BettaObsessed Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 Does anyone use this? I bought some yeseterday for my fry for a bit of variety and it is huge chunks. It was advertised as being suitable for fry but there is no way my fry could eat something that big! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 Perhaps if you chop it up.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forever_and_a_day Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 defrost it? frozen food I always defrost in a vodka glass and then re-freeze it so I can stagger a single block over a few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 was it in the blocks like brine shrimp and blood worms? I have seen it that way at city farmers if so I just defrost and split into serves thoughout the day or shave it with a knife will frozen it makes more mess that way though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neffy Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 How old are your fry? if they are too big atm dont worry they will gobble them up when they grow up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BettaObsessed Posted April 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 (edited) Fry are 4 weeks old. It was the frozen blocks like the blood worms etc and I did defrost it first in water. It wasn't the serving size that was the problem but the individual pieces, they were bigger than the adult brine shrip I had last week. I'll just keep them for conditioning the females maybe. Also got some frozen rotifers which I will try tonight. Edited April 18, 2011 by BettaObsessed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hood Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 I find you always have to defrost it in some water first! It is not the best as a first fry food... I prefer BBS or rotifers, then switching to daphnia around 4-7 days in then to BS around 14 days, then crushed up dry food about another week after that. I hope this helps. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BettaObsessed Posted April 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 I always defrost the frozen food in water before I give it to the fry. They had BBS as their first food along with egg powder, now at 4 weeks old I wanted to give them something different. They had rotifers tonight and that seemed to be better than the daphnia so I will save that for the females. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 I dont defrost in water I just put on plate and let defrost at room temp over night so my first feed is defrosted frozen food and the rest of the feeds are live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbournebetta Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 I'm with les, I just wait a little while and feed it off the plate.... I've taught older fish to eat daphnia, just to mix it up a little, by hovering a chopstick over the water with some daphnia bulging off the end - they love it. Can be a little messy in the water - I always under-feed it so it's not lying on the floor of the tank. it's a good first frozen food as it's smaller for little mouths to try than chopped/grated bloodworm Anyway - good luck -Ness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BettaObsessed Posted April 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 I must have got a bad batch or something because the pieces I ended up with were almost too big for the adults. They were bigger than adult BS. There is no way my fry could have eaten it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 Doesn't really sound like daphnia. What brand was it? Does it say which species of daphnia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abby Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 I bought some yesterday along with frozen bloodworms i will try it tonight and see what i think on the adults not used it before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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