Feeding Borelli babys

[MonteSS]

I have 5 Borelli at about 3/4". I had them in a 36" 46g with many rocks , caves, and plants for about 2 months now. I rarely see them and they have not grown at all.

I switched them to a 10 gal so I can feed them better/easier.

I feed flake and crumbles. Pet stores are pretty far away and only two chain stores. The mom and pop store that had decent size brine shrimp closed up

I can hatch BBS but they are so tiny. How long does it take to grow them up? Will the apisto eat Convict fry? Should I get frozen foods? What other options do I have to grow these guys out.

I hope they are not stunted.

Thanks...Bill

 

[regani]

I have found borellii fry to be fairly slow growing. BBS seems best to push them along. Raising the temperature may also help.
I feed powdered flake when they are still smallish and crushed flake and crushed micro pellets later together with the BBS. But, yeah, they are not the fastest growers

 

[Mike Wise]

For what it's worth, adult apistos will thrive on a diet that is mostly BBS. BBS are definitely not too small for any apisto at any age/size.

 

[tomansky]

What is also an important issue, is water changes.

All fish secrete a anti-growth hormone, you can only get this out of the water by water changes.

 

[MonteSS]

Thanks all. They are in a bare 10g now and I can witness them eating now and they see food better on the bare glass.

Fed them newly swimming convict fry today and they really like them.

....Bill