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freaking out !!!

Discussion in 'Cichlids' started by angelLuver, Sep 1, 2009.

  1. angelLuver

    angelLuver Thread Starter New Member

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    went to my local fishstore today,they did not have any bb !!!! do angel babies eat anything other than that??? gonna try 2 other store i know of around here!!! :confused:
     
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    They should be able to eat flake food. Just crush it up really well and they should be fine.
     
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  3. angelLuver

    angelLuver Thread Starter New Member

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    they havent even hatcked yet..so i should have said babies to be?! sorry
     
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    agree, turn the flake food into powder.
    Hikari First Bites is a great fry food too as is azoo 9 in 1 artificial artemia

    looks like these-->
    <a class="postlink" href="http://cgi.ebay.com/HIKARI-FIRST-BITES-BABY-FISH-FOOD-35-OZ_W0QQitemZ260302425720QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3c9b3bce78&_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://cgi.ebay.com/HIKARI-FIRST-BITES- ... .m20.l1116</a>

    <a class="postlink" href="http://cgi.ebay.com/-LOT-of-3-AZOO-9-in-1-ARTIFICIAL-ARTEMIA!!_W0QQitemZ190225707002QQcmdZViewItem" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://cgi.ebay.com/-LOT-of-3-AZOO-9-in ... dZViewItem</a>
     
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  5. angelLuver

    angelLuver Thread Starter New Member

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    ok,i have that...and some bb that came in lil ice cubes...was shocked my lfs didnt have them...
     
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  6. MOD_Dawn

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    then your good to go!
    <--always used powdered fish food for fry..with the exclusion of the cory abd bristles...for them they got tiny chips off an hikari algae wafer and zuch and cuc.
     
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  7. angelLuver

    angelLuver Thread Starter New Member

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    even wigglers?
     
    angelLuver, Sep 1, 2009
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  8. MOD_Dawn

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    yep, crushed food or powdered/chipped algae tabs
     
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    Frozen BB will work for the first few days, hard boiled egg yolk or greenwater daphnia

    Rick
     
    cooltow1, Sep 1, 2009
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  10. LemonDiscus

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    NO... Wigglers dont need food. They are feeding on their yolk from their egg. Thats why they wiggle, their yolk makes them too heavy to swim.

    Start feeding after all fry go free swimming for 1 day (for the first day or 2 the free swimmers are still feeding off of the yolk) That would mean about day 4 or 5 AFTER they hatch start feeding (day 6 or 8 after eggs have been laid).
     
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  11. MOD_Dawn

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    I dunno...I always fed mine immed after the yolk sac disappeared and they ate (watched them)...but again..never had just Wigglers...always had NUMEROUS fry at once all in different stages. Lol!
     
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  12. LemonDiscus

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    I mean with wigglers, they just sit where they were hatched and shake... thats all they do... they wont move until they go free swimming.... and even then they dont eat much if anything at all the first day or 2 free swimming.

    IF you feed them the day that they free swim dont feed much or it will just go uneaten and foul the water
     
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  13. MOD_Dawn

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    agreed, water quality is always important and always caution on how much you feed any aquatic (overfeeding will lead to many problems)...always better to feed less and a couple times a day :)
     
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  14. angelLuver

    angelLuver Thread Starter New Member

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    great !!! thanks alot guys !!! ( and lady)
     
    angelLuver, Sep 2, 2009
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