Regular Member Kat_M Posted May 31, 2013 Regular Member Share Posted May 31, 2013 Hi guys! Just a quick question. I have just fed some artemia shelless decapsulated brine shrimp eggs to my fry but they seem to be not able to eat them. I can clearly see that the fry are interested and they take some eggs but they spit them out almost immediately. My fry are almost 2 weeks old. Are they too young for this kind of food? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member FlipsHere Posted May 31, 2013 Regular Member Share Posted May 31, 2013 Are you feeding them eggs or using the eggs to hatch brine shrimps then feeding them to fry? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member blackmoors Posted May 31, 2013 Regular Member Share Posted May 31, 2013 I fed my fry finely crushed fish flake and had live plant that had algae on it. Until they were about a month old they were more interested in algae than anything else. My water was not crysyal clear had a bit of floating algae through it which they loved. I did an experiment on another group of fry where I kept that tank spotless etc. The yuckier tank fry grew ALOT faster and coloured quicker. The spotless tank fry didnt seem to be getting anywhere. So I put some alage covered plant from my pond in and noticed great results. So maybe the eggs are to 'solid' ? Maybe crush them a bit ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Kat_M Posted May 31, 2013 Author Regular Member Share Posted May 31, 2013 Are you feeding them eggs or using the eggs to hatch brine shrimps then feeding them to fry? No, I just gave them some eggs. I just thought that may enjoy something different. I fed my fry finely crushed fish flake and had live plant that had algae on it. Until they were about a month old they were more interested in algae than anything else. My water was not crysyal clear had a bit of floating algae through it which they loved. I did an experiment on another group of fry where I kept that tank spotless etc. The yuckier tank fry grew ALOT faster and coloured quicker. The spotless tank fry didnt seem to be getting anywhere. So I put some alage covered plant from my pond in and noticed great results. So maybe the eggs are to 'solid' ? Maybe crush them a bit ? Had did you managed to keep the tank crystal clear??? I do the housekeeping twice a day (WC + hoovering bottom ) and it is still messy And I agree, they love algae. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member mikroll Posted May 31, 2013 Regular Member Share Posted May 31, 2013 Decap B S is super fry food. Just continue to try little as soon they will be big enough 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member noodlebox-dragon Posted July 25, 2013 Regular Member Share Posted July 25, 2013 It may be that they are too young... I had the same problem with them spitting the eggs out when they were definitely big enough to eat them though. I let them settle on the bottom of the tank and I assume the fry were eating them as they shot up in size..! I think it may be that they can taste a little of the preservation fluid on the eggs and that is putting them off. I'd try rinsing them a little longer before adding them and see what happens. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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