Baby brine shrimp & fry

[ocminpin]

What portion of the baby brine shrimp cube is sufficient for a tank of 65ish fry?
I don't want to overfeed..

 

[LyndaB]

That's a good question. I use one cube for 4 adult fish tanks, about 70 adult mid-large size fish. I can't even venture a guess really. I always fed my fry decapsulated brine shrimp. That was really easy to measure out.

 

[BillD]

You will have to experiment to see how much they are eating. Keep in mind that fry can and should eat a lot several times a day. If you see amounts of the BBS lying about the tank, than you are over feeding. If there are only a few, you have it about right. Keep in mind that with heavy feeding the need for partial water changes increases, in frequency, quantity or both.

 

[abrahamavelar]

That's a good question. I use one cube for 4 adult fish tanks, about 70 adult mid-large size fish. I can't even venture a guess really. I always fed my fry decapsulated brine shrimp. That was really easy to measure out.

Really??? I might be underfeeding I feed my tank 1 cube of bloodworms or brine shrimp and some flakes once a day

 

[LyndaB]

I only use the cubes once per week. That's their Sunday treat. Other than that, it's flakes, bloodworms or other food every 2-3 days.

I might not have made myself clear. I split the one cube between 4 tanks.

I don't see how you could think you're underfeeding unless you have tons of fish.

 

[abrahamavelar]

Ohhhh I thought u use 4 per tank, I was gonna say no wonder y every time I walk by the tank they get akk exited n asking for food, well right now I got hold of some black worms n ive been giving them that

 

[ocminpin]

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fry baby brine shrimp feeding frenzy!

 

[abrahamavelar]

cool!!!!!! what ar eyou gonna do with the fry??????

 

[BillD]

One thing to consider when feeding frozen foods, such as bloodworms is that they are about 90% water. Compare that to dry foods which are 10% or less. you therefore need to feed significantly more to frozen/live food to get the same amount of food value into your fish. BBS are a little different in that you are basically feed the BBS's yolk sack to your fish.

 

[ocminpin]

Several LFS will take them at approx 2"... For $1 each

 

[abrahamavelar]

really around here they will take them for free!!! so i just use them as turtle live food or i just leave them in the tank and i let nature run its curse

 

[ocminpin]

They will pay ME $1 each LOL

 

[abrahamavelar]

thats cool, by the way i just moved back to salt lake from garden grove on late june