Tropical Fish Flake - Eaten From My Hand.......help

[Deleted member 107737]

Hi All,
 
Ok so this morning i had my first attempt at feeding baby platies.
 
i put a single wafer in and after say 1 hour 1 of the 8 babies mouthed the flake but didnt seem to take anything off it.
 
So i thought i would try a flake. I put a flake in the water 9 not one fish come to the surface. then a short while later the flake sunk to the bottom of the tank.
 
As the flake was sinking ( 1/2 way down) a couple of baby platies quickly zoomed to the flake and nibbled a tiny bit off.
 
The flake hit the sand and since then no fish has even touched it.
 
so i had an idea to try and hold the flake between my fingers half way down in the tank.
 
a few seconds later 2 babies started nibbling at the food.
 
 
My conclusion...... do i have to hand feed baby platies which are say about 1 month old??
 
 
Could i just put a few pellets in as ive seen someone put pellets in on youtube and there were about 20 babies around it???/
 
http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dK0tcvai5o
 
The video is not of my fish but someone elses babies and he is using a pellet of some sort.
 
Thanks all.
 
dave

 

[sadguppy]

Hi All,
 
Ok so this morning i had my first attempt at feeding baby platies.
 
i put a single wafer in and after say 1 hour 1 of the 8 babies mouthed the flake but didnt seem to take anything off it.
 
So i thought i would try a flake. I put a flake in the water 9 not one fish come to the surface. then a short while later the flake sunk to the bottom of the tank.
 
As the flake was sinking ( 1/2 way down) a couple of baby platies quickly zoomed to the flake and nibbled a tiny bit off.
 
The flake hit the sand and since then no fish has even touched it.
 
so i had an idea to try and hold the flake between my fingers half way down in the tank.
 
a few seconds later 2 babies started nibbling at the food.
 
 
My conclusion...... do i have to hand feed baby platies which are say about 1 month old??
 
 
Could i just put a few pellets in as ive seen someone put pellets in on youtube and there were about 20 babies around it???/
 
http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dK0tcvai5o
 
The video is not of my fish but someone elses babies and he is using a pellet of some sort.
 
Thanks all.
 
dave

You are worrying too much; if they are hungry, platies will eat from the substrate.

 

[Deleted member 107737]

could you please give me a rough feeding guide for flakes.
 
so if i put 1 flake in per day will that be enough for 8 baby platies about 2 weeks old

 

[sadguppy]

Two or three flakes, crushed up as small as you can, once or twice a day should be fine. Or, get hold of some Tetramin baby and given them a small pinch.

 

[Deleted member 107737]

thank you