Fry!!!!

[Snipz]

Hey..i Just got Platy babies ...i came home and there i saw 7 babies..ok just have 2 questions..

1) How many days does a fry need for full size?
2) Wat should i feed da fry?

If any one hav info play reply thanks *celebrate

 

[FroggyFox]

You should do a search...I believe these question have been asked in this forum several times lately...

Short answer is that live food is best for fry if you want to set up a brine shrimp hatchery or buy them.

You can use a tiny piece of yolk of a hardboiled egg smashed up into water and drop it in for them.

Or the most popular and cheap way is to crush/powder flake food for them.

Not sure specifically how fast platies grow...but as soon as they're big enough that they won't fit in the parents mouth you can return them to the tank. For my guppies it was about a month.

 

[valdok]

i have baby platies, about 2 months old, and they're about a third of the size of their parents, they're about 2/3 of an inch long, a 1/3 of an inch high. actually i just had my second batch of fry a few days ago... and the babies are really tiny, smaller than i remember.

 

[Cankywanky]

there is also a special food for babies from hagen and it is a very fine powder even small enough to fit into newborn bettas mouths. My friend has it and her baby mollies grew up really fast. hope this helped

 

[Snipz]

Hey Everyone..thanks for the info...my fry are doin good..does that hardboiled egg realy work..so i just get the yolk and smash it...???thanks again

 

[Cankywanky]

yup just take the egg yolk after you boiled it and then put it into a little tupperware container add alittle bit of water mash it up. When you want to feed them just take a toothpick dip the tip in the container(be careful not to take to much)dip the tip into the tank and you'll have happy babies

 

[sugarbear001]

yes they love it I tried it today and boy talk about feeding frenzy ..lol

 

[fishboy]

When you use egg yolk however you need to do a water change almost right away or else it will suffocate the fry.