5 Gallon Tank What to feed fry...?

I have some balloon mollies that are birthing out, I have set up a 5 gal tank and they are happy little boogers and growing like weeds. what do I feed them? I have been crushing up some fish flakes... but there has got to be more. Thanks.

 

baby brine shrimp! they love them! good luck with the babies

 

Good afternoon and congrats on the fry!

Here is something that you may want to try. However, crushing up the flakes should do quiet well for the little ones.



Info on feeding fry:
https://www.fishlore.com/aquariumfishforum/threads/tips-for-fry.31077/

Best wishes for your fish!

Ken

 

Decapsulated brine shrimp eggs are another great alternative.

 

thanks everybody! You should see them! I have a marbled blk/silver female, orange with blk dots female, a silver and gold male and a orange creamsicle male. the babes are so uniquily colored and their patterns are starting to come thru. One is a steel gray, I'm interested to see how he turns out, i've never seen a steel gray one before. A couple are orange and blk marble, really neat!

 

You could get hikarI first bites, they pretty well.

 

I would use brine shrimp, but I don't want to spend money on an air pump (yet) so I use crushed flakes and give them little pinches until they're full.

 

can I put shrimp with my fry, or will they eat them?

 

I think shrimp are fine.

 

Yeah I've always fed my angel and livebearer fry baby brine shrimp. Works great.