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garterking · 08-10-2007, 02:36 PM

Congrats on your new arrivals.
As others stated, they won't eat for the first couple days or until their first shed.
Try feeding them small worms or feeder guppies, movement will help. Put the guppies in a shallow dish of water so that only the bottom half of the fish gets wet. They will move around a lot and that's what you need to attract the attention of the newbies.
Also, just a word of caution. Watch when you feed them that there aren't any fights over food if you use worms. Remember they are new to the world and haven't had a lot of experience. 2 can go after the same worm and if one doesn't let go and the other doesn't stop eating........ it's never a good turn out.
Congrats again and keep us updated.

08-10-2007, 02:36 PM	#10 (permalink)
garterking "First shed, A Success" Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Windsor, Ontario Posts: 113	Re: OMG....Babies!!! Congrats on your new arrivals. As others stated, they won't eat for the first couple days or until their first shed. Try feeding them small worms or feeder guppies, movement will help. Put the guppies in a shallow dish of water so that only the bottom half of the fish gets wet. They will move around a lot and that's what you need to attract the attention of the newbies. Also, just a word of caution. Watch when you feed them that there aren't any fights over food if you use worms. Remember they are new to the world and haven't had a lot of experience. 2 can go after the same worm and if one doesn't let go and the other doesn't stop eating........ it's never a good turn out. Congrats again and keep us updated.