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A couple of my nine day old babies have developed air bubbles in their bellies and float upside down on the surface of the water. What has caused this and what can I do about it? I have had a little trouble hatching shrimp and suspect they are just not getting enough to eat. When I do feed them I give the "floaters" an occasional poke to steer them into some food but I haven't seen them eat yet. Any ideas?:confused:
 
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That can happen, even when they do eat the brineshrimp. Do you have any alternative livefoods, ie checked any waterbuckets/containers outside for mozzy larvae (if its warm enough down there) or daphnia is another good one = a few traders/fish breeders on TM sell daphnia and will ship a bagful nationwide.

Try lowering the water in their container so they reach the brineshrimp/and hopefully alleviate the stress of floating upside down, or separate the floaters into, into containers of lowered water and feed.
 
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