eggs hatched, I got fry!! Should I start feeding now? Sack gone?

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eggs hatched, I got fry!! Should I start feeding now? Sack gone?

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here is a short video and pic, let me know what i should do.

https://youtu.be/gKCrJk88xNs
https://youtu.be/w9hjJ-0yeMo
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Re: eggs hatched, I got fry!! Should I start feeding now? Sack gone?

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Congrats on the hatching! :-)

It depends on the tank, in a good (long!) running tank, which is not overstocked but rather understocked, cory fry can be raised without any special foods at the beginning.

Corys will start to look for food very soon, like on the first or second day after hatching. My habrosus fry seems to be fine with the Pleco Tabs I give their parents.
You could try small live foods like baby brine shrimps or microworms. frozen food like cyclops could work as well.
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Re: eggs hatched, I got fry!! Should I start feeding now? Sack gone?

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I have been feeding bbs (frozen), hikari first bites, and ground up super fine new life spectrum flake food. I mix a bit of each in a bit of water and using a small pipette, I add some right in front of them.
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Re: eggs hatched, I got fry!! Should I start feeding now? Sack gone?

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That should work well. My favorite food for new cory fry is the finely-ground flake food (I also blend in some pellet food, some freeze-dried worms or shrimp, and even small algae wafers with the flakes, and then I pulverize it all together in a mortar and pestle until the dust feels like silk between my fingers). Then, as the fry get bigger, I just don't pulverize the food so fine, and give them a slightly coarser blend until they are big enough to eat live Tubifex worms and other adult food.

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