Week 8 since birth

[Zephaniah]

So I finally broke down and decided to make my own beefheart mix since the babies weren't eating any of the BF bought from the LFS.

I followed Merrilyn's recipe in the Food and Nutrition forum.

Tried to feed the babies and they still won't eat it.
A couple of them pick at it but that's it, it just sits at the bottom of the tank, cloudying up the water until I suck it out.

They don't seem interested in BBS anymore as that also just sits at the bottom of the tank now.

The only thing they'll eat is crushed up flake food.

What am I doing wrong? They don't seem as big as they should be at 8 weeks.

[Zephaniah]

Here are some pics:

[Zephaniah]

I just realized I never posted a pic of the parents. Here they are.

[Zephaniah]

Female:
Red Turq

Male:
Marlboro Red?

Does the female look slightly stunted?

[bronco]

wow, great fish mate,.. try bloodworms, every single fish i have eat them, prefered over anythin.. i givE em.

[bronco]

How old are they btw? they do seem very young breeders.

[Zephaniah]

wow, great fish mate,.. try bloodworms, every single fish i have eat them, prefered over anythin.. i givE em.

I tried bloodworms too. The babies ignore it and wait for the crushed flake flood, lol.

[Zephaniah]

How old are they btw? they do seem very young breeders.

Honestly I can't recall. The parents are probably 1-1.5 years old. I got them as juvis about a year ago.

[Hollowman]

What are the water parameters? Change regime?


To answer your other question about the female, I would say not really stunted.
What is your intention for the fry?

[Matt15]

First of all congratulations on raising fry to this stage....

Now i'm going to say a few things Zephaniah which will upset you but I think its best to be honest.

I personally would never have bred with those parents. The end result is off spring loaded with peppering that nobody will want to buy. You could try and give them away but then the last thing the industry needs is zero quality fish entering into the market.

It's like breeding a pug with a rottweiler.

A suggestion would be to put them into the freezer and buy a male turq for your female.