sayegy Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Is there any tips or tricks to get babys growing faster then usual? Whats the best food to feed them and is there hormones or something that can be bought to help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john22 Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 No one wants fish that r enhanced cause the buyer has to keep up with enhancments to keep the same look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grubby Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 plenty of space and water changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sayegy Posted July 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 But there must be differences between certain foods for example spectrum and a no name food. Surely one would help the fish grow better then the other wudnt it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PETFISH Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 when you do a water change that make's fish poop out all the waste (which they have taken all the goodness from) so to make the fry grow quickly you feed ,2 hour's later you w/change, 2 hour's later you feed, 2 hour's later you w/change etc etc etc, this will make them grow very quickly.do 25% w/c and feed 5 time's a day and you wont believe how quick they grow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PETFISH Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 I use vipan for everything except troph's (love the sera food myself, good quality) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatsright99 Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Hormones, no they're illegal basically. A lot of water changes- ? 25% in morning and 25% in evenings - depending on how much work you want to do, raise the water temp a bit, as wide a variety of foods as possible and the fish in as big a tank as possible would be a good start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sayegy Posted July 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 So whats the best food everyone recommends? For quality and price Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldrag76 Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Spectrum sera and hikari Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sayegy Posted July 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Wheres the cheapest place to get spectrum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donny@ageofaquariums Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 1) whats species are you raising? 2) what tanks do you have available to use? 3) details of a water test? (ammonia, nitrite, nitrate results would all be handy) Basically it comes down to........ ~ how much protein/fat you can feed your particular species, ~ how much water volume you have, which will decide how often you need to water change to keep nitrate low, ~ at what temperature your species grows fastest, ~ how many times you can feed a day, ~ how hard fish have to work to get food (AKA competition, food concentration and current to swim against), Myself, for fast growth I feed Shori. Love the stuff mate. But it only comes in 5kg bags. Still. If you need to raise an army of fish and you want them big quickly then its a dam good option. I started a thread on it here http://www.qldaf.com/forums/general-aquarium-discussion-19/some-thoughts-shori-food-76774/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellows Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 New era green rift lake pellet, hikari sinking cichlid excel pellet, new life spectrum are all good to feed cichlids if that's what your feeding also live brine shrimp as i've seen a fellow breeder feed them to his fish and give him excellent results I believe the tech den one of our excellent sponsers may be stocking all 3 of these soon or cheapest place I've found so far is guppies on line for nls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldrag76 Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Maybe yellows you should look harder in your area .I wouldnt deal with guppys no matter the cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellows Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Yes I know what your saying bulldrag76 but sometimes you have to play with the devil when it comes to availability and cost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donny@ageofaquariums Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 lol its even cheaper if you play the game man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
