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Control the feeding. Too much food, they might die. Also, too much food dirties the water. I only feed mine once a day, controlled amount.
hi haha my current apisto fry triple red is eating non stop as long as it continues eating i'm suppose to feed it? will it like blot and die cause it eats too much?
Control the feeding. Too much food, they might die. Also, too much food dirties the water. I only feed mine once a day, controlled amount.
Eugene (^_^)
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the thing is that it seems to be so hungry all the time once i put my hand over the tank it will swim to the surface looking for food. and the belly already quite big, it even attack the cory that was trying to eat. but the cory is much bigger so no effect.
All fishes will eat non stop as that is their instincts...
They never know when the next meal will come in nature... So since we are the 'Nature' here, we can control when their next meal will come...
think i will also stop feeding them so freqent now.
BTW, my fries are about 5 days old. when do i separate them from the parents?
Tried once but the fierce mother keep attacking my scoop/spoon. and the fries always lay low to the ground. Very difficult to catch. Any suggestion?
Last edited by bettarism; 23rd Jan 2007 at 11:13.
In my experience, I remove the male shortly after the fries are free swimming. It seems the female is more stressed with the male around.
The female can stay until the fries are semi adult size.
These are from my experience with A.vijieta, A.wilhemi (cannot even spell them now!).
Happy Breeding!
Last edited by Justikanz; 23rd Jan 2007 at 12:11.
how do you decide what is enough for a meal? i feed till the belly is bloated and twice a day.yet it still seems to be hungry and comes all the way to the surface everytime i go near the tank.
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Well, i seriously think that feeding the fries twice a day are toooo much...Base on my experience,it will be better just to feed the fries once a day and it will be sufficient....If the fries are still hungry, they will look around the plants for microorgamise..which are much better...
Ps: I had a very bad experience feeding the A.elizabathae Fries...
Last Time regime:
Feed babay brineshrimp (BBS) in the morning after vacuming the floor... Feed BBS in the Afternoon..In the End???Lost the whole brood of fries!!!!! Fries are dead due to over-feeding...Based on the advice from some experienced breeder..
Now Feeding Regime"
Feed only once a Day without vacuming the floor...In the End??My whole brood of A.elizabathae fries are growing up well...
And based on my observation,the fries will grown up faster when they are left with their mum...Reason are....
1)Mum will take much better care of them from the ditter fishes..
2)Spaces are much bigger and it's also a point for faster fries growth..
3)With bigger space,fries will grow up more healthy as they got more space to swim around..and there are more micro-orgamise for them to look out for...
Just my 2 cents worth
Regards
Milk
Last edited by Justikanz; 24th Jan 2007 at 12:28. Reason: Removing immediate quotation
Wow! Okay I'll take note not to feed so much then. By the way, mine is ten weeks old.
Last edited by benny; 25th Jan 2007 at 00:39.
As the fries grow bigger you can regulate to more frequent feeding.
As a rule for me, I regulate the amount but increase frequency of feed.
Agree with MILK, the female can stay until they are semi adult.
How long before they are considered baby adults...
For me, when the fries are "weaned" off from BBS; that is they can take alternative food source, I will remove the female.
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