Fry as a surprise

[Vezary]

Hello everyone. I have 12 adult celestial pearl danio’s. I’ve had them for some time in a small aquarium, and moved them a while ago to a larger aquarium (80x40x40cm) where they live together with a couple of Honey Gourami’s and an uncountable number of shrimps:)

I had 4 fry after I moved the adults, which are now almost adult themselves, but they stay a bit smaller then the original fish I had.
Shen cleaning up my tank I removed a lot of common duckweed which was becoming a pest, or so I thought. I collected the duckweed in a bucket to see if I hadn’t cought any shrimp or snails (I’m a bit weakhearted…) and discovered two tiny eyes… and loads more!
I have collected about 50 fry and put them in my tiny fishtank. But, now what! What can I best feed them, since I’d like them not to stay smallish like the previous four fish.

I feed them liquifry and water from a ditch. (I checked for visible pests). What should I feed them further?

[andrewt]

Congratulations on your breeding success Vezary!

I feed my CPD fry with a very fine powdered fry food, although being in a mature tank there is plenty of natural food in the java moss and in the detritus on the sand.

[Vezary]

I have plenty of fry left in the mature tank, but don’t expect any of them to grow up since my honey gourami’s are always hungry… I don’t seem to be getting any baby shrimp anymore too since I got the couple of gourami’s:)

The little tank in which they are now also has loads of snails and shrimp. I’m a bit afraid the little fish won’t be able to get to the food before the shrimp do… Catching the shrimp really is no option:S I now tend to overfeed a bit, so there’s enough for everyone. The shrimp and snails are very good cleaners.

Do you think it is enough to feed them just the liquifry 1 and powdered granulate? This is what I did last time, and the four cpd’s I raised then stayed rather smallish.
I now ‘added’ a bit of ditch water, but is this a good idea? I the risk for pests to great, or not?

[albatross]

Congrats on your fry. I have found the best way to feed these tiny fry is by Liqifry,Micro worms,Paramecia,Inforsoria and VERY fine flake. I have raised several broods using this method. You could try banana worms as these are small. Good luck, i wish you every success in you endeavours.

[Vezary]

Bananaworms, are those the worms you get from the drosophila melanogaster (or something like that, just remembering from biology classes in highschool;)). Those aren’t very small, are they?

I’m afraid I’m loosing some fry to hydra:S

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