Two days after hatching, the newly hatched frys are ready to eat, so they come on top of the ponds water level and the sides and floors looking for food.
They are fed with "Artemia" a prepared feed containing high protein percentage.
They can also be fed with fish meal of 0.2mm to 0.3mm sizes.
They can be on this diet for seven to ten days and they will be ready to go to the next feed size of 0.5mm to 0.8mm feed sizes for another seven to ten days.
The next feed size is 1.2mm to 1.5mm. By this time they have finished the 3rd week.