my response
General
1) How many frys did you start out with?
28
2) How many survived to adults?
none in previous batches. Current batch still growing
3) If none, how long did the oldest one live for or how big did it grow?
previous batches - 3 weeks to about 1/2 inch
4) Did you attempt to raise them?
yes with one batch
Foods
5) What did you feed the new born frys?
BBS
6) Did you do anything special to the foods? (ie Selcon)
only if I have leftover bbs 24 hours after they hatch. (apparently they don't start feeding until 24 hour after they hatch because they will continue to absorb their yolk and develope their mouths and anus)
7) As they got older, what and when did you try frozen/pellet foods?
yes - cyclopeeze but they never ate it. wouldn't touch frozen foods
8) If successful, how did you wean them off live foods?
9) How did you feed them? (manual turkey baster or automatic setup)
previous batch - manual turkey basting bbs.
Current batch - I attached a hose to a black plastic bottle and I punched three 1/4 holes into the black bottle. The bottle sits in their living space with the top of the hose 3-4" out of the water. I pour BBS into the hose and then start a water drip into the hose through the use of an IV bag. The bbs will sink into the bottle and be attracted towards the light coming through the holes. As they swim towards the light, the water drips from the IV bag helps to push them out of the holes into the mouths of the baby bangaiis.
Habitat
10) Where did you raise your fry? (ie sump/separate container/main display)
Previous batch - in separate container sitting in sump
Refugium but I used to two glass pieces (and with help of magnets) to create a box in one corner of the fuge. Water flows into the area through the
11) What temp was the water?
78 +/- .05
12) How much swimming space did they have? (LxWxH)
first batch - 6x4x6
current batch 6x8x16
13) How much flow in the swimming space? (none, low, moderate, high)
previous batch - very low
current batch - low
14) What was in the swimming space? (live rock, algae, fake plants)
previous batch - bare bottom
current batch - caleurpa algae with many bristle worms and pods eating leftover bbs
15) What was your lighting schedule?
previous batch - 12 on, 12 off
current batch - 24/7 on
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