Feeding fry?

[Lady_Alia]

I've got jewel fry and they're TINY!! What can I feed them?

I've crushed flakes into dang near a powder and it's still too big.

What do you guys feed your wee little ones?

 

[Jason7894561230]

Freshly hatched brine shrimp also Daphania and microworms, i feed microwarms to my kribensis fry. Also awesome looking jewels

 

[Lady_Alia]

Freshly hatched brine shrimp also Daphania and microworms, i feed microwarms to my kribensis fry. Also awesome looking jewels

Thanks! They spawned 5 days after I got them. I wasn't at all ready for this! lol

 

[Shay]

First Bites, decapsulated brine shrimp (soak them in water for 5 -10 minutes before feeding), walter worms are also good choices. These are the primary things I feed them until they are big enough to start adding more things to their diet.

 

[Lady_Alia]

First Bites, decapsulated brine shrimp (soak them in water for 5 -10 minutes before feeding), walter worms are also good choices. These are the primary things I feed them until they are big enough to start adding more things to their diet.

What kind of fry are you feeding?
And what brand of first bites?

 

[Big.Jon]

Beautiful Red Jewel Cichlids. Have you tried liquid fry food,or try mushing a zucchini piece and flake food with some water and use dropper.

 

[Jill]

Hikari first bites, egg yolk, and baby brine shrimp.

 

[Starka]

Absolutly beautiful Jewels!
Egg yoke works well with me.

 

[Lady_Alia]

Thanks everyone! I didn't know you could feed egg yolk...

 

[Lady_Alia]

And thanks big Jon and Starka! They're my pride and joy...along with my frontosas of course

 

[HUKIT]

I've been feeding my all of my fry from CA/SA to Africans on NLS grow exclusively for years with fantastic results, this also makes the transition to larger NLS pellets seamless.

 

[Shay]

Angels, Victorians, Lateacara Curviceps, Kribs, livebearers, plus a few others

Why I started using the decapsulated they're always ready to go, don't have to hatch them LOL sometimes I get a surprise spawn or 2. Plus the brine shrimp don't use up the egg sack hatching thus giving the fry the more protein value

 

[Lady_Alia]

I've been feeding my all of my fry from CA/SA to Africans on NLS grow exclusively for years with fantastic results, this also makes the transition to larger NLS pellets seamless.

I was thinking about getting the NLS small fry, but they said it might be a little too big for them right now.

 

[Lady_Alia]

Angels, Victorians, Lateacara Curviceps, Kribs, livebearers, plus a few others

Why I started using the decapsulated they're always ready to go, don't have to hatch them LOL sometimes I get a surprise spawn or 2. Plus the brine shrimp don't use up the egg sack hatching thus giving the fry the more protein value

COOL! I'll look into that then.

 

[jetajockey]

Just put it in a bag and take a rolling pin to it, any flake or pellet food will work, it just needs to be powdered. Some fry are pickier than others, though, and may not take to the prepared food well. I try to feed a mix of live and prepared food for best results.

Microworms are one of the simplest and easiest cultures to maintain.

 

[Wy Renegade]

Green water also works - piece of lettuce or algae, set it in the sun for a few days - you'll get all kinds of small microorganisms growing in there. Just use an eye dropper to transfer it into your tank.

 

[Lady_Alia]

Awesome, thanks everyone. I just ordered fry food online, hopefully it'll get here soon! If not, I'm sure I'll have more babies. I sure hope I can keep these alive.

 

[boadams87]

You've gotta boil the egg yolk then mash it real fine.