Nearly 20 guppy fry!!!

Cichlidsrule · 06-25-2007, 11:17 AM

Probably over that, but I haven't gotten a chance to count them yet

But of course, already I have a problem. None of them are eating. I've tried BBS, special fry food, infusoria-- they won't eat. Is it possible that they're just not hungry yet (they're only a few days old)?

Chaos553 · 06-25-2007, 11:33 AM

all i did was put some flakes in a ziploc bag and crush them to a dust. i poured little amounts a couple times a day and they ate with no problem.

oliesminis · 06-25-2007, 12:31 PM

ive found that livebearer fry dont generally eat for the first day. however after that the problem is stopping them over eating

hope they do ok

Cichlidsrule · 06-25-2007, 01:11 PM

Ok. Thanks!

darkfalz · 06-25-2007, 09:36 PM

Mine never took the powdered stuff until I stimulated their appetites with live food (microworms). Although they did like the Sera micron - they readily ate any crushed flakes/mikropan after eating the live food.

guppyart · 06-25-2007, 10:09 PM

all I ever did was wait 2 days and then fed crushed flake food, they took it perfectly fine

Scuba Kid · 06-26-2007, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by guppyart

all I ever did was wait 2 days and then fed crushed flake food, they took it perfectly fine

Same here. I haven't had any problems feeding guppy fry this way.

Chaos553 · 06-26-2007, 11:36 AM

are they eating yet?

davedudeman · 06-28-2007, 02:27 AM

You may wanna try placing a hard boiled egg yolk in a cup of water for 12hrs.
Once the water has broken up the yolk a little just feed them little drops in a fairly small tank.

Cichlidsrule · 07-26-2007, 05:20 PM

Cool, thanks!

kamanut · 07-31-2007, 10:07 AM

Yeah my guppies never had a problem eating anything. When they are just born, I feed them Hikari Tropic First Bites...it works great. Then, once they are bigger, I feed them either regular food that I've mashed to bits in a bag, or HBH Baby Bites. None of my babies have ever had a problem (guppies or swordtails), and I just gave away over 120 baby guppies to one of the local pet stores.

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06-25-2007, 12:31 PM	#3
oliesminis FISH ARE FREINDS NOT FOOD Join Date: May 2007 Location: England, Milton Keynes Age: 16 Posts: 512	ive found that livebearer fry dont generally eat for the first day. however after that the problem is stopping them over eating hope they do ok __________________ OllieCoxPhotography

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darkfalz Vishy vishies! Join Date: May 2006 Location: Australia Age: 29 Posts: 482	Mine never took the powdered stuff until I stimulated their appetites with live food (microworms). Although they did like the Sera micron - they readily ate any crushed flakes/mikropan after eating the live food. __________________ 40L - 1 opaline gourami 160L planted - 8 harlequin rasboras, 6 tiger barbs, 2 swordtails, 1 bristlenose pleco

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Chaos553 Gankeddd Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 412	are they eating yet? __________________ 10-Gallon Tank Empty 20-Gallon -TONS of Fancy Guppies -3 Albino Corys 38-Gallon -1 Cherry Barb (hoping to get rid of possibly for more schools) -13 Neon Tetra -1 Geophagus Jurupari -1 Red-Eye Tetra -1 Bolivian Ram -1 Green Cory -1 Peppered Cory -5 Otto Cats -2 Chinese Algae Eaters -9 Pearl Danios

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06-28-2007, 02:27 AM	#9
davedudeman Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 54	You may wanna try placing a hard boiled egg yolk in a cup of water for 12hrs. Once the water has broken up the yolk a little just feed them little drops in a fairly small tank.

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kamanut Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Montana/North Dakota Age: 22 Posts: 51	Yeah my guppies never had a problem eating anything. When they are just born, I feed them Hikari Tropic First Bites...it works great. Then, once they are bigger, I feed them either regular food that I've mashed to bits in a bag, or HBH Baby Bites. None of my babies have ever had a problem (guppies or swordtails), and I just gave away over 120 baby guppies to one of the local pet stores. __________________ 10g: Jewel cichlid 10g: Swordtail and guppy babies 29g: Male betta, 4 white clouds, bloodfin tetra, 3 yo-yo loaches, pleco, 3 harlequin rasboras 20gL: 2 guppies, 4 swordtails, pleco, 3 cories, dwarf gourami, female betta, 15g (divided):Red Zebra Cichlid hybrid 58g (cycling): 3 zebra danios, 2 pristella tetras Other: 2 year old Tiger Salamander named Geico 4 year old Paso Fino horse over 30 cats at my parents' farm

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