Guppy babies
Posted by Anja on October 5, 2010 at 15:29 | Last modified: July 9, 2012 16:14We came home to more guppies than we had left. Three wee ones were swimming in the tank. We were quite surprised. The parents are so small that I didn’t think they were grown out yet. The female must already have been gravid when I got her.
The hatchlings are huge, compared to the parents. I’m used to the teensy minnows and can’t believe there were three of these inside their still very small mom.
The baby’s swimming right underneath Dad here:
Shooing fish babies
Posted by Anja on April 19, 2010 at 16:51 | Last modified: July 9, 2012 16:55I finally cleaned out the minnow tank downstairs. It was really, really necessary, but with all the itsy bitsy babies in there I hadn’t dared so far. And while they grew a bit and are now able to swim more strongly, they’re still only a couple of mm long, so it was a harrowing business of constantly checking the gravel vac and the bucket. Twice I had to evacuate an entrepreneurial youngster from the vac, once I almost sucked up one of the little plecos. But he whizzed out of harm’s way under his own steam. *phew*
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Posted by Anja on February 10, 2010 at 00:14 | Last modified: July 8, 2012 21:28Pulled 15 more babies out of the minnow tank. As for the cory hatchling, I haven’t seen it. I cleaned the big tank today very carefully, and left out the corner where I first spotted it, though I don’t know, of course, if it’s still there.
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Posted by Anja on February 8, 2010 at 23:36 | Last modified: July 9, 2012 20:41I transferred about 10 of them to the brig tank today, since they don’t reliably stay in the breeder. There were five or so left in the breeder, and I saw one or two zipping around free style in the tank. We’ll see how each group fares, I guess.
I tried to take a picture of the little guys, caught one. Note the frogbit above him for size comparison:
Spawn
Posted by Anja on February 7, 2010 at 22:57 | Last modified: July 10, 2012 04:08We have fish babies. The minnows downstairs have spawned again, and I keep siphoning those itsy bitsy eyelashes into the safety of the breeder inset, but the silly things keep swimming back out thru the slits to where the adults are waiting for a snack. We’ll see if any of them survive long enough to become too big at least to fit thru the slits.
In the big tank meanwhile I saw a single, I believe it’s a cory hatchling, since it hides in the gravel, and the cories are the ones who spawn frequently. I’m always surprised when one of the eggs survives despite the ever hungry tetras, and at this point I don’t think the hatchling’s chances are quite 50/50 yet. Nevertheless both the tiger and I keep peering in to see if we can spot it (we’re a talking about 3mm length here and the thickness of a sewing thread with a pin head attached) and we’re keeping our fingers crossed for it to survive past snack size.
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Posted by Anja on April 19, 2009 at 11:56 | Last modified: July 9, 2012 04:04We’re sitting peacefully at the breakfast table this morning, when the tiger suddenly bends down to check out one of the big pots we’re overwintering our tropical pond plants in. “There’s something swimming in there,” he says, frowning.
We look at each other going, “Shoot, mosquito larvae.”
It certainly is the right size, but it doesn’t wriggle, looks more like lashes with eyes, and there’s a bluish shimmer to it. “There’s another one.” – “And there.”
To make a long story short, we pulled five WCMM hatchlings out of the various pots, which we now all checked, of course. It has to be said that I use the old aquarium water to water the plants, but the last time I changed the cold water tank downstairs was two weeks ago. You may easily imagine that the water in those flower pots was not of pristine quality.
Weirdly, there are no babies in the tank itself. So, now I don’t know, if they just got eaten there by their parents, or if, maybe the temperature downstairs (18C) isn’t warm enough yet for them to hatch.
Any clues, anybody?
I now have 5 teensy WCMM in a holding tank and don’t know if I should put them in with their parents or not. The only other fish in that tank are two hill stream loaches. Are they baby snatchers?
I’m quite, quite floored. And totally awed at the sheer survival power of those little guys.
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Posted by Anja on August 4, 2008 at 19:40 | Last modified: July 9, 2012 19:41Added the last dose of medication on Saturday. Yesterday I did a 50% water change, added carbon to the filter and set the temp two degrees lower. So far things are looking good, but I won’t breathe relief until I’ve had my first two weeks without a relapse. Incredibly, the cory baby (lower right corner) never missed a beat.
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Baby?
Posted by Anja on June 20, 2008 at 19:27 | Last modified: July 9, 2012 19:28I’d seen my peppered cories lay a very few eggs after the last heat wave subsided, but as the tetras are eating them as fast as they come, I didn’t think anything of it. This morning as I was making sure everyone shows up for feeding, I saw a tiny movement at the mouth of the cave out of the corner of my eye, and sure enough, a teensy tiny cory baby is down there munching happily along the rocks. My very first fish baby. I must confess, I’m pretty excited.
Unfortunately it’s way to quick for me to catch it on camera. I’ll keep trying, though.
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