>The comment was made that APR is a minimally
>>>acceptable food (or something similiar to that) and that fry should
>>>be moved to brine shrimp as soon as possible. I agree that they
>>>should be moved to brine shrimp as soon as possible but NOT because
>>>APR is lacking. A discus breeder from California proclaimed this
>>>about APR a few years ago but from the info. that I read from the OSI
>>>company this is not the case. Their material is supposed to contain
>>>a lot of fatty acids which is really what the young fish need & is
>>>often lacking in a lot of the other prepared foods.
It has been my experience and, I think others will agree, that fry will not
survive on APR alone for much more than three weeks. Gary if APR is not
lacking then WHY should they be moved to another food such as baby brine as
soon as possible? It is my understanding that fry need high protein for
fast growth and fry need to grow quickly in the earliest stage of life.
John
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