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Where can you find live food for betta fry. All 200 of my fry died bc of non live food(frozen) they didn't rlly want it bc it wasn't alive.
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Baby brine shrimp. Invest in eggs and a hatchery.
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Alternatively you could try microworms. They are smaller than baby brine shrimp and arguably easier to prepare. You can buy a culture off the internet for like five bucks.
It's best to have a couple of things going at once, I fed my sparkling gourami and killi fry microworms, infusoria, baby brine shrimp, egg yolk and powdered flakes. Later in their development ostracods and daphnia too.
It's best to have a couple of things going at once, I fed my sparkling gourami and killi fry microworms, infusoria, baby brine shrimp, egg yolk and powdered flakes. Later in their development ostracods and daphnia too.
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ebay and craigslist are made up of completely different sellers, look for a new seller that has good feedback. Plus, mold occurs very easily in microworm cultures, it might be because the substrate used is too deep, or if your container is too humid.
Alternatively you could try vinegar eels, they're much easier IME and don't grow mold.
Hi all,
I have no experience with betta fry but am feeding two different species daily as I write this.
A link on culturing micro worms that may help?
Don’t worry about a bit of mould in a container just take a small teaspoon of live micro worms and start multiple containers. Sooner or later you will get an explosion of worms. Only after a month you will need to start again from an old teaspoon into new bread or dry potatoe. I suspect the container used for transport did not have tiny holes in the lid to let air in?
You ask when you can start feeding.
The fry will show you. When they are free swimming put a tiny tiny amount ( small than a match head) in water and use a turkey baster to squirt the water into the cloud of fry. Watching the fry will tell you when they are eating as you can see them going back and forth with each mouthful as they snap at the food.
On day one and day two of free swimming try it. On day 3 or 4 you should see them eating and that is the time to start feeding multiple times per day (4).
Nether vinegar eels or micro worms are a complete food source. Ideally you could be feeding both along with Infusorea. After a short time as they have grown a bit bigger try baby brine mixed into the mix in theturkey baster . When you see they rocking back and forth as the snap at the bb you can stop or reduce the micro worm volume.
The next stage is to add a tiny tiny amount of dry food into the mix in the turkey baster. Again watching the fry you may see them ignore the dry food at first?
One trick is to grind up baby brine into the dry food as a paste that they are used to eating.
From personal experience don’t feed to much at one time or the fry will explode from eating to much in one meal. It’s a sad thing to see.
I have no experience with betta fry but am feeding two different species daily as I write this.
A link on culturing micro worms that may help?
Don’t worry about a bit of mould in a container just take a small teaspoon of live micro worms and start multiple containers. Sooner or later you will get an explosion of worms. Only after a month you will need to start again from an old teaspoon into new bread or dry potatoe. I suspect the container used for transport did not have tiny holes in the lid to let air in?
You ask when you can start feeding.
The fry will show you. When they are free swimming put a tiny tiny amount ( small than a match head) in water and use a turkey baster to squirt the water into the cloud of fry. Watching the fry will tell you when they are eating as you can see them going back and forth with each mouthful as they snap at the food.
On day one and day two of free swimming try it. On day 3 or 4 you should see them eating and that is the time to start feeding multiple times per day (4).
Nether vinegar eels or micro worms are a complete food source. Ideally you could be feeding both along with Infusorea. After a short time as they have grown a bit bigger try baby brine mixed into the mix in theturkey baster . When you see they rocking back and forth as the snap at the bb you can stop or reduce the micro worm volume.
The next stage is to add a tiny tiny amount of dry food into the mix in the turkey baster. Again watching the fry you may see them ignore the dry food at first?
One trick is to grind up baby brine into the dry food as a paste that they are used to eating.
From personal experience don’t feed to much at one time or the fry will explode from eating to much in one meal. It’s a sad thing to see.
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Micro worms grow to a maximum of 2 mm or about 1/16 inch being suitable for fry . Many adult fish don’t see them as food.
Two other worm cultures that are just as easy are grindal worms that grow to 7 mm or just over 1/4 inch and white worms that grow to over 30 mm or 1.1/4 inches. Both live in takeaway food containers of dirt eating dry dog food or dry fish food without any smell for 3 or 4 months.
Adult betta seem to enjoy grindal worms.
Heres a link to Aussie boy Blake with one way to grow grindal worms on pot scrubbers. I think potting mix or dirt is much easier?
Two other worm cultures that are just as easy are grindal worms that grow to 7 mm or just over 1/4 inch and white worms that grow to over 30 mm or 1.1/4 inches. Both live in takeaway food containers of dirt eating dry dog food or dry fish food without any smell for 3 or 4 months.
Adult betta seem to enjoy grindal worms.
Heres a link to Aussie boy Blake with one way to grow grindal worms on pot scrubbers. I think potting mix or dirt is much easier?
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