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K. Sher
April 17th 04, 03:31 AM
It has been 2 weeks since all my goldfish fry hatched, and I am concerned
that they are not growing fast enough. I moved them into a half-filled 10
gallon where I do partial water changes every other day. I've followed
instructions on a website and fed them powdered boiled egg yolk. The fry
don't really eat it though, I don't see them swimming towards the food, they
sort of act like nothing happened when I add egg to the water. Right now
they are about 8 mm in length, and have an "hourglass" shape to them where
the slim mid-point is between the head and the swim bladder. Are my goldfish
fry too skinny and starving to death? A couple of days ago I found some dead
fry, and now I see a bunch floating at the surface, sort of sideways, but
they are still alive.

April 17th 04, 01:42 PM
fry are very difficult and require absolutely pristine water. they eat food that
"moves", like brine shrimp. Once they start dying it is likely all will die. sorry.
Ingrid

"K. Sher" > wrote:

>It has been 2 weeks since all my goldfish fry hatched, and I am concerned
>that they are not growing fast enough. I moved them into a half-filled 10
>gallon where I do partial water changes every other day. I've followed
>instructions on a website and fed them powdered boiled egg yolk. The fry
>don't really eat it though, I don't see them swimming towards the food, they
>sort of act like nothing happened when I add egg to the water. Right now
>they are about 8 mm in length, and have an "hourglass" shape to them where
>the slim mid-point is between the head and the swim bladder. Are my goldfish
>fry too skinny and starving to death? A couple of days ago I found some dead
>fry, and now I see a bunch floating at the surface, sort of sideways, but
>they are still alive.
>



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