Mandarin Larval experiment with dry feed.
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 10:08 AM
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To cut a long story short, obtaining suitable copepods for raising Mandarins here in the UK has proven difficult. I have been trying to raise them for a month or two on rotifers without success and 7 DPH is my current best. I was about to quit and await an A Tonsa order which is due in April. I then saw that a supplier in the UK had started to stock Otohime feeds. I went ahead and ordered the smallest grade 75-150um and I started to experiment, it did not go to well. While playing with ideas someone on a group page had mentioned GP feeds so I went ahead and ordered the smallest grade which was claimed 5-50um So yesterday I fed 50 larvae the GP, I had lost them all 10 hours or so after feeding, and I suspect it was a pollution issue. I did however take some shots of the larvae before and after as I intend posting my findings in the UK forum once I have completed my trials. 4 DPH larvae before feed 
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