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Tomorrow, my sturisoma aureum fry will must take its first food. They have consumed its viteline sacs almost. I have made a peas chopped together with spiruline wafers. I have prepared apart some green algae too. The fry have been separated of the male sturisoma and they are in a little recipient in another aquarium.
Please, any idea about this First food?. Thank you.

I use softed squash/zuccini the first week, cut slices of it and put them in the frezer tonight.
Then give one slice a day to the fry, the squash will be covered with micro organismes such infusoria and so on that will be the first food and they even eat of the squash too.
In this way I have much more succed to get all the fry to survive the first critical days, after two three days you can give them of the other food you sudgest. You have to keep the water clean and free from nitrate as much you can, they are very sensitive to high nitrate level.

Janne

Janne, Thank you very much.

For the first few days, I also use zuchinni. For a protein boost, which has improved survival rates, nuke the squash until soft, and dip it in a bit of spirulina powder (organic food store for best price!) Get a light coating to stick to both sides. Then freeze it overnight. This helps tremendously to reduce the first week die off.

Be prepared for tons 'o fry. I have a female who has kept her male "up on the glass" more or less continuously since Feburary, 60-80 fry every ten days.

Hi pleco-farmer, thank you very much for your answer.

The first few days with S aurium/panamense are very criticle. An old raising tank or tub, one that has algae and growth on the walls, and a couple of snails is a great help. Feed boiled lettuce leaves and some mystry snails in the tank to get the gut bacteria of the young fish going and often have 100% sucess rate.

Frequent water changes are an absolute must.

Alan

This method has always worked for me with with both Sturisoma and Sturisomatichthys very high survival rates. Typically around 90%+.

Keeping and Breeding Sturisomatichthys leightoni, the Dwarf Royal Farlowella