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rely on that for food for the next 24 hours or so. During this stage, the fry attach themselves to the tank sides and cling there. When they have absorbed the yolk sac, they become free swimming and then require feeding. The best food I have found is ZM Systems 'Infusoria grade food'. This is a high protein food and is in a very finely ground state. A little of this, dispersed in water makes and excellent food for the first few days. At this stage, it is a good idea to add a small bio sponge filter and a few snails. The snails do a good job in clearing up uneaten food. As the baby fish grow, they are then introduced to newly hatched brine shrimp Artemia nauplii. I feed brine shrimp once a day and dried food another twice. I now like to start doing daily water changes. About 20 to 25% is carefully siphoned off from the base of the tank. Check to make sure you have not caught any fry before throwing the water away. Replace with fresh water at a similar temperature. As the fry grow, they can be introduced to other foods, frozen Cyclops, chopped tubifex worms and live Daphnia etc. At approximately half an inch, they should be moved to larger quarters. The Danionins are very prolific and it is not unusual to have a spawning of several hundred fish from two or three females. Other methods can be used to save the eggs when spawning occurs. Floating woollen mops are effective , as are mops placed on the floor of the tank. Plastic mesh sold in garden centres is excellent. The easiest egg layer to breed? Possibly but beware those that decide they are not going to oblige so easily.