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Great pictures. What type of shells are they, and where did you get them from?

Thanks for the tips Molly.

I've counted at least 8 fry. Most of them hang out near one particular shell where the mother is. Some of the fry sit out in the open sand (near the mother) and scurry back when they get spooked.

Also, I noticed one fry has take a shell as its own! ]

Crushed flake is great, and no need to put your hand in the tank - just crush it in your fingers and sprinkle it on top of the water. Back off, and in a minute or two it will waterlog and start sinking. Continue to feed the adults normally - pellets IME are paticularly good as the parents often spray "crumbs" everywhere while they're eating them. IME the parents don't directly feed them, but, then, they don't need to - the fry are very, very good at finding their own food.

Of course, live food is always good - newly hatched brine shrimp is a particularly good choice. I've heard great things about (frozen) Cyclop-Eeze, too.

Hmm, maybe I should post some new fry shots since the post was dragged out again!

-Molly
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I came home this weekend and saw something very tiny move and found out that my Occies have babies! My first question is what to feed them? All I can think of is crushed flakes but they seem to scatter in the water once I put my hands in. Does the mother feed the babies (by collecting food an spitting it in the shells?)

They've grown up a bit more.

Mom with fry:


Fry:

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I've got one word to say and it will be my shortest post ever.

AAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gotta love da babies! I'll have to wait until my Occies feel like hooking up and make babies!

Oh, go for it - they're the best! I can't wait to give these guys some room to colonize ... just a month and a half to go, I suppose.

-Molly
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Very very nice

A shellie tank is now at the top of my fish-wish-list

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Some brilliant pictures in there Molly.

Lovely Shellies, and nice looking babies.

-- Gomer

Not quite - but I did set the "continuous shooting" feature on my camera. The fry just decided they didn't care about me any more and started swimming about. Mostly I was reading Plato, taking notes, and looking up every few minutes to get a few shots.

-Molly
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Great pics. You must of been trying to those decent pics for hours!

LOL They're so cute (and seem to be coming along nicely)

Well done again Mousling

Dex

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Escargot shells, and I just called a couple of gourmet shops out of the yellow pages. They were pretty cheap, too, and of all the types of shells I've tried, the shellies have preferred these about 20:1.

New shots (because I ought to be reading Plato)
The Angel vs. Devil shot:


The two shots that show the orange/yellow on the dorsal is already there! And people say similis lack color ...



And the best shot so far:
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-Molly
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Yet more similis fry but now with visible pictures.

Fry:



Mom guarding:


Mom with fry:


Mom alone:
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Okay, I got a new picture (which has definitely inspired me to keep trying!):



Okay, just caught a couple more:



Mom guarding fry, who's aping parents and peeking out of shell (it's a bit of a looser fit on him )


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Nice pictures. I like the fry pics, even though they are a little hard to see. I like how you got them close up.

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They hide too much to count, but I'm sure of six and suspect a few more than that.

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Oh, I forgot to ask, how many fry are there?

They're staying with the parents, at least for now - it's a 7 gallon minibow. And I do plan to keep them, as I'm setting up (well, knock on wood) a 40-long colony tank in the early spring for these guys.

-Molly
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