What Should I Be Feeding My New Babies?

[thrujenseyes]

I have 5 new adorable little endlers and I've been feeding them Tetra River Shrimp (sun dried krill) it's the only ingredient, so I don't think there are any other unnecessary fillers and or such.
 
Should I be mixing with flake food?  Do they need or want a variety.
 
I break the shrimp up into flakes so they can eat (they're so tiny).
 
 

 

[TwoTankAmin]

They are omnivores and will also need some veggies in their diet. With flake, you can crush it so it is in tiny bite size bits.

 

[Akasha72]

if you want to treat them sometime to something frozen try Cyclops. It's tiny, I used to give it to all my fry as a treat that they could manage

 

[thrujenseyes]

Thanks TTA I will go out in search of some healthy veggie fake food also!
Oh ok akasha, I've never heard of that!

 

[Akasha72]

tetra prima is good for colours too. It now comes in smaller granuals for smaller fish. 

 

[thrujenseyes]

Great akasha, thanks!

I am feeding a teeny bit once a day...as much as they can consume in like a minute. Does this sound right?

When I last kept fish (over 10 years ago) I had a cichlid tank and a pond out side. These were big hungry fish.

I'm not at all use to such teeeeeeny babies.

 

[Akasha72]

yeah, sounds right to me. It is difficult often to gauge but if you think that a fishes stomach is about the same size as it's eye then you realise that they don't need that much!
I use Tetra flake for my smaller guys cos they can't manage the standard sized prima. They seem to like it

 

[thrujenseyes]

cool...thanks!

 

[Akasha72]

no problem

 

[eaglesaquarium]

They also don't need to be fed nearly as often as we may think.
 
I fast my fish regularly - once or twice a week.  

And, if going on vacation, they can be fine for a week easily with no food being added.  (In those situations, I feed them for each of the 7 days leading up to my leaving, and feed them the morning I leave.  Then I feed them whenever I return, and for 5 consecutive days upon return.  Then I feed them on the regular schedule again.)

 

[thrujenseyes]

Good to know! Love the tips!!!