Synirr
"No one is a failure unless you try"
I was pondering something today that all you breeders and prospective breeders thinking about using dry/prepared foods might want to think about. Remember how in my first spawn I had several fish with missing ventrals? Well, in this spawn I don't have one... not a single one at 6 weeks, and I've missed water changes several times due to finals, so it's not like the bottom is cleaner than it was with the last spawn.
I think the problem was decapsulated brine shrimp eggs.
The eggs sunk to the bottom, and any that weren't eaten within a few minutes rapidly decayed. It's my belief that this led to an unusually high amount of bacterial growth on the bottom and thus the ventrals of my fry getting attacked.
In this spawn I haven't used the decapsulated eggs, and went straight from BBS to grindal worms. No missing ventrals.
So yeah... just another reason to avoid prepared foods.
I think the problem was decapsulated brine shrimp eggs.
The eggs sunk to the bottom, and any that weren't eaten within a few minutes rapidly decayed. It's my belief that this led to an unusually high amount of bacterial growth on the bottom and thus the ventrals of my fry getting attacked.
In this spawn I haven't used the decapsulated eggs, and went straight from BBS to grindal worms. No missing ventrals.
So yeah... just another reason to avoid prepared foods.
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