What do I feed my fry while on vacation?

Question

I am going on vacation for 5 days. The baby molly fry will be about a week and a half old. Is there any kind of fry feeding blocks or food i can give them while im gone? I cant find anything. Thanks

Answer 1

I have grown many fry mollies and other fish fry, They can go without food for about 2 days, but no longer.
I feed them "First Bites", you can get that at petsmart or a simillar petstore.
It is a very fine food powder.
Sometimes I get to much of that food into the breeder, so I would feed them like every other day, because they do eat some time off of it.
If you don't have them in a breeder and you have a feeding block in your tank, they will feed from any dissolved food they can find.
I just found a few baby fry the other day in my tank, and I think they were about a week old already, I haven't seen them, because they were hiding out between the plants.(real plants)
And they servived, so if they are ment to be alive, they will servive.
Good luck

Answer 2

Never heard of anything like that either. In my opinion, I would try hard to find someone who can stop by every other day and give them a little hard boiled egg yolk or something, even very fine crushed flake food should do. I feed my fish every other day and they are ok, don't need to be fed every day. Fry have smaller stomaches though so I'm not completely sure if they can go every other day. But 5 days is too long and they cant eat from the feeding blocks yet (I don't think). If you get one of the small plastic $10.00 tanks with a small filter you might be able to take them to a friends for the week. I have done that before. But be careful to not stress them too much. Hopefully someone else can be a better help to you. Thats all I can think of.

Answer 3

There is no special feeding blocks for fry, And if you dont feed them for 5 days it could stunt there growth.

A fry is a baby fish. lol

Answer 4

do no longer feed them in any respect. they are going to be nice for each week. in case you get yet another guy or woman to feed they'd overfeed and meals will rot interior the tank all week inflicting a extensive undertaking. Fish are chilly blooded they actually do no longer could eat like human beings do. If there is green algae transforming into everywhere in the tank the fish can in all hazard stay to tell the tale grazing on that. in case you've them fed to ease your recommendations, place the final volume of meals for one feeding in a baggie so somebody won't accidently over feed. they do no longer could come back wide-unfold to feed them, according to hazard merely 2 cases interior the week. i would not get an computerized feeder, comparable ingredient ought to feed too lots, and foul your tank. i would not get a sort of plaster blocks the two, those incredibly do make a multitude. The fish could be extra suitable off no longer fed at taken with the week I assure you. they gained't starve to dying. shop the lights furniture off and that they are going to relax lots. you won't choose for to go away the lights furniture on all week besides.

Answer 5

what the hell is a fry?