Going away for a weekend and I have fry need help

[cougargirl50]

Im going away on the weekend of the 21st. I know my regular fish can go without food for 2 days but I also have 3 baby fry that are only a couple days old. I have been reading that fry need to be fed like 2 times a day or so. Is this true.
What can I do to make sure they are fed. I don't have anyone that I can trust around here that could come over and feed them.

Is there a plant or something that they would nibble on or something. Looking for suggestions.........

 

[Lotus]

You can get an automatic feeder, which might help.

 

[FroggyFox]

If there's enough stuff for your fry to nibble on in the tank they'll probably be fine over a couple days too. If it was going to be longer I might be worried...but they eat such a small amount anyway...

 

[Bruckm]

Honestly, I wouldn't worry about it. Feed very well the couple of days before you leave. There'll probably be plenty of bits of food lingering for them. I've discovered fry in tanks that were several weeks old. I had never purposely fed them. Ideally yes, you should feed them at least a couple of times each day. The younger the fry the more able they are to survive on the micro-organisms (infusoria) present in the water. As long as you don't have a large number of fry, you only have 3, there should be enough to keep them going.

 

[phOOey]

i to have had fry that i have never purposely fed and have grown to be healty adults. dont worry about them they'll be fine.

 

[Cutlass]

Leaving 3 newborns alone for an entire weekend?!? Someone needs to call Childrens' Services on you

 

[revfred]

They will be fine. However, if you are worried, try a 3-day feeding block. It dissovles gradually and some of the food it releases will be small enough for fry. This might be a way to put your mind at ease so you enjoy the weekend.

 

[Rebgen]

I've done a few 96 hour blackouts recently to combat GW and I've had week old molly and platy fry do just fine without food. You shouldn't have any problems.

 

[Balloon Fish]

i hear the feeding blocks get the water dirty :/ are the 3 fry mollies? if so you could probably have them in a little breeding basket and stick an algae wafer in there and it should last them through the whole weekend just make sure the other fish don't get to it if the fry is all you want to feed

 

[cougargirl50]

I have 3 platy fry. I find one more everyday here the last couple days. So I have a total of 3. When I go down this morning I look for there to be another one. It's like they want in the breeder tank cause that is where im finding them right outside the breeder tank like they are banging to get in. *BOUNCINGS

I have them in a breeder tank, with a little bit of java moss.

Before she had them I was just going to let the other fish eat them but since my platy had her fry and I seen them, I can't do that. (This is my first set of fry) *BOUNCINGS *BOUNCINGS

 

[Balloon Fish]

my first set of fry was like 80 guppy fry my mom's friend gave us a mommy guppy on her 6th round of fry