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BABY FISHIES | 5 comments (5 topical, 0 hidden)

That is an interesting point about the fry (none / 0) (#4)
by unclescott on Thu Nov 08, 2007 at 09:10:04 AM PST

feeding on or from the algae. Being omnivores they probably do take some of the soft algae. They are also feeding upon microscopic stuff (protists, rotifers, diatoms, critters like Vorticella which are invisible to most of us.

http://www.microscope-microscope.org/gallery/Mark-Simmons/pages/vorticella.htm
(click on side arrows)
http://plantphys.info/organismal/lechtml/protista.html
http://www.hikingwithafieldmicroscope.com/00%20CONTENTS/05%20Salt%20Flats/Salt%20Flats.html
those bacterial colonies are in good part what brine shrimp eat. And some of the colonies are versions of our old "friends" the Cyanobacteria!

Brine shrimp scooper in a Bay area (CA) salt pond.
http://baytrail.abag.ca.gov/vtour/map2/access/Menlo/Scoop.JPG

Well, I've been having fun jumping from topic to topic on Google. But there is more than meets the eye in many waters. Sometimes pretty scruffy looking ponds and fish tanks, if they have relatively clean water, will be great food sources for fry.

When harvesting stuff in the "wild" be forewarned that in harvesting food animals, it is also easy to harvest their predators. Some of those predators, when small, are also good fry food. However as they get larger the tables can be turned on the fry and in the case of water beetles and dragonfly larvae, even adult guppies!!

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disappearing fry !!!!! (none / 0) (#5)
by New Guppy Momma on Wed Nov 14, 2007 at 05:24:45 AM PST

We are, at last count yesterday, down to 5 very fast, very smart little fry. I'm guessing there were some sick, slow ones. Momma doesn't seem bothered or interested in the ones left. They in turn seem to stay a bit away from her now.

I can't wait to see how she treats her next batch. Altho the fry now might be big enough to snack on their newborn siblings. YIKES. May have to get that other tank set up soon. Then the fry get moved over at 3 weeks. Or maybe just the females.

HMMMMMM.......:) Gotta stop thinking.
Before all else fails....do a 25% water change ;)
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BABY FISHIES | 5 comments (5 topical, 0 hidden)

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