@AdoraBelle Dearheart I used instant porridge (not Readybrek but a supermarket own brand) This doesn't smell the same as porridge so I when I used microworms it didn't put me off Scott's Porage Oats.
Don't forget to start a new culture before the first one goes rancid
Ah man, I like ready brek! LOL. Will start a couple of new cultures tonight, might put one in the fridge, read something about slowing them down but keeping the alive? but might not, because it turns my stomach a bit already when they're shut away in the cupboard, really don't want them in my fridge! Maybe I'll just stick to starting a new cupboard culture every few days.
Culturing them is easier than I imagined though! For anyone wanting to try a live food culture but they're nervous about it, I can recommend starting with microworms. So easy! And cheap. Bit of supermarket brand porridge, some yeast, and some empty takeaway containers, and my starter culture cost less than £4. Cory fry seem to like them a lot I think! They wriggle around when I add them anyway, and the guppies go mad for them too.
The horse is a Shire-TBX, 27 years old but still in work.
So far, no fungus on the eggs. I'll try to get photos of the adults once the light goes on in the tank.
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What a beauty! Never would have thought of a shire/TB, but it's a great mix! She doesn't look her age at all, she's gorgeous, thanks for sharing!
Looks like about 20 wrigglers in my tank. How’s everybody else’s doing?
Did a head count today after cleaning their tub and before adding sand, since they started hatching seven days ago! Some are a week old already
I can't be totally sure, but think I have 12, however one of those looks like it's dying. The others look bigger and wriggle around more purposefully, but I thought this one was dead at first, but it moved a little when I sucked it up and put it on a plate in some water. Think I will lose that one by tomorrow.
Sad, but I'm trying to take it on the chin a bit more, that sometimes it's going to happen. Bit alarmed that no one else seems to be losing any, and I've lost three already, with a fourth looking like it's on its way out. I'm keeping their tub clean, water is pristine with water changes every other day and their breeder net is in 12.5 gallons of water, feeding 2-3 times a day, airstone underneath their box... I don't know what, if anything, I'm doing wrong, when everyone else is succeeding.
Have some photos incoming.
and apparently they like to keep there population right by doing this but yesterday they was at it again.
