HBH or Hikari for BN fry

[hck]

I am enclosing some pictures of my observation of the 2 brands of wafer. Which is more suitable for BN fry?
Hikari - start breaking up within 15mins in water, became a mess in less than 1hr. More manageable by the fry because they are softer?
HBH - wafer remain intact even after 2 days in water. Too hard for fry? but more vege based.

[johannes]

actually both are alright, as long as you know that the fry are eating well on both pellets.
just remember to siphon the uneaten ones the next day.

[zapbranigan]

you can also try decapsulated bbs eggs for the first few weeks just to get them eating or some NLS pellets. But in my opinion you should go for hikari as it has more "meat" content inside it and it's softer.

Fries do not have their dentures formed in the beginning. Thus making it difficult to eat harder pellets/food.

[johannes]

for bristlenoses it is advisable to feed green matter when they are young.

[hck]

Thanks guys. I am feeding decap and wafer. When I discovered the hikari wafer mess, I immediately siphoned most of it in case it fouls water and left just 1/8 behind. This morning when I looked in, its gone, so they were eating. I have also tried a blanched baby romaine lettuce and looks like half the fry are eating, but just wondering if vegi will foul water more easily.

[zapbranigan]

just take out the vegetables in the morning like what you're doing with the wafers before and they should be fine. Try feeding them zucchini , that'll be a better choice for me(easier to prepare) or blanched peas without the shells.

Usually it takes some time for the fry to know that the lettuce is food. Give it a go for another day or 2 and I think it'll be fine.

Zucchini's nutritional value

Lettuce's nutritional value

Congrats on your spawn by the way

[hck]

Thanks, I just found out last nite, all the fries were grazing at the piece of romaine lettuce, so they are beginning to accept that as food. I used to feed the adults zucchini for a very short period until I got lazy and stopped (too lazy to blanch). Zucchini does get a little mushy, but I think I might have left it in the water for too long, approx 18hrs, and large WC is not a problem with adult, not too sure about fries. This time round, I left the lettuce in the breeder box for fries, for less than 12hrs just once, it didn't give problem. I will try that timing when I next use zucchini.

[zapbranigan]

you don't have to blanch the zucchini. Feed it raw, just tie it down to something to make it sink.