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Here is one day 2 pic at about 4 mm in length - two eyeballs and a tail .
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OK, more pics:

Day 17 - The Trio of Fry

The largest I'm referring to as Fry "A", followed by Fry "B", then the runt is Fry "C". The largest is about 12mm now or getting close to half inch.





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Bigger yet today. Maybe I'll post more pics on Wednesday. I've been trying to limit the pics to when it is easy to see change. However, I can easily tell the difference between the three. There is a really big one that is aggressive with eating and hunting for food. There's a middle one that is similar. The runt is not as aggressive or may not be as smart and maybe even has problems. He continues to develop tho.

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Ohhhh they've gottten sooo big .

^_^

- Yeah, I'm feeling like a grandma. And, great granny has been quite interested, to my surprise. She has a softspot for babies of any kind (except spiders and centipedes ). I have to show her blown up pictures because she can't see in the tank that well, but she does go up to it to see.

wouldn't cory_do be grandma considering it was cory dis goldfish that had the babies so it would be the goldfishes babies and the goldfish are Cory_di's babies so that would make Cory_di the lucky grandma

Diane - These are really cool pictures. How does Grandma (your Mom) like the suprise new additions?

And one more reflection shot.

Week 2 - Picture F

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Week 2 - Picture E

This is one shot from above so you can see the fantail development better. You can see the pec fins too which were barely visible on day 5.



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OK - I took more week 2 pics. Here is the tank - a 5.5 gal with a sponge filter in it, hornwort, java moss, and the airstone you see is connected to a battery operated air pump. We had high winds and flickering lights. The pump would have gone on if power failed.

I've circled one of the fry near the center of the pic so you can get an idea of their size.
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Ok then, maybe the Hikari First Bites are indeed chock full of nutrients. I've been siphoning off the bottom to prevent them from feeding on useless remnants. Once dried food is in the water after even a few minutes, most of the nutrients have floated away. I've been delivering to each fry a small cloud at feeding time so they get a few bites in the first minute.

I was using my airtube/straw, but am now removing the plants daily so I can see them better and using a bonafide, tiny gravel vac so I can get it better.

They had thawed, frozen, bbs today and I'm going to alternate that with the Hikari First Bites. I basically feed them bbs once daily about a couple hours before I vac the bottom to pick up much of what they missed.

I noticed the growth explosion when I fed them seven times in one day. I didn't realize how fast they digest their food. However, the stomach and intestinal line are all but 2-3 mm in length (at that time), so it moves through fast. I find every 2-4 hours is a good time to shoot for. It's a good thing I live so close to work as I come home for lunch daily to give them one meal.

I've been up since 9am today and it is now 1:00. They have already eaten 3 times. I feed them every 2-3 hours on weekends.

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Oh Wow. Cory_Di, they are absolutely amazing!!!
My fry lived a week longer than these here, but they never looked as developed as these, they are indeed little beauties...Well done

This is very cool, Di --

Thanks for continuing to provide the updates.

Week 2 - Picture D

Reflection in the glass - note the swim bladder again.

At this age, I believe I am beginning to see the intestines starting to spiral instead of going straight from the mouth to the vent in a line. From the top, the instestinal line seems to be asymmetrical at this point.

More pics next week, but I'll provide descriptive updates of what is to come, if they continue to do well for me.

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Week 2 - Picture C

A decent pic of the developing split-fan tail which began at about 5 days of age.



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Week 2 - Picture B

This is a hungry fry - easily visible is the lack of food in the belly and intestine. This is what I watched for and made sure they had enough food (at least 5 times daily).

Note the early shadow of what will become the dorsal fin.

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Week 2 - Picture A

Roughly 9mm in length, but filling out (compare to the pic above). I think I have a red-cap developing here, or it's the backside of the other eyeball, since he is still somewhat transparent. It's hard to distinguish between the three fry, but I believe this is the most far developed one here.

EDIT: I know this is not a redcap as it appears. I looked head on, which I will try to get a top view of these guys now. I do not see any such feature so it must have been a shot of the other eyeball from the backside.

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At 1 week they were about 7mm in length:

Week 1

Note the intestine with food running under the shiney swim bladder. If you wonder why overfeeding fancy goldfish can cause swim bladder disorder, this is why. Compression.

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And another at day-2:
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Hi People

I started this in the Coldwater Forum not realizing my fancy goldfish fry would make it this far. It was an unexpected hatch - in a bucket, where I had placed my goldfish hornwort and javamoss for a few days . I couldn't just dump them. They were about a day old, still clinging vertically to the sides of the bucket when found.

I took the first pics the second day. I moved them at about 5 days to a 5.5 gallon very carefully. You can catch details of the first two weeks here:

http://www.fishprofiles.com/interactive/forums/thread.asp?id=31580

I will use this as a weekly update and will provide 2-day old pics to start, 1 week old, and 2 week old. The other link provides a pic of a fry that died 10 minutes after the picture with something obviously wrong digestive-wise. I have had no other problems.

Fry are eating mainly Hikari First Bites (a finely ground, powdered food loaded with vitamins critical to development) and thawed frozen bbs. I tried hatching some but didn't do too well at that . I also found that some planaria, which are on the plants, are also being eaten when the water is disturbed and they come floating out. .

Water changes have been about 24-26 hours. Water going back in is about a degree or two warmer and I spread it out over time so as not to shock them. I add it with just a cup. The water sits out for a few days and is near their tank in a jug, already conditioned.

A sponge filter, which was unseeded is all they have for filtration. I'll get a picture of the entire set up and post back later. I used New and Improved Cycle. Too keep the water from fouling, I siphon the bottom with a straw connected to an airline.

Here is their first home on day 2:



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