i have 2 day old fry and until i get brine shrimp im feeding them powdered tropical fish food. how often should i be feeding them? i just seperated them from the bigger fish and they were just eating left overs from them so i dont know how often and how much i should feed them at a time.
i only have 4 babies right now but im gradually rescuing more!
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I have a female platy named Isabel. I diagnosed her with Wasting Disease about three weeks ago. I’ve seperated her into a container in the tank that uses seperate water so she doesn’t infect the other fish. Every night I tip the container water out and fill it back up with clean water from the tank.
What I’m worried about is that she hasn’t eaten for three – maybe more – weeks. I knew fish could survive up to two weeks without food, but this is over three weeks! She looks emaciated and will spit out the baby brine shrimp I try to force-feed her with an eyedropper. Why is she still alive?
I finally found some Fish Wormer today so I’m putting that in tomorrow after I’ve changed the tank water.
What I want to know is:
1) Why is my platy still alive?
2) How did she get it? I haven’t added new fish for months!
3) Is the medication okay to give to the whole tank? Will it kill my tetras and kuhli loaches or do I need half-dosage?
Thanks. =)
On the container it doesn’t actually say to give half-dosage to tetras, fry and scaleless fish. It just says it may affect snails and corydoras species. But are corydorases scaleless fish? My kuhlis are, so won’t they be affected, too?
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My platy has had wastings disease for a couple of weeks and hasn’t eaten anything since she got it. I’ve been trying to force feed her some baby brine shrimp with an eyedropper by holding her gently (in the water, of course), and squirting it into her mouth, but she spits it back out.
Any suggestions?
Thanks.
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I have 12 babies. I have them in a birthing net. I crushed up some brine shrimp and sprinkled them in the net. A few of them pecked at it. How often and what should I feed them?
I have given them flake fish food ground up real good, and some brine shrimp. Is there other stuff that is good for their diet at this age ( 1 week old )