Celestial Pearl Danio & Bororas brigittae Group Buy (again)

[Totenkampf]

My first batch got really fat and happy and bright on NLS grow. It's amazing to see how tiny this second batch is compared to the first. And the CPD's are very active and haven't bothered any of my shrimplets (but I also have lots of moss thickets and heavy planting).

cool, good to know. i may let them chill with the shrimp for a while then since it is planted pretty well. i will try to find a little more moss or subwassertang in any case

[eklikewhoa]

I have a small container of food just for them, tetra color and nls h20 flakes that has been crushed up into dust.

[electricblue]

i feed mine grinded spurlina flakes, and they also love blood worms.....

And, thanks again tim for all you did to organize this group buy.

[Tanknoob]

My little guys arnt schooling :( i have them in a 20 long

[eklikewhoa]

Give them time to settle, the new ones I got aren't schooling with the others I got on the regular but slowly they are joining in.

Do you have them with other fish? having something slightly bigger than them or some sort of fish that would resemble a predator would force them into a real tight school. A good amount of current will also do the trick too.

[Tanknoob]

I dont have them with other fish but the current is pretty strong in there ! I'll give them time but what should i feed them ? crushed fish flakes ? how can i also make sure that all of them get fed ? I mean i have 75 of them haha

[Totenkampf]

mine are shcooling now but i dont know if thats beacuse i went from 10 to 20 of them or because the CPD are much bigger than they are. it is an erratic kind of school though, they seem to swim in a jerky manner where they occasionally burst into little sprints and then freeze...

feeding so many is always an issue, you jsut have to hope that the hundrier ones that need the food will be more agressive in feeding than the satiated ones (do fish even get satiated?)

[aquabee]

Remember also that this batch is fairly young, about half the size of what my first batch looks like now. My first batch didn't school for a while, and even now they don't always school but will do so about half the time. That's normal... It usually means they're comfortable enough to part.

[eklikewhoa]

I feed two little pinches of crushed flakes for my 150 and they all look to be full.

[aquabee]

They also feed a little on algae and plant material. I always see mine picking.

[aquabee]

Literally 10 minutes after posting, I saw another one of my boraras get sucked into my filter and shredded. I've already lost 2 of the new batch! This didn't happen at all with the first batch... I have my original 6. They even survived an ich infestation!

[madehtsobi]

i got these hikari micro pellets and they seem to work but its a bit hard but i just crush them up some more with my fingers.

mine are scattered all over the place. lol

prolly gonna try some bloodworms too!

[eklikewhoa]

Without predators my group is like ants after kicking over a mound. I bang on the glass and they regroup.

[Totenkampf]

Lol i will try that ek

[eklikewhoa]

if you have something that startles them they'll school, some sort of fast swimmer or intimidating in size.