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I start with micros, move to BBS and vinegar eels (which my baby croaking gouramis love), and then go on to daphnia, whiteworms and bloodworms.

It could be my culture, or it could be that this side of the world has a slightly different species, because its happenning in singapore and thailand too

I mis MW, they were really easy to use, VE are the pits


THOUGH, you want to know a really big secret?

paper dust masks as filters they work much much better than coffee filters an yu just chuck the whole thing in the tank and the fry eat off it

Tip courtesy of Lily And may all VE users bow at her feet!

For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett

well every fish store i went to today had no frozen bbs so i settled for hikary first bited i hope they understand

Baby brine shrimp.

Joe Potato

What does BBS mean?

Last edited by $horty at 17-Feb-2005 14:50

I've never had probs with micros and ventrals. I do think it has to do with the water. I did a little experiment with 2 spawns, one I did hardly any water changes and the other i did frequent, both while feeding MWs. The one that I did hardly any had many missing ventrals, and the one with frequent had none missing. I stoped feeding MWs tho cus i hate looking after the smelly culture

ashley

How have you found the microworms Toirtis?

Just fine, actually....perhaps there is something wrong with your culture?

Read what a top Canadian breeder (and source for some of my stock) has to say on the subject:

http://www.bcbetta.com/fry.html

they do that. is the filter on? what type is it? is it air powered and is it turned right down to about 2 bubbles per second?

sometimes i lose 20 at a time, but they emerge eventually.

For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett

this is strange there seems to be alot less, but, i dont see them dead on the bottom i have some floating plants a fake plant, and a small sponge filter thing, it has 2 compartments, 1 for a white sponge and another for the carbon, are they hiding maybe on the silicone

How have you found the microworms Toirtis?

I have fed my last 2 spawns in these and a good percentage have ventral problems, and both sets of parents were phenotypically fine

there is a lot of talk that the MW are responsible for the missing ventrals, either through a nutritional thing or because they rest on the bottom and there is localised buildup of ammonia that burns the fins off

its not even that the fins are gone in some cases, they just dont seem to pop out, you can see them under the skin

but in some cases they never appear.


Have you found anything along these lines with MW? I'm tryng a few experiments with different substrates in case its the oats. So far, oats produce the highest yeild, sago stinks but it is a good transport media for posting cultures, and split peas are good, but make harvesting tricky, and they tend to make me feel nauseous.



For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett

can betta fry eat planaria? i have planty, and have given some to them, i saw 1 going to investigate

Get them onto BBS as fast as you can though, as MW are thought to cause the loss or late eruption of ventrals.

I'm trying Vinegar eels at the moment.

For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett

Thanks Alot.


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How do you make Microworms Cultures?



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Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970.
http://www.maltaaquarist.com

Microworms....cultures are easy to keep, and they beat the heck out of any dry or frozen food.

blood worms? it depends on the size of the fry. but i would probably say no for very yong fry. maybe older ones.

i have pellits and blood worms, i was just wondering if they could have the worms?

try bbs,crushed pellets, or crushed bloodworms.