Re: NANFA-- Least Darters
BILL HOPPE (zzzzzzbill_at_yahoo.com)
Mon, 4 Jun 2001 09:44:17 -0700 (PDT)
Moina species water fleas at hatching are much
smaller than new hatched brine shrimp , unlike brine
shrimp they live in fresh water , feed on green water
, are much less likely to "crash" than Daphnia water
flea species ,tolerate warm temperatures and
overcrowding more than daphnia species .
Vinegar/wine/micro eels are very small fry food ,
young vinegar eels will pass through an average coffee
filter , will live a long time in "fresh" water , do
not need to be constantly re-cultured like micro worms
, do not compete for oxygen in the fry tank and
naturally concentrate at the water surface as most fry
do which makes them available to the fry .
Grindal worms are good food for larger/older fry
,are stable cultures at warmer temperatures than white
worms , are smaller than white worms , can be cultured
right along with red earth worms and I've yet to meet
a darter that didn't seem to enjoy them . If the
Grindals get into the gravel darters stay on high
alert to pounce on them when they show their little
heads . The Grindals go to the bottom where the
darters usually are .
--- Michiganfish_at_aol.com wrote:
> I need some help!
>
> I have my Least Darters spawning. Aroud the middle
> of May they began to hatch. I put the in gren water
> and also feed them APR. after a few days I started
> putting Brine shrimp napali. I whet camping for
> four days on Memorial day weekend and when I got
> home they all had died. I thought they starved.
> May 30 more hatched out Same as above last night I
> could see Brine shrimp in some of their bellies.
> This morning all dead. I'm still getting eggs so I
> have more chances.
>
> Some of my thoughts
>
> The salt in brine shrimp can kill baby cory cats
> maybe thats whats happening with the least dartes.
>
> Im going to try not using green water so I can easly
> see whats going on and feed micro worms instead of
> brine shrimp.
>
> Any ideas lot of great breeders out there what do
> you think?
>
> Bob Muller
>
>
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