"RedForeman ©®" wrote in message
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: ~*~ Vosklady ~*~ typed:
: "NetMax" wrote in message
: "RedForeman ©®" wrote...
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: "RedForeman ©®" wrote
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: btw, they are bronze/green cories...
:
: I spawned Corydorous aeneus, which might be what you have.
:
: Yep... are they the easiest,hardest, somewhere between, to spawn?
:
: It's a bit subjective, and also depends on the popularity of the fish
: (the more out there - the more spawning opportunities), but C.aeneus
: is usually considered the easiet of the Corys to spawn. Having said
: that, Corys are certainly not the easiest _fish_ to spawn, but once
: you get them going, the right fish in the right conditions, then
: they make it look easy ;~).
:
: Someone with more experience should advise you. You will need a
: source of food (decaying plant matter = infusoria, frozen bbs,
: freshly hatched bbs, tube fry food, powder fry food, boiled egg
: yolk etc), and a lower water level for a while.
:
: How about liquifry and powdered flake? My LFS doesn't know what
: micro worms are..
:
: Powdered flake would not be my first choice. Too large,
: inconsistent and swells after it gets wet, which for fry could be
: disasterous. Liquidfry for egglayers (there are 2 types) should be
: fine, once you have figured out how to get the food to the fry (use
: a long pipe to direct the food). Rick can confirm, but feeding
: should not start until the fry have consumed their eggsacs and start
: becoming mobile. That's in 2 days at 77F (?).
:
: NetMax
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:
: RedForeman ©®
:
:
: Hi Red . . .
:
: I suggest decapsulated brine shrimp eggs which are tiny enough for
: fry, keep for quite a long time and a little goes a very long way. I
: bought mine from
http://brineshrimpdirect.com
:
: Just my .02
:
: Regards,
:
: ~*~ Vosklady ~*~
:
: Hello, my LFS has some, was going to get some today as a matter of fact...
: micro worms seem to be impossible to find around here, but the hunt is
STILL
: on...
:
: thanks. :-)
:
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: RedForeman ©®
No problem Red . . .
By the way, I did find this page on culturing your own micro worms:
http://www.petfish.net/microworms.htm
And I found some places that sell the starter cultu
http://www.biosierra.com/Catalog/pro...ages/4063.html
http://thekillifishsource.com/page35.html
http://www.angelfire.com/biz/livefood/index.html
http://www.bettasrus.com/stock/supplies.htm
http://www.aquaculturestore.com/fwinverts.html
http://www.wetthumbaquatics.com/fish...ive%20Cultures
* note - I do not have any experience or affiliation with any of the above,
just trying to help in your micro worm hunt *
Hope This Helps!
Regards,
~*~ Vosklady ~*~