When do I stop feeding First Bites to platy fry?

[bloodlucky]

It's been like 4 weeks since he was born and he's almost 1.5 cm he's been eating a pinch of first bites 2 times a day.

When do you think I can feed him flakes?

Also around when is a good time to introduce him to the community tank? I think he misses his parents all alone in his fry tank!

 

[vanimal]

You can introduce him once he is switched over to flakes and is big enough to not get eaten.

 

[bloodlucky]

You can introduce him once he is switched over to flakes and is big enough to not get eaten.

Could I introduce him once he's big enough to eat flakes? He's like 1.5cm now and I'm afraid if I introduce him now the platys will still take a shot at him and it would hurt him

Hes 4 weeks old by the way

 

[vanimal]

Wait a little longer. That would terrible if his parents ate him.

 

[bloodlucky]

Wait a little longer. That would terrible if his parents ate him.

Yes that would be very horrible

 

[Aetherbound]

They won't try to eat them if he's a cm or more. At that size they are fast enough and strong enough to avoid. If you have decent coverage and hiding spots. If it's a sparsely decorated tank or smaller than 30g, it might be better to wait til 2cm

 

[bloodlucky]

They won't try to eat them if he's a cm or more. At that size they are fast enough and strong enough to avoid. If you have decent coverage and hiding spots. If it's a sparsely decorated tank or smaller than 30g, it might be better to wait til 2cm

Yeah my dad says give it at least 2 more weeks he knows this kind of stuff if you know what I mean