Cyprichromis fry death

[thedavidzoo]

I'm bummed. I have had 3 batches of Cyprichromis fry within the past 2 weeks. Out of 21 total fry I have 5 left. I used to never have problems with these guys, hardly EVER a death. They always seemed hardy.
I don't know what I am doing differently, except I started feeding Golden Pearls and decaps. baby brine in addition to microworms, flake, NLS, etc.
I am not blaming Golden pearls, but has anyone had any negative experiences with these extremely small dried foods? Getting funkier faster? Something????
Just venting...

 

[Tony]

I've had a tough time raising Cyp fry as well (as we discussed). You've had a much better trackj record than me.

Had the same problem, though consistently throughout my efforts. I was using golden pearls and making sure to swirl the tank/net water so that they would go down into the water column.

More effort, but surely newly hatched BBS or micro worms would be manged...