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mattyboombatty Moderator Tenellus Obsessor Posts: 2790 Kudos: 1507 Votes: 1301 Registered: 26-Mar-2004	Well I took down the 50g about a week ago, moving a few plants over to my shrimp tank. Today I had an odd sighting in a fishless tank. A baby fish. Not sure if it's a preacox or furcata yet. Hopefully time will tell. I snapped a shot, it's terrible: The little white spots are tiny bubbles from the filter. Critical Fertilator: The Micromanager of Macronutrients
Posted 06-Sep-2007 04:33
eat_ham222 Banned Posts: 97 Kudos: 72 Votes: 16 Registered: 20-Jul-2007	CUTEY!!!!!!!!!! I lvoe how they just scavenge when there little babies and suddenly therr all grown up. Nice baby!
Posted 06-Sep-2007 05:53
rjmcbean Hobbyist Like a Farmer Posts: 117 Kudos: 75 Votes: 415 Registered: 20-Jun-2005	That's awesome!! how old were the plants that you were moving? I would love to see some pictures of the progression. I tried to raise Fry once.... we had about 6 that we found in a tank in an LFS but they didn't make it. We had them for quite a while though. "it's the neck, it creaks under the weight of too much heavy thinking."
Posted 07-Sep-2007 01:54
mattyboombatty Moderator Tenellus Obsessor Posts: 2790 Kudos: 1507 Votes: 1301 Registered: 26-Mar-2004	The plants were in my 50g tank for a number of months before I took down the 50 and moved the plants to the 5.5. I'll be sure to take pics if it continues to live for me. I knew the rainbows were spawning in the 50, but never could see any eggs or fry. I'm sure it's because of their size. Critical Fertilator: The Micromanager of Macronutrients
Posted 07-Sep-2007 03:13
viciouschiapet Fish Addict Posts: 651 Kudos: 77 Votes: 15 Registered: 25-Jan-2003	grats!!! I hope that baby gets to grow up so you can find out what it is! The pottery that growls!
Posted 07-Sep-2007 04:29
RickyM Enthusiast Posts: 175 Kudos: 101 Votes: 62 Registered: 12-Oct-2006	Edited by RickyM Some frys are incredibly tough. Once I found a baby krib in my canister filter! She was much smaller than the others, which suggested that she must have been trapped in the filter for a number of days. I put her back in my 32G, and now she's a healthy young krib - a bit smaller than the normal size though.
Posted 08-Sep-2007 23:50
mattyboombatty Moderator Tenellus Obsessor Posts: 2790 Kudos: 1507 Votes: 1301 Registered: 26-Mar-2004	Thanks everyone. I've actually spotted two of them now I hope I get to keep them both. Critical Fertilator: The Micromanager of Macronutrients
Posted 08-Sep-2007 23:58
superlion Mega Fish Posts: 1246 Kudos: 673 Votes: 339 Registered: 27-Sep-2003	Edited by superlion I've raised an odessa barb fry in a tank I (briefly) quarantined a few adults in once... it's definitely fun to watch an itty bitty surprise fish grow up in a tank, see how it grows... ><>
Posted 09-Sep-2007 06:29


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