fish4all
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I got 9 baby axolotl 8 days ago. I had no choice but to feed them decapsulted brine shrimp eggs. No BBS running, no worms, nothing. I am using a trick I learned a few years back to make them easier to eat.
All 9 are still alive. I have to use a pipette and drop the eggs right in front of the babies but they gulp them right up. 2 of them have grown quite a bit, the others are slower but seem healthy. The largest 2 have started taking cut up white worms and blood worms.
I just wanted to share that it can be done. I soak the decapsulated eggs, non hatching, overnight. I then put them in a small jar with about 1 inch of water. Then I microwave them to "pop" them. I kow it doesn't sound like much it does cause them to change. I raised corydoras on this and vinegar eels when I got surprised with eggs years ago.
I think that if a person has no other choice than using a pipette to make the food drop right in front the babies this is enough to stimulate the feeding response. Be it my DBS, frozen brine shirmp or something else it could be a way to get by until a person can get live food going.
I have examined the eggs in all 3 stages under a microscope. Dry they are shriveled of course. Soaked they have a membrane around the shriveled part. Microwaved the membrane is completely full. I wish I had a descent enough microscope to take pictures to show it. Maybe someone else that does would do it for an experiment?
All 9 are still alive. I have to use a pipette and drop the eggs right in front of the babies but they gulp them right up. 2 of them have grown quite a bit, the others are slower but seem healthy. The largest 2 have started taking cut up white worms and blood worms.
I just wanted to share that it can be done. I soak the decapsulated eggs, non hatching, overnight. I then put them in a small jar with about 1 inch of water. Then I microwave them to "pop" them. I kow it doesn't sound like much it does cause them to change. I raised corydoras on this and vinegar eels when I got surprised with eggs years ago.
I think that if a person has no other choice than using a pipette to make the food drop right in front the babies this is enough to stimulate the feeding response. Be it my DBS, frozen brine shirmp or something else it could be a way to get by until a person can get live food going.
I have examined the eggs in all 3 stages under a microscope. Dry they are shriveled of course. Soaked they have a membrane around the shriveled part. Microwaved the membrane is completely full. I wish I had a descent enough microscope to take pictures to show it. Maybe someone else that does would do it for an experiment?
