Sailfin mollies for Archerfish

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Does anyone on here have any information, or knowledge if I was going to use my sailfin molly fry as live food for my Archerfish. Is this going to be ok?
 
Archerfish will eat Sailfin molly fry - in fact, they'll eat any fish small enough to fit into their mouths.

However, in the wild, they are known to have more invertebrates in their diet, particularly insects and other athropods from the overhanging branches above.

What I'm saying is that it is OK to feed fish to your Archers, but be sure to also feed some insects (such as crickets, flies etc) as well.
 
My Archerfish get plenty of flies. He still isn't big enough to eat crickets. He also seems to love cichlid pellets, flakes bloodworms, and Brine shrimp. He also get Veggie Rounds, and is doing just fine. Do you think that my scats, sharks and monos could use feeder fish?
 
You can buy several sizes of crickets. Baby crickets are <1/4".
 
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