Regular Member abcdomo Posted July 18, 2013 Regular Member Share Posted July 18, 2013 How do I know if my fry are eating? I'm trying mixing flakes with tank water to make food but I'm not sure if it's working..I was going to try egg yolk..But I wanted to know like will I know if they are eating? and what is some other foods I can make for them but at home. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member katearei Posted July 18, 2013 Regular Member Share Posted July 18, 2013 I use first bites for food. You'll see them picking at it and you'll see little poops too. I don't know anything about home made foods or anything. I'd give them hard boiled egg yolks before I'd try to give them flake food though 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member GoldenSpoiledRotten Posted July 18, 2013 Regular Member Share Posted July 18, 2013 I second the motion to use Hikari First Bites. Baby Brine Shrimp are also a good food for fry. Flakes, just like for larger fish, are not a very good staple food. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member abcdomo Posted July 18, 2013 Author Regular Member Share Posted July 18, 2013 I use first bites for food. You'll see them picking at it and you'll see little poops too. I don't know anything about home made foods or anything. I'd give them hard boiled egg yolks before I'd try to give them flake food though I second the motion to use Hikari First Bites. Baby Brine Shrimp are also a good food for fry. Flakes, just like for larger fish, are not a very good staple food. I won't be able to get them store food till the weekend though 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member GoldenSpoiledRotten Posted July 18, 2013 Regular Member Share Posted July 18, 2013 I use first bites for food. You'll see them picking at it and you'll see little poops too. I don't know anything about home made foods or anything. I'd give them hard boiled egg yolks before I'd try to give them flake food though I second the motion to use Hikari First Bites. Baby Brine Shrimp are also a good food for fry. Flakes, just like for larger fish, are not a very good staple food. I won't be able to get them store food till the weekend though Are your fry at the free-swimming stage yet? Also, do you have a thread for tracking their progress so that more experienced breeding members can assist? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Goldfish guy Posted July 18, 2013 Regular Member Share Posted July 18, 2013 How big are these fry? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member katearei Posted July 18, 2013 Regular Member Share Posted July 18, 2013 Her fry should be swimming by now they hatched maybe three or four days ago 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member abcdomo Posted July 18, 2013 Author Regular Member Share Posted July 18, 2013 I use first bites for food. You'll see them picking at it and you'll see little poops too. I don't know anything about home made foods or anything. I'd give them hard boiled egg yolks before I'd try to give them flake food though I second the motion to use Hikari First Bites. Baby Brine Shrimp are also a good food for fry. Flakes, just like for larger fish, are not a very good staple food. I won't be able to get them store food till the weekend though Are your fry at the free-swimming stage yet? Also, do you have a thread for tracking their progress so that more experienced breeding members can assist? Yea they are free swimming and I did start one saying that I had fry again but I don't have any pictures on there. How big are these fry? They are about 6mm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member katearei Posted July 18, 2013 Regular Member Share Posted July 18, 2013 http://www.kokosgoldfish.invisionzone.com/forum/index.php?/topic/111783-fry-once-again/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member abcdomo Posted July 18, 2013 Author Regular Member Share Posted July 18, 2013 http://www.kokosgoldfish.invisionzone.com/forum/index.php?/topic/111783-fry-once-again/ Thanks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Goldfish guy Posted July 18, 2013 Regular Member Share Posted July 18, 2013 Baby brine shrimp Hikari first bites spirulina 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member abcdomo Posted July 18, 2013 Author Regular Member Share Posted July 18, 2013 Baby brine shrimp Hikari first bites spirulina spirulina?Please explain haha 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member katearei Posted July 18, 2013 Regular Member Share Posted July 18, 2013 Spirulina is a type of algae. If you look in the frozen fish food section at your local pet store hikari has brine shrimp that are packed with it making them green. I'm not sure if there are other forms of it. I think some of my bottom feeder sinking tabs have it in them 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member abcdomo Posted July 18, 2013 Author Regular Member Share Posted July 18, 2013 I bought these tank nibbler things awhile back for my fish but they never caught on so I rarely feed it to them but they are tabs..They have that kind of algae in it and veggies..Could I soak a tab in water till it dissolves and feed them that? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Goldfish guy Posted July 18, 2013 Regular Member Share Posted July 18, 2013 It's in the freezer in petsmart. Oh yeah and daphnia is perfect I thought of the wrong food lol I meant daphnia not spirulina 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member abcdomo Posted July 18, 2013 Author Regular Member Share Posted July 18, 2013 It's in the freezer in petsmart. Oh yeah and daphnia is perfect I thought of the wrong food lol I meant daphnia not spirulina so I shouldn't try feeding them the tab then since it has that in it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Goldfish guy Posted July 18, 2013 Regular Member Share Posted July 18, 2013 Nah stick to: Daphnia (frozen) Baby brine shrimp Hikari first bites 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member abcdomo Posted July 18, 2013 Author Regular Member Share Posted July 18, 2013 awww today I can see their little front fins move when they swim:) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member katearei Posted July 18, 2013 Regular Member Share Posted July 18, 2013 Do they have tail fins yet? Those are the cutest 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member abcdomo Posted July 18, 2013 Author Regular Member Share Posted July 18, 2013 Do they have tail fins yet? Those are the cutest not yet I can't wait:) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member katearei Posted July 18, 2013 Regular Member Share Posted July 18, 2013 What kind of fish are they? or what kind of goldfish 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member abcdomo Posted July 18, 2013 Author Regular Member Share Posted July 18, 2013 What kind of fish are they? or what kind of goldfish Well their mom and dad are both fantails one is a common and the other is a calico. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member katearei Posted July 18, 2013 Regular Member Share Posted July 18, 2013 That's what my babies were too. Seeing their little tails was amazing. But like a quarter of them had single tails not double 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member abcdomo Posted July 18, 2013 Author Regular Member Share Posted July 18, 2013 That's what my babies were too. Seeing their little tails was amazing. But like a quarter of them had single tails not double was it a deformity or just genetics? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member katearei Posted July 18, 2013 Regular Member Share Posted July 18, 2013 It's just genetics I'm sure some of yours will also 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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