Raising fry is one of the most rewarding parts of the hobby, and it lives or dies on first foods. Newly hatched fish have tiny mouths and fast metabolisms, so they need food that is small enough to eat and rich enough to fuel rapid growth. This collection covers the first foods that get fry off to a strong start. We ship Australia-wide.
Feeding Fry
The two rules of feeding fry are small and often. Their food has to be fine enough for tiny mouths, and they need feeding several times a day because they grow fast and cannot go long without food. Match the food size to the fry, what works for a livebearer is too big for an egg-layer with much smaller babies. As they grow, you step up to larger foods.
Growth Starts Here
The quality of those first weeks sets up the whole fish. Well-fed fry grow faster, stronger, and with better colour and form than fry that scraped by. If you are serious about breeding, getting first foods right is one of the highest-value things you can do.
Common Questions
How often do fry need feeding? Several times a day. Fry have fast metabolisms and grow quickly, so frequent small feeds matter.
Can fry eat normal fish food? Not at first. Their mouths are too small. Start with fine fry food and move up to larger foods as they grow.
