raising australe on microworms

[owner-killietalk at aka_org (by way of Barry Cooper <bjc3 at cornell_edu>)]

Hi all!

After a streak of bad luck I'm finally getting a pair of australe to =
live long enough to produce some viable eggs. The fry are housed in =
plastic drinking glasses (their hatching container) that is about a =
quarter filled with water (about an inch of water).After hatching, I =
added a small snail (quarter of an inch) and a little bit of java moss. =
Each morning the water is changed (about 3 - 4 changes of 75% - =
basically until all the snail droppings are washed out) and microworms =
are added. Plenty of living microworms are still seen in the evening. =
Temperature is about 72 F and the container is right near a fluorescent =
light.They seem to be growing quit slowly (unlike the Rivulus hartii or =
cryptocallus I've raised before)

About 2 weeks after hatching first one then another of my original trio =
of fry have died. Can australe fry be successfully raised on microworms =
alone? I've got about a dozen more eggs that eagerly waiting for me to =
find the right answer.What else might I be doing wrong?

Thanks.

Joseph.


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