It is easy to overfeed fry as they are usually in a smaller volume and have
less vigorous filtration installed
Another system for feeding APR involves suspending it in water in a jar
with an airstone bubbling away and allow it to slowly siphon into the fry
tank with an airline and valve
Regards,
Bruce.
bhansen at ozemail.com.au
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> From: caryho at ix.netcom.com
> To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> Subject: Re: [RML] How much APR?
> Date: Wednesday, 3 December 1997 14:03
>
> In The Dawn of the Third Age Stephen Boulet-CSB046
> <Stephen_Boulet-CSB046 at email.mot.com> woke me from my contemplation by
> writing:
>
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I have some fry swimming about in different tanks (praecox and bleheri
-- > >thanks, Cary). > > > >How much and how often do I sprinkle APR on the surface? > > > >Thanks. > > > Just a light dusting on the surface. When I first started using APR, I > would dip my finger in the can and collect a small amount on my > finger. Then I would rub my fingers together and watch the dust land > and the surface and spread out. You should see the fry come up and > begin eating. If you watch a while you'll see the bellies begin to > swell and turn yellow. It doesn't take very much at all so go very > lightly at first until you get a feel for it. Its easy to sprinkle in > a little more but impossible to remove. I also like to throw in a > snail or two when they begin hatching and the apr feeding begins. This > gives you natures own clean up crew. I use the those nuisance rams > horn snails that I abhor getting into my planted tanks. The larger > adult snails seem to work best because they can't get at the eggs very > easily. The small freshly hatched ones I find in the mops all the > time. I have seen them eating eggs, but have never been sure if these > were infertile or live eggs. > > good luck > Cary Hostrawser > > My Rainbowfish Home Page > http://pw2.netcom.com/~caryho/home.html > > Rainbowfish Study Group Web Page > http://home.stlnet.com/~gwlange/rainbowfish.index.html