My 2 cents, any feedbcack welcomed about Micorworms, as I have been
using them for only 6 months.
Regards
balik
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--- In r_m_l at yahoogroups.com, "Julie Zeppieri" <bowluvr at h...> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In my experience baby brine is too large for new rainbow fry to be
able to
> eat. They have to do some growing before that are large enough to
eat the
> brine. This can take a week or two before they are large enough
depending
> upon the species and the rate at which they are growing.
>
> I use a product called "Microfood," by a company called "OSI." This
is a
> mirco-fine powder food that is small enough for the tiny fry to eat
right
> away. Unlike the liquid food that you used before, this Microfood is
easier
> to control the portions on, so you are less likely to foul the tank.
Also,
> if you feed it by sprinkling a very tiny amount onto the surface of
the
> water, the fry can easily eat it since they stay up near the
surface, too.
> The liquid food disperses all over the water column so most of it is
wasted
> as the fry will never even see it.
>
> Microfood will last a long time since you only need a tiny amount
for any
> feeding. Therefore to keep it from going stale you need to keep it
cool. I
> keep mine outside of my fishroom in our cold basement. In the past I
kept it
> in the refridgerator. If you keep it cool so it doesn't spoil, one
small
> package will last you a very, very long time.
>
> I have also used vinegar eels and while they do work well, the
Microfood is
> even easier to use. A combination of the two foods would be ideal I
think.
> :-)
>
> Julie <><
>
> >From: "magnar_vatne" <magna-v at o...>
> >Reply-To: r_m_l at yahoogroups.com
> >To: r_m_l at yahoogroups.com
> >Subject: [RML] Question about Artemia and frys
> >Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2005 21:41:32 -0000
> >
> >
> >Hello,
> >5 1/2 nmonth ago I received some eggs of R.Ornatus from G.Maebe.
> >Only 2 of them manage to grow up. Lucky for me it was a male and a
> >female. A few days ago I discovered frys, about 10 of them.
> >
> >Offcourse I would like all of them to grow up. Last time I used
> >liqiud fry food from a bootle the first two weeks. Mayby this food
> >wasn't good enough? So I bougth a artemia hatcher to put into the
> >aquarium.
> >
> >My question, if any of you are using live artemia, do the newborns
> >take live artemia allready, or should I wait for a period until I
> >start the hatcher? ( I have already tested it, but the artemia
> >looked a little bit to big for theese small frys :-) , it was
easier
> >to spot them then the frys)
> >
> >Best regards
> >Magnar Vatne
> >Norway
> >
> >
> >