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Originally Posted by Lotus  Congrats on the babies 
I hear that at around day 10 there can be a big die off.
Make sure you're feeding papa plenty of fortified food for the next few days. Sometimes they mate within five days of dropping fry, and they don't eat while holding. My banggais really seem to like bloodworms as a treat (or live blackworms). |
Ya, I've read about the dreaded 10 day period, so I'm sort of bracing myself. I tried to catch the papa so I could fatten him up but with him spitting the babies out I had to change my focus. I've been feeding Mysis shrimp for every meal in the DT, as that is all papa will eat. (I usually rotate.). I do soak my pellet food in Vita-Chem for my Hippo Tang to ward off disease, but the Cardinal won't eat it. I'll soak the Mysis shrimp in Vita-Chem tomorrow morning and see if he'll still eat it.
There were no casualties in the Nursery tank today, so I'm happy about that. But like you said, day 10 is just around the corner, so we'll see what happens.
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