Red Ceibal fry ?'s

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Jack Dempsey
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This go around I was prepared and had a 16g ready to go with a sponge filter with cycled media. I still cannot keep the little ones alive. I am using Hikari first bites and I would assume at least some would eat it. I am down to less than 10 out of 150 or so after 4 days. Besides live brine shrimp what else can i use. Next time I will have 'frozen baby brine shrimp' to try, but this is a bit ridiculous. Any suggestions from those with experience with this species? It seems that people were right when they said this species is harder to raise.
 
sorry dont know about red ceibals but the hikari bites is what i used with some festae fry, but i mixed it in a cup of tankwater before putting it in the tank so that it would sink better and when they were really little i would turn off the filter for like 10min to give them a chance to eat it before it was sucked up into the filter
 
Sarah88;3819262; said:
sorry dont know about red ceibals but the hikari bites is what i used with some festae fry, but i mixed it in a cup of tankwater before putting it in the tank so that it would sink better and when they were really little i would turn off the filter for like 10min to give them a chance to eat it before it was sucked up into the filter
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I think the bigger cichlids have bigger fry allowing more wiggle room in feeding. Turning the filter off is a real good idea though... although they should be able to pick it off the sponge.

They are free swimming in the parents tank but when I add them to the smaller tank they just scoot along the bottom. They have got me quite flustered :confused:
 
I've had better luck with Golden Pearls (available from Kensfish.com and other places) than Hikari First Bites. Chanchito babies are tiny.

Another strategy is to initially keep the babies in a net breeder in the (empty) fry tank. That way you can concentrate food to them. I've even used a catch cup.

I've heard rotifers are good as well...even tried some frozen ones...but I've had best luck with the Golden pearls...

Matt
 
finely crushed flake food, it would be smaller size
 
You could try decapsulated brineshrimp or daphnia.
 
dogofwar;3820211; said:
I've had better luck with Golden Pearls (available from Kensfish.com and other places) than Hikari First Bites. Chanchito babies are tiny.

Another strategy is to initially keep the babies in a net breeder in the (empty) fry tank. That way you can concentrate food to them. I've even used a catch cup.

I've heard rotifers are good as well...even tried some frozen ones...but I've had best luck with the Golden pearls...

Matt
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Pretty much exactly what I would recommend. Golden pearls are the best for getting new fry to eat and I've had much higher % of spawns live since I started using it.
 
With all my fry I feed Infusoria for the first couple days. Then start
feeding first bites and brine shrimp along with Infusoria. Need to start it as soon as the eggs are layed.
 
I take the Oblongum fry from the parents a couple days after free swimming.

They go in the 26g tank with sponge filter. After a couple more days they swim around and swarm.

Video http://s453.photobucket.com/albums/qq257/zz430t56/?action=view&current=Oblongum_freeswim.flv

I then feed them de-encapsulated brine shrimp eggs. I heard they are more nutricious then hatched baby brine shrimp and certainly easier.

Just a small pinch four times a day. I add to water and swish the surface with my hand. They sink slowly and the fry come out and gobble them up. At this point they just hear my hand in the water and come out to feed.

I dont think I have lost any this time around. I am no expert but it works for numerous times.

...Bill
 
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