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And by the way Cali, that article about Asellus borealis you mentioned would be great to read. It might not be possible to implement the idea in a home aquarium but it would definitely be something very interesting. Please post it when you have some spare time! Thanks.

-Mughal

Well taken pictures, mughal113. Try to keep the substrate clean & when they are free swimming, you can add a small Apple Snail, so it will eat any leftover food.




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Once the fry are free swimming and occupying the upper layers of water, it should be safe to drop in a couple of Corys. At the moment they still appear to be absorbing yolk sac, hence their spending time on the aquarium bottom. Once the swim bladder is full and the fry are in midwater, they'll be safe from Corys.

Oh, another tip - if you can get Hornwort, Ceratophyllum demersum as one of your plants and pop it in the fry aquarium, it will aid nitrate management (it's a documented nitrate hoover) and will also provide your fry with a sanctuary.

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Fry are free swimming now. I've started doing small water changes. I can get some small apple snails but would it be safe for the fry especially at night? The plants will rot away as the tank is not lit.

Hi,

Here is an update. The fry have grown to 8~10mm. Here is a fresh photo.

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k96/mughal113/tb_fry4_e.jpg

And here is the 1cm one. The tail has developed quite a bit.

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k96/mughal113/tb_fry5_e.jpg

and here is the the same photo under a mask showng the iridescence . See Calilasseia, I've started working with digital photo editing

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k96/mughal113/tb_fry5_er.jpg

I've also put in some of the anachris. If it starts to rot, i'll just swap it with some new stems. I have got a lot of this stuff.

-Mughal

Are you sure they are 1cm?. The seem very small in the pictures.........

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From head to the tip of the tail, yes They are definitely 1cm now.

Hi,
Here is an update:
The fry are 12 days old now and they have been growing nicely. From the very first day, I have not counted more than five fry at a time. All those five are still there. I think thats a drawback of using that net method. May be due to the distance between the eggs fallen below the net and the male, the fertilization rate seems to be low. I had the net at 1 inch from the floor!
I have also started feeding them a mixture of powdered bloodworms+tubifex worms+pellets. I also added some anacharis from the same jar which I believe has an infusoria culture (thanks Jason!). A couple of fry always seem to hang in there among the stems and they seem to have grown quite better than the ones staying down. I assume those plants are holding some source of food for them.
I dont have my camera today. Will post some pics of the fry soon.
-Mughal