Do you feed live foods?

[algarciajr]

I was wondering if any boxers feed there fish or fry live foods? I have started for the first time ever feeding it to my cichlid fry to see if I get faster growth and better survival rates for the really small fry like Neolamprologus brichardi. My daughter has some Neolamprologus brichardi Kiku "Fire Tips" that I would like to get a good group of fry from.

I have made a liquid fry food from a recipe I found online and I have also started an infusoria and paramecium culture. Later I may also try and get some daphnia and brine shrimp.

Let me know what you use and how satisfied you have been with it?

[Camarowithbass]

I give my oscars crickets and feeder goldfish about every 2 weeks. In between that I give them pellets

[wesleydnunder]

I feed my larger fish home-raised shrimp.

Mark

[DTony]

Feeder fish are crap in the nutrients department.. I however.. Feed my fish Ghost shrimp lol

[jughead]

i feed baby brine to fry until they get to the point that they will stuff themselves on crushed flake.you still want those shrimp

[algarciajr]

i feed baby brine to fry until they get to the point that they will stuff themselves on crushed flake.you still want those shrimp

Rob,

Do you think brichardi fry would be able to handle baby brine as a first food? I wasn't sure if you still had the shrimp, you could proably use those baby shrimp as food.

[Sea-agg09]

Feeding bbs (baby brine shrimp) is a great way to grow your babies out. To double the brine's nutrition, guy load them with a fatty acid supplement like selcon or zoecon. I'll post a link when I get to a computer.

[algarciajr]

Feeding bbs (baby brine shrimp) is a great way to grow your babies out. To double the brine's nutrition, guy load them with a fatty acid supplement like selcon or zoecon. I'll post a link when I get to a computer.

Sea-agg I see a lot information on the web pertaining to selcon or zoecon, but it is mostly on reef sites. Will this be of any benefit to african cichlid fry?

Thanks for the info.

[jughead]

brichardi fry will eat newly hatched shrimp no problem

[Sea-agg09]

Selcon is a HUFA additive. Highly unsaturated Fatty Acids are vital to the growth and development. Frankly, all fish will greatly benefit from the addition of HUFA's. The sad part about the freshwater side of the hobby is most freshwater gets the shaft on "excess spending".

Vitamins and fatty acids do not survive the cooking and processing involved with flakes and pellets. Commercial baby food is packed full of protein and a good bit of fat, but they lack alot of the vitamins and other essential elements needed for growth and development.

Like the tips link explains, nauplii have no mouths, so enriching is a waste. Feeding bbs is pretty much as good as it gets. If you grow them more than a few days, you can enrich them.

Brine Shrimp Nutritional Facts

Best method of turning cheap brine eggs into high hatch rate.

BBS tips

[algarciajr]

I feed my larger fish home-raised shrimp.

Mark

Mark,

What kind of shrimp?