cool that is what i was going to say about the baster, try some live brine and target feed i do my multi fry that way with a old medicine bulb dropper, in the years i have had brichardi's honestly i never target fed them, when i fed the tank they would eat as well, but what you could do is step up feedings also step up water changes for the bioload with crushed flakes along with extra live brine shrimp, on the hatch stage honest with brichardi's i knew they would eventually breed for me so i never paid any attention so when i seen fry i was like cool and maybe one time i seen some eggs and a couple days later there were fry but i dont know who long the eggs were there before i noticed them now when my fronts start to breed i will pay 100% attention as for my brichardi i think of them as a cichlid guppy, but yes i am with you i would wait til they are free swimming buddy, sorry i couldnt help more my friend..
