Nutrition is especially applicable to Werneri but H2OQ ( if listmembers
will forgive the abbreviation for water quality) is a universal problem for
fry-raising especially in small volumes that are often unbuffered and
grossly overfed.
<<I have successfully raised werneri past about three months by hatching
them and keeping them in a bare 2ft aquarium
with a small sponge filter at a temp of about 23 degrees.>>
I would still be wary of big swings in pH etc if your water is soft and not
well buffered. 23C sounds a bit cool for fry to me but OK for adults.But if
it is working then go for it.
<<They were being
fed APR and liquid fry mixed together and dropped infront of the larvae
twice a day until they could eat artemia nauplii and fine flake food.>>
You could try a drip-feeder with your greenwater/APR suspension etc sitting
above the tank with an airstone keeping the mixture in suspension and a
fine siphon continuously dripping in all day.
<< I also keep a few small two week old bristlenose cats in the
tank to eat up any scraps.>>
Lots of us use snails too - either on purpose or accidentally with the
green water.
<<I would like to hear about what other people think about APR verses more
natural feeds such as freshwater strains of rotifers.>>
The rotifers should be the best but most of us are not in the happy
position of having access to them.Perhaps you will be kind enough to post
us some of your experiences. Or even make cultures available to us. I seem
to remember that some of the marine rotifers are able to be dried and
transported by mail to start up cultures a bit like brine shrimp.
Bruce Hansen
ANGFA