JLake Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 Pulled the last tangs out of my 180 on sat. Tonight i was pulling out the last few rocks and shells. inside the largest shell that the red fin compressiceps hangs out near is about 30 to 50 free swimming fry. Question, can they eat crushed up nls grow? i add it to water and inserted the water/nls mixture into the shell via syringe. Is this gonna feed em? i couldnt tell if they were eating it or not. can i add the shell back into moms new tank? i doubt it. any advice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 They're quite small, but you may have a few survive on that diet. I used a mixture of crushed NLS Grow and micro/bananaworms to feed mine when I had them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLake Posted January 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 Yeah microworms really helped my ocellatus babies survive. These fry are already past the spinning 360 swim stage. They all hover near the shell entrance. What aboubt freshly hatched brine shrimp? They just absorbed their yolk sacks. So I'm guessing they will start dying soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLake Posted January 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 i dont think they are eating. how long till they will die? they all left the shell and are swimming around everywhere. Is there another option to feed them besides live? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corrosionjerry Posted January 9, 2011 Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 I used crushed up flake/ON1 and cyclop-eeze and mine were good to go.... now after about 4 mos are on NLS 1mm... they grow super slow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLake Posted January 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 thanks jerry, i dont think they r eating but it seems like 50 are alive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunl Posted January 9, 2011 Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 Most fry will pick at any kind of detritus....crush it small, and they might be grabbing it when you're not looking.....filter feeding, as it were... Good luck with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLake Posted January 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 yeah they must be eating something, i cant find any dead ones and it looks like 50 was a modest estimation. I also think mom and dad have started again in their new home. this can really become a problem for me. They seem to be very thin but now when i spread some powdered food on the top and blow it under the water, they all eat. I found their original shipping document, they are altolamprologus compressiceps Chituta "red fin" nice fish. dad gets super dark when in the mood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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