feeding baby fishies

[couplescaddy]

everybody, ive had my tank for 3 days now, in the first hour i had my 4 fish, one started having babies. so now i have 23 baby fishies all over my tank, but i only have regular fish food. how do i feed the babies and how fast will they polute a 6 gal tank?

 

[Fish_fanatic]

You can feed them finely crushed fish flakes.

 

[couplescaddy]

alright, thanks

 

[krap101]

i think you should put like 10-15 ones that look stronger/cool looking and put them in a breeding net/container. leave the rest in there and see how they do. unless you already decided where their going to go. because i almost gaurentee you the ones in the tank will be eaten.

you pretty much feed them daphnia, brine shrimp, and really crushed up flakes. i heard a good method is put a couple flakes in a plastic bag crush them with your fingers. wet a toothpick and put it in the bag and itll get some of the food out. and light some candles put up some flowers and serve

 

[couplescaddy]

alright, sounds good, i dont think any of them will get eaten because the others in the tank aren't big enough to even eat one of their fins, i think theyll be fine from the other fishies, but i just wanna make sure i at least give them a chance by giving them some food, but i didn't think about using flakes, i only have the pellets, and those are WAY too big for them. thanks guys!

 

[krap101]

pellets you can crush 2. i think. inless its the flat kinds. if you put an algae wafer or somethinng soft im sure they can peck at it

 

[Fish_fanatic]

You can still use pellets if u want, I have used them. All u have to do is put them in a zip-lock bag and smash them up with a hammer until they are practically dust, just dont smash too hard or u will rip the bag.

 

[krap101]

lol and let the air our or youll break it too

 

[couplescaddy]

thanks guys!

 

[couplescaddy]

hey everybody, just thought id let you know that the baby fishies are growing up VERY fast, theyve about doubled in size over the last 2 days, now theyre about 1.5 cm long, and swimming around ALOT in a big school. only 1 has died so far and that was from the filter. if anybody in the Santa Barbara area wants some free Gold Dust Mollies, let me know. peace out everyone. l8

 

[RogerMcAllen]

Sorry I'm a bit late to the thread, but I have heard you can feed baby fish eggs. Pour an egg into a cup of water, mix it vigourously, and then boil the water, you should end up with tiny bits of scrambled eggs.