Fry helppppp

[duanes]

Agree with Ryan and Aquanero, and I would not feed beefheart, it fouls faster than brine shrimp, and the mammalian fat is very hard for young fish to digest.
I feed brine shrimp and pureed peas, and pellets, but my fry tanks are in a line with other tanks so they are constantly flushed, and they get 50% water change per day.

Because ebgds are a very inbred, line bred fish, you should expect to have more deformities in a spawn, such as curved spines and such, than in non-line bred fish.
Out of 100 fry, you'd be lucky to get 25 or less acceptable fish in the end.
And as you see, nature has its own way of culling those that can not truly make it in the end, make sure you get rid of carcasses as soon as noticed.
If you see curved spines, broken looking jaws, flared gill plates, etc, it is best to cull them right away, and use as feeders rather than keep them around.

 

[macframalama]

also your fry and other fish may be dieing because of fright

if your walking around your tanks topless with clothespegs on your man boobs it could be causeing your male jd to commit suicide out of fright


ha ha haaaaaa anyways all joking aside do what the others said they know whats up
and nipple clamps not a good look for you bro lol

 

[Becca3766]

Daily water changes are sooooo important with fry, especially the ebjds.

 

[sambenoit]

What should I feed them? I dont want to feed the ebjd fry bbs

 

[sambenoit]

also your fry and other fish may be dieing because of fright

if your walking around your tanks topless with clothespegs on your man boobs it could be causeing your male jd to commit suicide out of fright


ha ha haaaaaa anyways all joking aside do what the others said they know whats up
and nipple clamps not a good look for you bro lol

^^^^ LOL that how I get them to breed with my looks and when they see my clamps, Then they know what to do...

 

[Aquanero]

What should I feed them? I dont want to feed the ebjd fry bbs

Did you read our posts? We told you what to do.

 

[sambenoit]

I was reading so crushed flakes and first bites

 

[macframalama]

thats awesome good stuff, i use a bud buster and grind a mix of good flakes and hikari gold pellets to dust and feed that

 

[spike38]

I start my fry out on microworms, Spectrum small fry starter, frozen bbs or crushed flake.
Some java moss. Once they are free swimming, They don't need the parents.
Bare bottom is best, And I throw in a large apple snail, To help keep it clean
Remove any uneaten food on a regular basis
Water changes, To keep the growth rate up.
A mild preventative for velvet.
And cull them as soon as I can be sure of the results

Spike

 

[duanes]

I have a tiny food processor, I take frozen peas, a few pellets and puree them in tank water, and shoot them into the school of fry.

in nature most fry constantly graze on algae, the peas seem close. It has worked with everything from haitiensus and Viejas, to grammodes.