inkozana
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Hi guys 
I have about 60 larvae about 15mm at the moment and some of them have tiny little air bubbles in their tummies. They float to the top of water and when I lightly touch them they will swim away.
I've read that air bubbles are sometimes caused from not eating enough food.
My babies were eating in pond water when too small to accept blackworm, I also put in some BBS.
I think it is right to say that there probably wasn't enough food for all of them at the time.
Now I have got a steady supply of live, chopped blackworms for them, they ate like crazy yesterday and I think this might be another cause of the bubbles.
Having nothing to eat then going NOM NOM NOM for three hours could cause a bubble in the tummy, right?
I'm just wondering if these bubble tummies will survive.. Or if I should seperate them from the other fatties who are doing fine?
Thank-you for reading :happy:
I have about 60 larvae about 15mm at the moment and some of them have tiny little air bubbles in their tummies. They float to the top of water and when I lightly touch them they will swim away.
I've read that air bubbles are sometimes caused from not eating enough food.
My babies were eating in pond water when too small to accept blackworm, I also put in some BBS.
I think it is right to say that there probably wasn't enough food for all of them at the time.
Now I have got a steady supply of live, chopped blackworms for them, they ate like crazy yesterday and I think this might be another cause of the bubbles.
Having nothing to eat then going NOM NOM NOM for three hours could cause a bubble in the tummy, right?
I'm just wondering if these bubble tummies will survive.. Or if I should seperate them from the other fatties who are doing fine?
Thank-you for reading :happy:
