feeding convict fry.

[wayne p]

ANY ADVICE WOULD BE GREAT. I HAVE A 35 GAL TANK WITH ONE PAIR OF
CONVICTS.I ALSO HAVE 100 OR MORE BABY FRY.I NEED TO KNOW WHEN CAN i
FEED THEM.I WAS TOLD TO USE A TOOTHPICK WITH MOIST TIP AND CRUSHED
FLAKES TO A POWDER THEN PLACE THE TOOTHPICK A LITTLE OVER THERE
HEADS.WELL MOM AND DAD DID NOT LIKE THAT AT ALL!!!. I KNOW THAT
CONVICTS ARE GREAT PARENTS BUT IS THERE A TIME YOU SEPARATE THE YOUNG
FROM THERE PARENTS. THEY ARE ALL SWIMMING IN A SCHOOL WITH MOM ON ONE
SIDE AND DAD ON THE OTHER.DID I MENSION DAD HAS IT OUT FOR ME .

[Robert MacCara]

On Thu, 04 Mar 2004 17:18:10 -0800, wayne p wrote:

> ANY ADVICE WOULD BE GREAT. I HAVE A 35 GAL TANK WITH ONE PAIR OF
> CONVICTS.I ALSO HAVE 100 OR MORE BABY FRY.I NEED TO KNOW WHEN CAN i FEED
> THEM.I WAS TOLD TO USE A TOOTHPICK WITH MOIST TIP AND CRUSHED FLAKES TO A
> POWDER THEN PLACE THE TOOTHPICK A LITTLE OVER THERE HEADS.WELL MOM AND DAD
> DID NOT LIKE THAT AT ALL!!!. I KNOW THAT CONVICTS ARE GREAT PARENTS BUT IS
> THERE A TIME YOU SEPARATE THE YOUNG FROM THERE PARENTS. THEY ARE ALL
> SWIMMING IN A SCHOOL WITH MOM ON ONE SIDE AND DAD ON THE OTHER.DID I
> MENSION DAD HAS IT OUT FOR ME .

I have a similar situation and all I feed the fry is flakes that I "crush"
between my fingers as I drop them into the tank. Dad also doesn't care for
me too much as he will slam into the side of the tank to get me! I
normally leave a towel over the tank to help keep their stress levels down
as I have two small children that think it's great fun to watch the
parents attack fingers through the glass...
p.s. It's somewhat easier to read a post when the Caps Lock is turned off.

[Keith J.]

"wayne p" > wrote in message
om...
> ANY ADVICE WOULD BE GREAT.

Please turn off your caps lock. It reads like you are SHOUTING.




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[Rick]

"wayne p" > wrote in message
om...
> ANY ADVICE WOULD BE GREAT. I HAVE A 35 GAL TANK WITH ONE PAIR OF
> CONVICTS.I ALSO HAVE 100 OR MORE BABY FRY.I NEED TO KNOW WHEN CAN i
> FEED THEM.I WAS TOLD TO USE A TOOTHPICK WITH MOIST TIP AND CRUSHED
> FLAKES TO A POWDER THEN PLACE THE TOOTHPICK A LITTLE OVER THERE
> HEADS.WELL MOM AND DAD DID NOT LIKE THAT AT ALL!!!. I KNOW THAT
> CONVICTS ARE GREAT PARENTS BUT IS THERE A TIME YOU SEPARATE THE YOUNG
> FROM THERE PARENTS. THEY ARE ALL SWIMMING IN A SCHOOL WITH MOM ON ONE
> SIDE AND DAD ON THE OTHER.DID I MENSION DAD HAS IT OUT FOR ME .


Wayne, you don't need to get fancy with these guys. Crumble up some flake
food and throw it in and they will be fine. I did start mine off with live
BBS for the first couple of weeks however I'm sure they would have been fine
without it.

Rick