Pond bred Fantails

Hi
My Fantails spawned in the potted weeds. I moved the pots to a section of
the pond that has no other fish in it, & a number of babies have hatched a
week ago.
They seem to be doing OK but I am wondering if /when/what I should be doing
about feeding them.
Can they survive on the mico-organisms in the pond water & if so for how
long?
Thanks for any response
Pat

On Wed, 8 Nov 2006 22:03:54 +1100, "PatC" wrote:

Hi
My Fantails spawned in the potted weeds. I moved the pots to a section of
the pond that has no other fish in it, & a number of babies have hatched a
week ago.
They seem to be doing OK but I am wondering if /when/what I should be doing
about feeding them.
Can they survive on the mico-organisms in the pond water & if so for how
long?
Thanks for any response
Pat

Depending on how many you have in the area. A fish farmer that used
to advise us here recommended boiled egg yolk as a good supplement,
but they really get their start on microaquatics.

Regards,

Hal

"PatC" wrote in message
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Hi
My Fantails spawned in the potted weeds. I moved the pots to a section of
the pond that has no other fish in it, & a number of babies have hatched a
week ago.
They seem to be doing OK but I am wondering if /when/what I should be
doing
about feeding them.
Can they survive on the mico-organisms in the pond water & if so for how
long?
Thanks for any response
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How many are there and how many gallons is the pond area they're in? If
there are many hundreds of fry they will need feeding unless the pond area
is large, say 1000g or more with a lot of plants.
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KL....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
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