I went fishing the other day and there was a school of little baby fish swimming around and i had a little net and caught a few, well i have two that have survived and i am keeping them in a little fish bowl, i have put some fish flake food and grided it up very small to see if they would eat it, its been a couple of hours and the food is still there. what can i feed them so they wont starve? thank!
btw- they are no longer than 1 cm, and my dad thinks they mite be some kind of bass, but other than that, we have no clue what kind if fish they are...
2006-06-12 18:13:11 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
If the fish are a bass or crappie the wild traits in them make it hard for them to calm down and eat. They are not used to store food. wild guppies will calm down and eat and live in captivity but other wild baby fishes are very hard to domesticate. Maybe in a couple of days they may start eating but it is just a luck situation.the only thing you might try it to go to where you caught these and see if there is any small plants growing in the water. Sometimes the baby fish will eat the algea on plants and sometimes the plant them self are eaten by the babies. Another thing is if you try to keep them in a small bowl they probably will die unless they are guppies and even then the water become dirty and stagnant in small bowls. I suggest you buy a ten gallon aquarium at wall-mart. a kit with filter is only about $25.00 or so . Then you can set up your aquarium and try to raise some of the wild babies you catch. You will find that in the beginning raising fish is a trial and error situation , but you will catch on and in time you know all about raising fish
2006-06-13 05:42:15 · answer #1 · answered by fmjclip 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Wild life does best in the wild, but if you want to try, boil an egg and feed them very small amounts of the yolk only 3 times a day. The key to keeping baby fish alive is clean water. Get a seperate container of water and leave it sit over night so all the chlorine can leave the water and get up to room temperature. Get a turkey baster and suck up all the bad food at the bottom of the tank and very slowly add the water that has been sitting. Good luck
2006-06-12 18:22:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fry (baby fish) like their food live. Brine shrimp nauplii used to be one of the most common fry feeds, but it is increasingly expensive. Other small live foods include daphnia and microworms, available from some aquaculture-supply companies as well as through hobbyists advertising in trade magazines. Make sure to feed your frry at least six times a day. They have a very high metabolism.
2006-06-13 03:06:21 · answer #3 · answered by Still Doll << 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most Fry eat Baby Brine Shrimp, if thats not available, then you can feed them crushed flakes. Or crushed boiled egg yolk. You can also buy food for fry from pet stores like petsmart and petco. Other places also offer food for fry.
2006-06-13 04:05:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i know petsmart and i suppose other stores sell a liquid fish food for baby fish. I have never used it and can't say how it works but it was cheap so it might be worth a try
2006-06-13 02:08:22 · answer #5 · answered by snoopy22564 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on what type of fish they are. I would call up your local fisheries to find out what type of fish it is. That might help you to find out what type of food they eat and whether you can keep them.
Good luck with it.
2006-06-12 18:18:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Liquid fry food for the pet store.
2006-06-13 11:32:15 · answer #7 · answered by iceni 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
little tiny baby fish food.
2006-06-12 18:20:27 · answer #8 · answered by tsawasi333 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tiny fish food
2006-06-12 18:31:55 · answer #9 · answered by mike c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They should eat frozen baby brine shrimp which is available at any pet store.
2006-06-12 18:19:33 · answer #10 · answered by kriend 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋