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Slow growers

MonteSS

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I have 5 about 3/4" Borelli blue in a 10g and a trio of Trifasciata in a 26G. Weekly water changes and Nitrate is around 5. PH is 7.2.

I feed frozen brine shrimp every other day and flake or crumbles the other days.

Live food is not available to me. Can I feed BS every day? More than once a day? Any other frozen or dry to try?

They eat well and are active but just wont grow for months now.

Thanks...Bill
 

DBlauj

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The main diet for my Apistos is frozen BS. They love it and I have not seen any problems from it.
 

MonteSS

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Adult BS. They really gobble them.

BTW water temp is 78*. Should I raise it?

Also the Trifasc are always in the front of the tank and never hide. They go up in the water column and look to be fed when I walk by

Thanks...Bill
 

dwarfpike

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Seattle, Wa
I don't know if they fixed it with new techniques, but I stopped using adult frozen brine years ago when I noticed a lot of ruptured shrimp. Thus the fish were just eating the shells and not much of the innards of the shrimp, thus not a lot of nutrition.
 

regani

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Brisbane, Australia
I feed freshly hatched BBS from the start and mix in crushed flake after the first few weeks. This usually makes the transfer to dried foods easy. When they grow up I feed mainly dried foods (mix various good quality flake and micro pellets) with BBS or other live food a few times a week. That usually gives decent grow for me.
I also feed smaller amounts 2x a day rather than one big feed. Temperature has an effect on growth rates as well.
But I have also found borellii fairly slow growing, so patience may be required :)
 

uberape

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Location
edinburgh
I get home made food from uk ebay, they give you the % protein and fat. if you want them to grow the higher the better. also the miracle of really clean water.
 

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