Baby fish (fry) need special foods that are easy to digest, high in nutrients, yet small enough to eat. Live freshly hatched brine shrimp are the fry food of choice, but not always easily available. Here are some alternative foods made especially for fry.
1. Tetra Baby Food
Tetra offers two types "E" for egglayers, and "L" for livebearers. Both are well-balanced powdered food that can be feed to even the tiniest of fry. Although live foods are still ideal for most fry, this is a good alternative when live food is not available.
2. Hikari First Bites
Nutritionally balanced fry food, that can be consumed by even the youngest fry. Food can be soaked to cause it to sink rapidly for mid and bottom dwelling fry.
3. Sera Micron Powered Food
Powdered fry food suitable for all egglaying fish.4. San Francisco Bay Brand Baby Brine Shrimp
You can't beat freshly hatched brine shrimp as a fry food. If you can get your hands on it, frozen baby brine is the next best thing.5. Tetra Growth Food
Designed for growing out young fish, this is a well-balanced flake food that can be used throughout the grow-out process.6. HBH Fry Bites
Contains extra fat and protein, these tiny morsels aid growth in young fish. Can be crushed into finer portions for smaller fry.7. Nutra Fin Baby Food
A good small sized fry food for feeding fry in the early stages right after hatching.8. Wardley Small Fry Food
Packaged in a tube, Wardley offers two formulas for freshly hatched fry. One is for egg layer fry, and the other is for livebearer fry. Although called 'liquid' food, it is pasty and as a result, rather messy to dispense and clean up after.