Food For Fry

[perfectlyflawed]

I've recently began looking for different food for my fry, something more nutritius than flake food. Do any of these sound good for Guppy fry?

Microworms:
Thriving microworm culture, ready to feed. Microworms are the perfect 1st food for fry, they are nutritius, don't swim away and live up to 30 hours in your fry tank so they will not foul the water if you overfeed. Microworm cultures can be restarted endlessly.

Baby Tropic Fish Food:
This product is excellent for most species of baby Tropical fish, ranging in age from about one to ten weeks. Formulated for vigorous growth, rapid development, strong immunity, and vivid coloration. Contains essential HUFA’s (highly unsaturated fatty acids), particularly those of the “Omega-3â€￾ family.
Particle Size: Approximately 100 to 500 Microns.
Particle Buoyancy: Blend of Floating, Slowly Sinking, and Neutral.
Main Ingredients: Spirulina, Premium Select Fish Meal, Fish Oil, Brine Shrimp, Earthworm, Krill, Egg, Liver, Plankton, Anchovy, Wheat Germ, Wheat Flour, Soy, Squid, Yeast, Wheat Gluten, Kelp, Salmon Roe, Scallops, Tubifex Worms, Lecithin, Oat, Alfalfa Leaf, Carrot, Squash, Spinach, Lettuce, Green Peas, and Zucchini.
Color Enhancers: Capxanthin, Xanthophyll, Carotenoid, Astaxanthin, Roe, and Spirulina.
Vitamins: A, B1, B2, B6, B12, Biotin, Folic Acid, D3, E, K, and Stabilized C.
Analysis: Minimum Protein: 49%, Minimum Fat 12%, Maximum Fiber: 2%, Maximum Moisture: 10%, Maximum Ash: 10%.

Brine Shrimp Eggs:
Hatch in 24-30 hours.

What do you recomend?

 

[Annastasia]

BBS and Microworms are good, as is any small, high-protein food (Frozen, Live, Freeze-dried). The other food sounds like basic fry food, which can be a good staple. Alternating in the high-protein foods and some small bits of veggies will be best for them.

 

[perfectlyflawed]

Will lettuce be good?

 

[Annastasia]

Lettuce is fine. Most any veggie is good, but with the harder ones, you'll want to steam or blanch it to soften it up a bit. Livebearers can't really chew food, per se, so it has to be easy to eat. If you choose to feed peas, which is a common choice, you'll need to shell them too.

 

[perfectlyflawed]

Ohh I see. Thank you very much for your help. I worry a lot about the little ones.

 

[Neo8223]

what salt do you use when hatching the BBS. I use 1 table spoon of sea salt per litre and it seems to get the shrimp to hatch within 40 hours topps.
Table salt isnt as good but still gives about 85% hatch rate.
Also has anyone had much luck with the shell-less shrimp eggs? I used them twice then gave up as they just never hathed! (well only like 2 or 3 would out of 100!)

I normally feed my fry microworms from my neighbours culture, (which i will take a bit from and make up my own) and brine shrimp. I also feed flakes. I dont bother with liquifry.

 

[Daveptkd]

what salt do you use when hatching the BBS. I use 1 table spoon of sea salt per litre and it seems to get the shrimp to hatch within 40 hours topps.
Table salt isnt as good but still gives about 85% hatch rate.
Also has anyone had much luck with the shell-less shrimp eggs? I used them twice then gave up as they just never hathed! (well only like 2 or 3 would out of 100!)

I normally feed my fry microworms from my neighbours culture, (which i will take a bit from and make up my own) and brine shrimp. I also feed flakes. I dont bother with liquifry.

Hi,

I use de-capsulated brine shripm eggs, I assume that's de-shelled, and at my first attemp hatched like thousands in 24 hours!!! i'm currently feeding them and they are growing up

the salt comes in a tablet, right size for hatcher! (about 250ml I think!!)

cheers

Dave