Hi! I am a fairly new axie dad, having only had my juvenile for about three weeks now. In that time, he's gone from being about an inch and a half long, to being almost three inches. He has been on bloodworms, but recently he's stopped eating as many, and I fear he's losing weight. He's not as round as he was. I've tried supplementing with brine shrimp to get him more interested, and while that works, I worry about the nutritional value of the shrimp, because I've heard they're not very nutritious.
He eats when I use a baster to get them in front of his face, but other than that he doesn't seem particularly interested. I've been keeping up on his water changes, monitoring the water temp (other than the other day, when it got to 70 degrees Fahrenheit, it's been sitting nicely in the mid 60s), there's plenty of hides and he's not showing any discernible signs of stress. He's active, as a juvenile should be. He's just not as interested in eating as he was when I first got him.
My question is, is three inches a good size to start feeding panfish worms diced up, or even earthworms diced up? And how much should I feed to him daily? If now isn't a good time to start him on live worms, when should I do that?
Thank you for any responses!
He eats when I use a baster to get them in front of his face, but other than that he doesn't seem particularly interested. I've been keeping up on his water changes, monitoring the water temp (other than the other day, when it got to 70 degrees Fahrenheit, it's been sitting nicely in the mid 60s), there's plenty of hides and he's not showing any discernible signs of stress. He's active, as a juvenile should be. He's just not as interested in eating as he was when I first got him.
My question is, is three inches a good size to start feeding panfish worms diced up, or even earthworms diced up? And how much should I feed to him daily? If now isn't a good time to start him on live worms, when should I do that?
Thank you for any responses!