What To Feed My 12 Hrs Old Molly Fry

[vikki59]

I am not sure which kind of food i feed them all i have is tropical pellets and freeze and dried tubiflex worms.As i read over google to feed crushed flakes which are rarely found here i mashed up the pellets in powder and dropped into the bowl which i separated the fry from my 15 gallon tank which consists molly parents.I find that the baby fry aren't eating this must be something due to their egg sac so they are not hungry.Am i doing something wrong.PLS help.


Thank you

 

[Million]

Go to your LFS and ask for some fry food, it comes in dropper bottles and is like a thick soupy goop. Also, yes, the yolk sac will sustain them for a couple of days

 

[henriko]

I am not sure which kind of food i feed them all i have is tropical pellets and freeze and dried tubiflex worms.As i read over google to feed crushed flakes which are rarely found here i mashed up the pellets in powder and dropped into the bowl which i separated the fry from my 15 gallon tank which consists molly parents.I find that the baby fry aren't eating this must be something due to their egg sac so they are not hungry.Am i doing something wrong.PLS help.


Thank you

ok,hard boil an egg then strip the white from the yolk,throw the white away,or eat it,then what you need is a pourus cloth,take a pinch of the yolk,and put it in the cloth twist the cloth so you trap the yolk,then dip the cloth in the water,ensuring the egg yolk gets wet,you will see when you do this the particals of yolk in the water

 

[vikki59]

Go to your LFS and ask for some fry food, it comes in dropper bottles and is like a thick soupy goop. Also, yes, the yolk sac will sustain them for a couple of days

Yea had done that but no use they said they do not have any fry food and suggested to crush the pellet food and drop it and put some plants the bowl which has baby fry.

I am not sure which kind of food i feed them all i have is tropical pellets and freeze and dried tubiflex worms.As i read over google to feed crushed flakes which are rarely found here i mashed up the pellets in powder and dropped into the bowl which i separated the fry from my 15 gallon tank which consists molly parents.I find that the baby fry aren't eating this must be something due to their egg sac so they are not hungry.Am i doing something wrong.PLS help.


Thank you

ok,hard boil an egg then strip the white from the yolk,throw the white away,or eat it,then what you need is a pourus cloth,take a pinch of the yolk,and put it in the cloth twist the cloth so you trap the yolk,then dip the cloth in the water,ensuring the egg yolk gets wet,you will see when you do this the particals of yolk in the water

nice idea will try that soon

 

[lilfishie]

very finely crushed flake is fine

 

[vikki59]

very finely crushed flake is fine

Yea am trying to get flakes but they are not available in local fish stores.Is Pellet granules crushed are ok to feed other than egg yolk.

 

[OldMan47]

Crushed flake is a far safer food to use than egg yolk infusion. The egg yolk will quickly foul your water. Live foods like artemia and similar tiny foods are fine too. I use micro worms when I have them to speed up my fry development but straight crushed flake has raised a large percentage of my livebearer fry.

 

[vikki59]

Crushed flake is a far safer food to use than egg yolk infusion. The egg yolk will quickly foul your water. Live foods like artemia and similar tiny foods are fine too. I use micro worms when I have them to speed up my fry development but straight crushed flake has raised a large percentage of my livebearer fry.

But sadly none of the fry survived as the dead baby fry caused a white fungus in my tank may be due to those immature babies which where in egg form and dead by birth.The infection was so rapid fry died and even some adult mollies too.I have used the medicine after cleaning my tank now its fine but no molly fry survived

 

[Man of fish]

Well you said they were in a bowl so without a filter or heater you would have had a very low survival rate anyways if they all didn't already die sorry to say....

 

[vikki59]

Well you said they were in a bowl so without a filter or heater you would have had a very low survival rate anyways if they all didn't already die sorry to say....

I didnt know this sadly all are wiped out but my fish had more number of immature babies which i didnt notice as they were struck and covered in gravel it was too late since i found cotton wool like fungus around one fish it spread so quickly even treating with medicine didnt help.