The first meal of Cribroheros longimanus.
(The photo of the adult fish is from Google, not from my tank, just to be clear.)
Food: freshly hatched artemia.
Artemia are highly nutritious, and newly hatched artemia are tiny — perfect as the very first meal of a fry. To me, it’s like mother’s milk, constantly supplied even after the fry start eating adult food. I basically only stop when the fish refuses to take it.
The way artemia moves through the water naturally stimulates the fry’s hunting instinct.
As a country with a tropical climate and a long coastline, Vietnam produces some of the highest-quality artemia in the world. The most famous source is Vĩnh Châu, Sóc Trăng. In the first half of the year, before the rainy season, farmers raise artemia for their eggs, while the adults get frozen. The biggest buyers are fish hatcheries, which means aquarium hobbyists benefit as well.
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