how to get bangaii fry onto frozen food?

[MacD]

Anyone have any tips for getting bangaii fry off the live baby brine shrimp and onto frozen food? My fry are now 1 month old and I'd like to get them onto frozen food (so much more convenient than constantly hatching bbs). I've tried not feeding them for a couple of days and then giving them frozen brine/mysis (shaved with a lemon zester to be the right size for their mouths), as well as frozen cyclop-eeze, but they refuse to take any of the frozen food. I'm getting desperate here, anyone with experience care to share what worked for them?

 

[Billy Rocket]

I never fed my fry live food. I started them from birth on de-cap brine shrimp eggs. Don't believe they will not eat anything but live food.

I would let them get bigger/older then starve them until they eat mysis or ground up blood worms.

 

[tiababygirl2]

well i've been breeding them around a year now.. i have never starve them { i think if a fish doesn't eat for 3 days ,it may never eat again ,and die}..i wanted till they are around 2 months.. and feed them live BS,mixed with some frozen cylops,and cylop-eeze. then when i know there eating it. i add in some frozen BS ,then Rods food,then mysis mixed in .before i know it there eating mainly .frozen food. this process takes around 2 weeks..so i start selling mine at 21/2 months old .. by 3 month there getting alittle aggresive,so try to sell them before thst starts .unless your trying to pair them..but they can start looking rough,from nipping..

here are my latest group{45-50}..born thurs. 15th.
hope this helps.Ruth

 

[agsansoo]

MacD, I'm having the same problem ... My 4 older ones will not touch anything but live BBS. The younger batch, after trying everything from frozen/dry cylopeeze to otohime. Have finally started eating dry arctic copepods.