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How long will betta fry live if they are not eating?
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not too long mate,they’ll starve to death.When i’m having trouble i find’elodia’provides micro-colonies wich they can eat.So put some in with them&do the egg yolk/they’ll get something into them,you’ll see.
Keep it very clean(remove uneaten food)
Good luck
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They will weaken and die off about now.
You can buy ‘Liquifry’ to feed them but at 7 days they should be eating baby brine shrimp and microworm.
You should have started your BBS hatchery when they were laid. Do it now before it is too late. You add the BBS eggs to some salty water (warm) and stick an airline in. They hatch within 24hours and you can suck them up, rinse them in tank water and drop them in. You can buy a ready made microworm tub on ebay for a dollar or so.
They are too small to eat brine shrimp. They eat BABY brine shrimp. Remember that most live foods are too big for them at this stage.
Drop a deskinned pea into the tank (squish it a bit first) and see if they will eat at it but it doesn’t look good.
Next time be prepared and join a good forum like SNBA so you know what to do and can get advice and resources ASAP.
http://snba.freeforums.org
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