For those with experience raising fry...

Myka · #1 05-09-2008, 03:10 AM

How the heck do you get them off of BBS, and onto dry foods? My little Bangers are killing themselves of starvation instead of eating flake or Cyclopeeze. They peck at it, but not enough to fill their bellies. I keep trying to get them onto the dry foods, but they literally starve themselves to death. Each time I try I end up losing a few.

I'm feeding a single feeding per day of BBS, and two feedings per day of finely ground flake and/or Cyclopeeze. I just lost another one today.

Zylumn · #2 05-09-2008, 04:21 AM

I have a cardinal that would only eat mysis shrimp and would not touch the pellets or flake in the other feedings. So I started rolling mysis together with the small pellets and flake food just a tiny bit, and over time added more and more to the mysis till now the cardinal goes after anyone of the 3 I put in there. I have started mixing Michitas food recipe with mysis so he will take it. Give the mixing a try once with flake and once with clyclopeeze.
Good Luck
Kevin
I have no experience in raising salt water fry but I hope this helps.

i have crabs · #3 05-09-2008, 04:27 AM

cardinals never eat pellets or flake that ive seen, i weened mine onto frozen baby brine which they would eat almost from day 1 then regular frozen brine and then misis.

EmilyB · #4 05-09-2008, 06:06 AM

I honestly can't remember, I know I was feeding homemade at the time, I bet they grabbed bits of that. Have you tried cyclopeeze?

Chin_Lee · #5 05-09-2008, 06:41 AM

i was unable to wean my last batch off and they eventually starved to death when the bbs didn't cut it anymore for nutrition and growth. I tried cylopeeze as well but to no avail. i heard they will eat cyclopeeze if you don't introduce bbs but never experienced it myself.
As far as cardinals eating pellets, they can learn to eat it but very difficult. I have a femal pajama right now that eats pellets but the male who's usually pregnant does not.

Myka · #6 05-09-2008, 02:01 PM

Thanks for the help everyone!

I have tried mixing their BBS with dry foods, but they only go after stuff that moves! Although if I pour the fine little bits of Mysis into their tank after feeding the large chunks to the rest of the tank they will eat that. Maybe I'm doomed to feed them frozen then.

Of the adults, the female will pick at flake foods, and both will take the odd pellet, but both would probably starve to death if I didn't feed them frozen food regularly. Stupid fish...