Caring For Fish Fry

If you don't already know, fish eat their own young! A simple way to keep them safe is to use a breeding trap which lets the babies safe escape into another compartment of the trap where they are safe.

A more natural way to do this is to add many decorations and (fake or live) plants to the tank if you don't already have some. The aquarium will have to be densely packed in order for the fry to hide. If you go with this method, you needn't feed them as they will not go into the open as this might risk them getting eaten. All my baby platies have survived this way.

Feeding The Young

There are special foods which you can purchase from pet stores designed for fish fry. A cheaper method is to put flake food into a ziplock bag, seal it, and keep crunching it up until it becomes powder. This is only for if your baby fish are in captivity in a breeding net or their own isolated tank.

Brine shrimp are a nutritious snack for your fry and can be hatched or bought frozen. Please refer to the upcoming brine shrimp article for more info on this topic.