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[edit] Micro Worms
These are tiny white worms (nematodes) (Panagrellus redivivus) up to 3mm in length (smaller than baby Brine Shrimp).
Caring for your Micro Worm Culture ...
Micro Worms - These tiny worms are smaller than newly hatched brine shrimp. They are easy to culture and make a great food for newly hatched fry. They live in fresh water for hours so a little overfeeding will generally not be a problem.
Spade Tailed Apistos can be picky eaters, but will grow to accept a variety of foods including: brine shrimp, bloodworms, tropical flakes, and micro worms. Spade Tailed Apistos will do well in a twenty gallon aquarium with an average pH of 6.6-6.
RAISING FRY: The fry were fed on a culture of micro worms and vinegar eels until they were large enough to take finely minced beef heart.
After hitting the books I found that they prefer lots of plants, should be kept in a species tank and they eat live foods - stuff like water fleas, brine shrimp, white worms, micro worms, you know - the typical live food fanciers.
After two weeks and around every 4 hours the fry must be fed live baby brine shrimp or micro worms, a bit at a time.
You will want to start feeding the fry micro worms, bbs and vegetable matter. They are mainly herbivorous but they need some protein in there diet to grow correctly. You will want to do water changes 2-3 times per week.
If we feed the fry with Artemia or micro worms, we`ll have less trouble because these `animals` don`t multiply much and they don`t dirty the water as the yolk does.
They'll take at first infusoria and micro worms. Four more days are needed before they start eating brine shrimp nauplii. With frequent water changes and good feeding, they'll reach adult size in 4 to 6 months.
The Severum digs a hole or cleans a flat surface in the tank such as rock, on which to lay the eggs which hatch in 3-5 days. Brine shrimp and micro worms are good first foods for fry.
small invertebrates and although it has been claimed that they readily accept prepared commercial foods, they do better when fed upon a diet of live food, supplemented with similar frozen foods, such as small bloodworms, grindal worms, micro worms, ...
the temperature at 80 deg F - you should see the young sticking to the side of the bucket in a day or so (up to seven days I find) Once they are free swimming CAREFULLY remove them to a small container and feed "Liquifry" and then, later, micro worm.
The fry grow quickly and can be fed micro worms and then baby brine shrimp. Their sex is easily discerned due to the patterning on the female's tailfin. If desired after breeding, the fry can handle a slow rise of the pH to 6 or 7.0.
 See also: Micro, Fry, Aquarium, Water, Fish
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