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    Next best thing to BS?

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    Hi guys, long time no post and so much has changed, even got yourselves a new domain. cool.

    anyway, like to find out what else can i feed fries other than live brineshrimps. the thought of hatching them makes me veri sian. my fries will only take live food. i stay in the west and got no transport, so going to far far places to buy live daphnia also sian. anyone got any suggestions? thanks in advance.

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    simple lar pygo ^ ^
    juz dump in one whole bottle of fert into green water (in a separate tank)
    put in some daphnia
    add fry
    voila

    the water change try to do daily
    aerate with airstone
    i realised i lost a few thru poor water conditions as well as aeration

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    Sure or not, 1 whole bottle of fert. Wait scarly the fish die of fert poisoning.[] How big is your one bottle?

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    On 12/29/2001 4:19:15 PM

    simple lar pygo ^ ^
    juz dump in one whole bottle of fert into green water (in a separate tank)
    put in some daphnia
    add fry
    voila

    the water change try to do daily
    aerate with airstone
    i realised i lost a few thru poor water conditions as well as aeration

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    must in be placed under direct sunlight?

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    ^ ^
    not literally all of 1 bottle
    every few days 2~3 capfuls can liao
    there's no need for direct sunlight
    PL tubes should do fine

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    On 12/29/2001 5:17:57 PM

    ^ ^
    not literally all of 1 bottle
    every few days 2~3 capfuls can liao
    there's no need for direct sunlight
    PL tubes should do fine

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    A cheaper way, just dump in a piece of jobe stick..best is one high in P.[] []
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    Microworms makes a good alternative food...I heard. I'm trying it out now.
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    Agree wif Chris that microworms very good for certain fish frys.
    I tried feeding them to my guppy frys and great substitute for BS but when I feed them to my Angelfish frys, most of them kena swim bladder disease and die off one by one.

    Utimately, nothing beats BS for fry food.
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    On 12/29/2001 4:19:15 PM

    simple lar pygo ^ ^
    juz dump in one whole bottle of fert into green water (in a separate tank)
    put in some daphnia
    add fry
    voila

    the water change try to do daily
    aerate with airstone
    i realised i lost a few thru poor water conditions as well as aeration

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    but will the fert in large amt be harmful to the fries?

    er...is the separate tank procedure necessary, coz eventually the tank will include fry+daphnia+fert....so can i just dump in fert and daphnia in the fry tank?

    also...where to get daphnia? not been to lfs lately

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    On 12/29/2001 11:51:59 PM

    Agree wif Chris that microworms very good for certain fish frys.
    I tried feeding them to my guppy frys and great substitute for BS but when I feed them to my Angelfish frys, most of them kena swim bladder disease and die off one by one.

    Utimately, nothing beats BS for fry food.
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    hmm...so where to i get this microworm thingy? can it be purchased?

    agreed nothing beats BS, both in terms as a source of food and the effort put in hatching them []

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    pygo
    what i did last time
    small plastic terrapin tank
    add green water
    add fert
    under PL lights
    add daphnia
    add fry
    that's about it

    every 2~3 days replace water and add some fert (2~3 capfuls should be enough)

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    pygo
    what i did last time
    small plastic terrapin tank
    add green water
    add fert
    under PL lights
    add daphnia
    add fry
    that's about it

    every 2~3 days replace water and add some fert (2~3 capfuls should be enough)

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    huh? u raise ur fries in a small terrapin tank?

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    the plastic ones
    croaking gourami fry

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    Thanks for all the info guys.

    One last thing though....where to get some live daphnia?

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    Microworms has very little nutritional value. They are only suitable for 1-2 day old free swimming frys. If you feed them MWs as a staple diet, your frys will have stunted growth and have swim bladder problems and other deformaties.

    I know this from experience from my 1st betta spawn, when I was blur-blur.
    So, it's either bbs or daphnia if you want healthy frys.

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    I hate BBS. Lots of wastage. Difficult to catch. What methods do you guys normally use to collect BBS from a container?

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    Nick> actually quite simple for me. i siphon the BS into another container but the water will be filtered by a piece of cloth. thus the "filtered" water will just be SW and i pour it back into the hatchery. then i will just dump the cloth in a small bowl of FW and use a syringe to feed the fry. wastage is minimal, however hassle is to the max...sibeh sian.

    Vican...guess no choice lor...BS liao...think tonight muz prepare liao.

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    There are lots of articles in the internet on brine shrimp hatchery.
    But I got my brine shrimp net from Sin Chew at Guillemart rd.

    Alternatively, use a coffee sock that you can buy from the supermarket. It should catch the bs without them going thru.

    Personally, I also don't like hatching bbs. I always feed MW for 1-2 days then switch to daphnia.

    Note that my experience comes from betta frys, not other frys. Betta frys are more choosy about food and more fragile than most other frys because they are really tiny frys when hatched. Lots of ppl have mentioned that prepared fry food works for their frys.

    I do add some fry food inside the tank, but I've never seen them eat it.
    Good luck with your breeding. It's a really enjoyable experience.
    I never fail to be amazed with each of my betta spawns, the miracle of life.

    As an egg, you can even see the eyes forming thru the egg membrane!

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    vican, where to get daphnia? thanks!

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    Hi,

    You can get Daphnia at a few places..
    (1) Lam Hong at Ang Mo kio.. quite a constant supply at 50 cents or a dollar pkt.

    (2) Yishun aquarium (Chong Pang at Yishun)

    (3) KS aquatics (Yishun near the above shop)

    (4) Ganges at Lor Halus (Loyang agrotech park)

    (5) Bedok North fish shop...the one near the ba chor mee but not the cheap until siao Bedok fish shop or the small booth aquarium there. beside the blk 84. Think tuesday and sat supply also at 1 dollar pkt..

    (6) Ubi House of Bettas

    Hope that helps..note that it might be difficult to get a daily supply due to their availability being decreased during

    Hope that helps..what fries are u rearing now?
    =) Gd luck,
    tltan

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