Mr.catfish Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 So i want to breed my corydoras but i want to use live food's to condition them so any live food's i can find in my garden because buying them is to expensive to buy a starter culture. I know the risk i just want to know. Also i want to know other live foods than baby brine shrimp to feed to my fish without a starter culture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwcarlson Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Without a starter culture might be a little tough. I spawned my sterbai without live food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.catfish Posted April 5 Author Share Posted April 5 Ohhh ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLFishChik Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 I’ve seen that others are culturing mosquito larvae to use as live food. There’s several tutorials on how to do this on YouTube. Seems like it would be easy… and free source of live food for you 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macdaddy36 Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 On 4/6/2024 at 5:24 PM, FLFishChik said: I’ve seen that others are culturing mosquito larvae to use as live food. There’s several tutorials on how to do this on YouTube. Seems like it would be easy… and free source of live food for you 😁 Tiny baby corys might struggle to eat a mosquito larvae. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLFishChik Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 (edited) On 4/6/2024 at 8:44 PM, macdaddy36 said: Tiny baby corys might struggle to eat a mosquito larvae. They mentioned live foods for conditioning the adults for breeding. I missed where they asked for live foods to feed fry. Edited April 7 by FLFishChik 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macdaddy36 Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 On 4/6/2024 at 9:07 PM, FLFishChik said: They mentioned live foods for conditioning the adults for breeding. I missed where they asked for live foods to feed fry. sorry about that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLFishChik Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 On 4/6/2024 at 9:10 PM, macdaddy36 said: sorry about that LOL.. it's late.. and if your like me... my brain stops working properly after 8pm 😂. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macdaddy36 Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 On 4/6/2024 at 9:15 PM, FLFishChik said: LOL.. it's late.. and if your like me... my brain stops working properly after 8pm 😂. Yep, trying to watch basketball and think about fish at the same time is difficult lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rube_Goldfish Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 If you're feeling adventurous and the local laws allow it, you can likely find some kind of daphnia in any healthy body of freshwater. Just bring a net and bucket. And maybe be prepared keep it separated for a while as you watch for unexpected hitchhikers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tolstoy21 Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 (edited) Try conditioning them without live foods and see if that works. Mine spawn a few times a week just eating things like Hikari Vibra Bites, black worm pellets, freeze dried tubifex worms, Northfin Bug Pro, etc. I make a mix in out of this and feed it 2x a day. I think the key is quality foods, not necessarily live. But yeah, you can't go wring with live foods. I feed the fry BBS and, as they get a little bigger, grindal worms, eventually switching them to flake. So, no real recommendations on what is good that can be harvested from nature. But a good, quality flake food, crushed up, will work as well. Edited April 15 by tolstoy21 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenman Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Corys are bottom feeders so you're pretty much limited to live worms (tubifex, blackworms, etc.) If you want something from your garden, you could go to a swamp or stream nearby and grab a bucket of mud. Transfer the mud to a small pool in your backyard and you should have an easy, native culture of whatever is native to your area. Separating the food from the mud will be a challenge though. Frozen food or a good quality dry food are the easiest/safest options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tolstoy21 Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 (edited) On 4/16/2024 at 8:00 AM, gardenman said: Frozen food or a good quality dry food are the easiest/safest options. And they will work fine without the hassle of harvesting from nature. Edited April 17 by tolstoy21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bs Fish Room Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 Golden Pearl have been an absolute game changer for me and my fry. I feed newly hatched a mix of 5-50 and 50-100 micron, then graduate them up micron size as they grow and incorporate live baby brine shrimp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 Mine got fat and started spawning because of the Grindal worms that got past the Glowlight Tetras and Harlequin Rasboras I was conditioning for spawning. Feed lots, they'll get them all! Grindals are so easy to breed and no stink (I feed my Grindals a mix of rice baby food & spirulina powder and then Mazuri gel food for Omnivores). Every year the used dirt/coconut coir/coral sand mix goes into my herb and vegetable planters and I mix up another batch. All my tanks get the extra Grindals weekly for snacks - overpopulation is the enemy with them. Have your baby cory food ready for when the fry show up! 😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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