided to spawn during my move from OH to KY! I didn't find
out
> until I had poured the aquarium water down the toilet & saw a hundred or
so
> pinkish things w/black spots swimming in my toilet!
>
> Unfortunately, That was the last of the water in that tank. I immediately
> poured some fresh water into the newly emptied tank & saw a few still
> amongst the scattered gravel. I sucked them out with extra airline tubing
> (almost swallowed a couple!) over 3 days (it's VERY hard to catch these
> little guys...swimming pepper!).
>
> I was only able to recover 11 survivors in the moving incident...I feel
> *really* bad about the whole thing...I had been waiting for them to spawn
> for 6 months!.
>
> Anyway, I have the 11 babes in a ten gallon (pre-established tank, just
> drained to 4" for the move...) with 3 hours light/day, pea-sized gravel, a
> creek rock, amazon sword babies, anacharis, and an airstone. I took out
the
> filter because I thought they've been through enough abuse! It's a week
> later now & I'm wondering if I should be feeding them something!
>
> Water changes in small amounts are about every 2 days. They are about 2mm
> long with bright red eyes & transparent bodies that illuminate bluish when
I
> shine a flashlight at them.
>
> Do I need filtration now? If not, then when & how to filtrate without
> sucking them up?
>
> My local pet stores aren't well stocked for live foods (especially for
lil'
> ones) or even for fry...I could only find brine shrimp eggs (I've never
been
> able to get them to hatch!) and 'Liquifry'-one for egg layers and one for
> live-bearing.
>
> Since I only have 11 I'm afraid of overfeeding...
>
> If I had to guess when they hatched it would be somewhere around the
> 12th-16th of July. I'm really not sure.
>
> Any advice or referrals would be greatly appreciated!
>
> I feel *really*, *really* terrible! ):
>
> Thanks,
> Amy
>
> BTW- these were the only losses during my move [unless you count a
> mattress...but then that story is for my mattress list... ;) ]
>
>
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