Baby fish feeding

[minx]

I've got a 10g full of baby Corys about 4 weeks old.

I've been feeding them with Liquifry up till now but I was wondering when I should start feeding them solid foods. I've tried putting a couple of sinking pellets that I feed my adult Corys on into the tank but they haven't shown a great deal of interest.

Can anyone help?

 

[loganj]

I always fed mine brine shrimp. I know they don't have much in the way of nutritional value, but the corys ate them and grew. I also gave them the freeze dried brine shrimp...it took them a little while but they eventually started picking at the pellets. As soon as they get just a little size, you can feed freeze dried tubifex. After they reach about 1/2" in length, they will eat frozen bloodworms easily. Did you leave the sinking pellets in the tank until they started to dissolve some?
Logan J

 

[minx]

Yeah, although the snails seem to clean up anything that's left long enough to dissolve.

Perhaps it would be easier to soak the pellets before I put them in the tank?

Anyhow, thanks for the tips ... I'll try them on some bloodworms (the adult Corys love them)

 

[Grant R]

With my Guppy fry, I didn't bother with the LiquiFeed stuff, I just ground down normal tropical fish flakes in the smallest way possible and they went doen fine. Eventually as they grow, you can feed other stuff like tubifex and freeze-dried foods as Logan mentioned.

Soaking isn't a bad idea either. (In your aquarium water)

 

[Guest]

I used to feed fry hard boiled egg yolk. I have no idea if this is still a popular thing to do, but it sure was back in the day. small quantaties, crumbled to a fine powder, 2-3 times a day, make sure they eat it all or it can foul the water.