Okay, my fish gave birth last night to around 30 - 40 fry. I was wondering, can i feed them powdered flake food? Also...... Should i do anything to hep increase their chance of survival?
Thankyou. :]
2007-04-19 05:33:56 · 6 answers · asked by Fraser :] 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
The most important thing the fry will need is cover. The best place to hide will be a mass of floating plants. Plastic plants seem to work well and can be purchaced in most pet stores. What one wants is something bushy.
The next thing to concider is the tank's filtration system. If the tank has a power filter, this might suck fry into the siphon tube. The best setup is a sponge filter. It bubbles air through a sponge. Bacteria in the sponge then help keep the water clean. Sponge filters need to be "aged" first to allow bacteria to grow in them. This usually takes two weeks.
The fry of livebearing fish are large enough to eat powdered fish food imediately. They can eat what adults eat if the food is first broken into tiny bits. Flake food is easy to break up between one's fingers. Just sprinkle enough to cover about 4 square inches of water. Ideally, all fish do best with several small feedings every day, but can survive well on a good meal every other day.
One of the most nutritious foods for fish fry is newly hatched brine shrimp. The eggs are added to salt water and agitated with an airstone. After about 36 hours, the shrimp will hatch and float to the bottom of the hatcher when the air is turned off. They can be collected with an eyedropper and dripped into the fry tank. This will add salt to the fish tank, but mollies actually appreciate slightly salty water.
Finally, besides siphon tubes, the greatest threat to the fry is any adult fish in the tank. If possible, move all adult fish to another tank. The best way to move fish is to trap them in a paper cup. Beint taken out of the water is very stressful to fish. Female mollies are particullary vulnerable and can actually be killed if pregnant and suddenly lifted out of the water.
2007-04-19 06:04:47 · answer #1 · answered by Roger S 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Baby mollies certainly don't need anything as small as infusoria to eat, they would ignore such small food. Powdered flake food is perfect for them. The best thing to do to insure survival is keep them away from adult fish. Baby fish are a prefered meal of many fish, even the parents in this case.
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2007-04-19 05:44:32 · answer #2 · answered by magicman116 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Take a fish flake on your palms, roll your palms over one yet another. Ta-da, you have toddler fish meals. merely make confident the products are smaller than the fish's head. Mollies additionally like vegetables regardless of the undeniable fact that, so in case you are able to decrease up a splash piece of lettuce tiny sufficient, the toddlers will rejoice with that a great deal.
2016-12-26 15:05:19 · answer #3 · answered by esme 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I feed them Hikari First Bites or break flake food down into itty bitty crumbs.
Just keep their environment clean and make sure you take good care of the little guys! They're growing babies. :-)
2007-04-19 07:01:19 · answer #4 · answered by Fierce Lioness 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
=) Congratulations! you now have the pitter patter of little fins around your tank.
Since you don't have time to make green water (insuforia) right now,I'd suggest going and buying liquid fry food. Any chain pet store should carry it. Personally,I use wardley's and my guppies loved it.
2007-04-19 05:39:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Crushed up freeze dried brine shrimp works well.
2007-04-19 07:09:23 · answer #6 · answered by Kari R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋