when will mi fry get big..need recipies plzzzzzzz help..

pookiepets · Member Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 66 Location: irvine

errrrr fry are still small to see and will not eat flakes other fish eat the flakes wat is a recipie just for frys is easy to make and is nutrious

sakura.seppun · Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 7:43 pm Post subject:

CRUSH the flakes into a powder.

Fish Addict · Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 8:44 pm Post subject:

cooked egg yolk

pookiepets · Member Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 66 Location: irvine

yeah cooked the yolk but other fish eat it before they do and i dont wanna move the fry ani other suggestions

sakura.seppun · Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:17 pm Post subject:

Do you have them out in the tank with the other fish? If you want to keep them. that is a VERY bad idea. Your fry need to be in a seperate tank or in a breeding net. They also need to be fed small amounts every few hours. I have platy fry as well, and they are some of the smallest out there, powdered flake food is all that I can get them to eat. Soon they will be larger and be able to eat the egg yolk or brine shirmp. Until they double their birth size, you need to keep them away from all your other fish. Even their parents will eat them given the chance.

raghu_gg · Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 10:38 am Post subject:

Also after separating them out, Try micro pellets

Trickster · Member Joined: 05 Apr 2005 Posts: 309 Location: My Chair

If i had fry, i would put them in a 5g, and just put the whole egg yolk in the tank (Hard boiled). Then they can pick at it when ever they want, and if it dissolves all it does is create a cloud of protein that the babies will s**k up. If you have other fish in there, still put the whole yolk in there, you cant tell me that the other fish will eat the WHOLe yolk before the babies get any.

t_chelle16 · Moderator Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 3437

If you put a whole yolk in a tank it will shoot the ammonia through the roof and probably kill every fish in there.

-Chelle