What can I do to hide my baby fishes so they won't get eaten and how can I feed them?

Answer 1

There is stuff called "fry grass" that can sit at the bottom of the tank or float or the top of the tank. Lots of plants works too. If you want to be sure that they don't get eaten then you could always put them in a separate tank. For food you can crush up fish flakes. At least that is what I do for my guppies.

Answer 2

It would be easier to answer your question if it were a little more detailed (i.e. type of fish, born already or pregnant mom, etc.), but there's a link below that should help to answer any questions you may have. When my Mollies and guppies had babies the first time, I had no sort of net or anything like that and they seemed to make it through just fine. I had lots of plants (real and artificial) in the tank which provides a safe place for the fry (baby fish) to gather and shield themselves from being eaten. I think it's more natural to do it this way as it's closer to nature and allows for the process of natural selection whereby only the strong survive, leaving healthy, hearty fry to grow up into heathly hearty adults.

If you'd like, though, you can put them in a breeder net (try to get the pregnant mother in there first) to keep them separated from the other fish, but in the same water. This would be a little difficult if the babies have already been born/hatched (depending on what kind of fish they are).

I fed my babies 'First Bites' by Hikira USA and they seemed to like it. You can also crush up regular flake food (extrememly finely, though), but I think the Hikira fry food has more essential vitamins and nutrients that they might need to grow up to be healthy and beautiful.

Anyway, I'm not an expert, but take a look at the links below. Those people are...

Answer 3

I have Platies and Dwarf Platies (Live bearers). I have large smooth 'river' rocks in the bottom of my tank. This creates tons of little crevices and 'caves' that the baby fish can hang out in and avoid being eaten. They also hang out near the plant (I have a large fake plant in the middle of the tank whose leaves spread out to either side of the aquarium). So far I've had such a continuous supply (success?) of babies that I've had to give away 10+ every few weeks since I've had my fish (going on a year now for these guys).

As for what they eat...well, I don't do anything special. I just make sure I crush the flake up into a fine powder, of sorts. So that there are larger pieces of flake for the bigger fish and then they leave the powder alone, which lets the babies eat it.

This seems to work well for Platies/Dwarf Platies. It should be applicable to other livebearers, and most other fish whose parents don't keep them safe (convict cichlids, for example, protect their babies from being eaten).

Hope that helps.

Answer 4

Plant a section of the tank fairly thinckly so they have a place to hide. Or set up a screened section for them that the other fish cannot enter.

You can get them special food, but regular fish food crumbled very finely will do.

Answer 5

You can separate them with a net which hangs down in the water. Feed them as you would your other fish.

Answer 6

you can buy a tank that you can hang on the edge in side the cage so they dont get eaten but are in the same tank so no drastic water changes and it is cheap

Answer 7

There's breeding grass, net breeders, and many other options, but the absolute best would be to put them in a separate tank.

Answer 8

you buy this thing that you put in the tank and it hangs inside so it shares the same water and you put the babies in there and you take the fish food and grind it with your fingers and sprinkle in in the separate tank inside.

Answer 9

Put them in a separate tank.

Answer 10

You need to go to the pet store and buy a nursery for them. Seriously thats what it's called.