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Callatya
 
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What have you found to be the best food for fry growth in platies? I'm wary of using the same foods I have for bettas because of the high meat content, and I'm not sure it would be good for them. What does everyone else use?

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I use First Bites by Hikari and frozen baby brine shrimp. The platies seem to like them.

I also put in some live plants to get some infusoria growing to mix things up a bit.
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When i had swordtail fry, i didnt feed them too many things special, but then again, there was a lot of leftovers in the tank bback then. They are pretty decent sized when first born, so they are developed enough to chow down on small live foods, and small pellet or crushed flake food.

Good luck and congrats on the platies!

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Callatya
 
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I'm not used to bright orange babies! Bettas don't colour up for ages, these guys were orange right from the beginning. I was worrying that they had an infection but then I got the torch "oh, wait, they are just that colour all over!"

I've popped some riccia in with them and they seem to be enjoying it. They are getting some sinking pellets to chew on and microworms when I remember They grow FAST! it won't be long before I can let them loose in the tank!

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LOL, the first time i saw my swordtail fry was when i saw a bright orange to red dot fly out of the riverstone gravel i once had. I thought it was a piece of flake food, but it had eyes, and my swordtail was not fat anymore! I love fry~

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I have always used First Bites, small enough for them to eat. My platie fry were usually a pale color until they were about three weeks old and started showing markings. Orange fry sounds very pretty, but makes them a target for a smorgasborg - I would think. Congradulations on the babies.
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Microworms & Live Brineshrimp are my best bet. I use them with all the fish i bred. When they grow up a bit i start feeding them Spirulina Flakes by Tropical.

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i have one in a tank and simply ground up regular flake food and droped it in... i also had some plants and it took about 2 months till i was sure it wouldnt be eaten by its parents... she is doing great now let her in the big tank yesterday...

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