Golfnut Posted November 22, 2004 Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 Hi, My father-in-law's micky mouse platties just had babies! What should you feed them? He is just crumbling flake food right now. Any cheap easy food sources for the babies? THANKS! Andrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toirtis Posted November 22, 2004 Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 Powdering flake works well...as do small live foods like microworms, or frozen like daphnia...or even a tiny bit of hard-boiled egg yolk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spark740 Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 Crumbled flake is OK but you could get liquid fry food if the platies are really small. then, for easy feeding, why not try chopping up some earthworms? (They stop wriggling after you cut them into 16ths.) Make sure you clean them first. or even better, get some beefheart from Superstore or whatever. feed a little at a time though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drydock Posted August 1, 2008 Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 (edited) Crumbled flake is OK but you could get liquid fry food if the platies are really small. then, for easy feeding, why not try chopping up some earthworms? (They stop wriggling after you cut them into 16ths.) Make sure you clean them first. or even better, get some beefheart from Superstore or whatever. feed a little at a time though. I have had success with crumbled flake, frozen mysis shrimp and even hard boiled egg yolk. You have to be really careful with the egg yolk as it will give you an ammonia spike faster than you can believe. If you have a tank with live plants, there is often lots in there for them to forage as well. I have most of my fry hiding in a couple of balls of java moss. I found you also have to do almost daily water changes to encourage their growth so they get full size... Edited August 1, 2008 by For Lack of a Better Term Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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