She is super small...about the size of your baby finger tip. All of the pellets and flakes seem too big for her to even fit in her mouth. Thanks for all of your help!!
2007-02-07 12:13:23 · 10 answers · asked by Phaeacia W 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
Put the flakes in the water for 5 minutes before feeding. And then crush them. This will make them small in size and then your baby fishes will be able to eat it properly. I did the same for my baby neon tetras
2007-02-07 22:25:32 · answer #1 · answered by Abhishek D 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The commercial foods most likly won't be accepted by the fry, since at this stage they need movement to trigger a feeding response. Same with the baby brine shrimp - these will need to be hatched and live, not frozen (at least at the time the fry are large enough to start eating this). You may have organisms in the guppy fry's green water, but the betta fry won't eat the algae - they're carnivores. Have you checked your infusoria under a microscope? As long as there are paramecia, rotifers, and the like, this is about what you want to have for the fry at first. Bacteria will be almost too small to see individually, so if you see "things" swimming in the water, this would be your best bet to use.
2016-05-24 04:54:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could get freeze dried brine shrimp from almost any major petstore and that would be fine. That or Daphnia or Tubifex worms. If you dont want to do that take the pellets and crush em with a spoon, she'll be able to eat them up then.
2007-02-07 14:33:02 · answer #3 · answered by broodmare1984 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you could try flakes they are every thin and can break up easily. crush up the flakes before you put them in the bowl. if you can not find flakes crush up the pellets
2007-02-07 12:44:04 · answer #4 · answered by cj7794@sbcglobal.net 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you're really in pinch you can try a hard boiled egg yolk. Just crumbled a little bit in the water. She shouldn't have any problem eating this.
This is what I normally feed fry, and they seem to love it.
Good luck
Eric.
2007-02-07 14:24:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Perhaps feed her some blood worms, there many frozen
varieties and there really yummy to fish. Or what about
brine shrimp there's live ones and frozen ones there yummy as
well..
2007-02-07 23:50:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You could try putting a small piece of one of those 'weekend feeder' blocks in the fish bowl. Those seem to dissolve into very small particles that she may be able to eat.
2007-02-07 12:16:05 · answer #7 · answered by Lisa E 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I would suggest frozen baby brine shrimp and/or frozen daphnia. Those will get some needed protein in her and help speed growth.
2007-02-07 12:17:47 · answer #8 · answered by magicman116 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
try crushed really tiny flake food....or bloodworms or those lil shrimp things............or those blocks u put in when u go on vacation, but i think it might be a little hard for her still!
2007-02-07 13:10:26 · answer #9 · answered by ziddyziddy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
they make smaller pellets -- ask at your local pet store.
2007-02-07 13:28:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋