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Mosdefenate

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So today i come home from school and notice that they convict fry are now free swimming, should i be worried about feeding them certain things? how would i go about feeding, i heard that the parents will spit food at the fry and thats how they eat at this size? any help please sorry for the noob question first time with fry=(
 
Gratz on the fry, always cool. I wouldn't count on the parents to feed the young. For cichlids fry I usually use frozen brine shrimp eggs. Fry can't resist this stuff.

There is also powdered baby food. It's like flake foods, but so finely grounded it becomes a very fine powder... You either drop this in the tank and let if float, or if the fry is shy then put a couple drops of water and a pinch of the food together, make a ˇmud-like substance, and drop in water. This will make the food sink, and go everywhere in the tank.

As soon as they get big enough I switch them to brine shrimps or blood worms...always the frozen type for me.

Can't go wrong with this...good luck with the fry!!
 
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