Corydoras fry – Day 5 – Closer views (9 Dec 2017, about 1 a.m.)
A closer look at some of the fry.
Plus water spots from the liquid chalk here, which have been the last thing on my mind the past few days with the babies đ Should probably get the drips cleaned off, with all the filming.
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Their little whiskers đđ
Also, looking at videos of bronze cory fry and C. schultzei âBlack Venezuelaâ fry around the same age? At least to a totally untrained eye, they look too much alike to be able to tell apart yet. Iâve seen the bronze corys spawning multiple times in there, but these babies could be from either one. Wait and see.
I didnât add before that we lost one yesterday, so it is down to 6/7. No idea what happened, just found one dead when I went to clean out the bottom. Some losses are only to be expected, but I was still pretty bummed.
Day: December 9, 2017
All from those two fat and sassy girls who keep mugging for the camera, since they arrived in late August.
The boys have been getting separated out into another tank. Accounting for only 7 of the babies so far, but the second oldest batch of fry are only starting to differentiate themselves now. Some video of them to come.
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I know livebearers are really really good at producing more little fishies, but I still keep getting impressed đ
And they can keep it up for like 6 months after a single mating. Should hopefully be only a few more batches to go, as much as I do enjoy the babies. I may need to get another tank set up for some of the girls, as it is. And/or see if the fish store would like some back.
7 Dec 2017 (7:15 a.m.) – Fry Day 3
(This video just refused to process properly after uploading to Tumblr, so here it is on YouTube. Finally.)
Mealtime from underneath!
Well, they have definitely discovered that food is a thing, and theyâre pretty enthusiastic. This is just after I added some fresh microworms. The little boogers didnât look like they had swallowed beach balls anymore before the food went in đ
It looks like a lot of worms from that view, but the ones I put in earlier stayed wriggling for at least 24 hours. Shouldnât have to worry about feeding them as often that way, either. Tiny babies with their tiny little stomachs need a steady supply, and they did seem to find the remaining worms fine earlier.
They didnât seem that interested yet in the first feeding about this time yesterday, but I guess they just werenât ready to eat yet. Probably still a little yolk left.
It worried me a little, but they had rounder bellies when I got up, and they also went after a pinch of the powdered Hikari First Bites I put in earlier. Their bellies quickly turned pinkish like the food, so they were obviously eating some of it. I thought one of them in particular might pop, but they all seem to be doing fine so far. *fingers crossed*
Even a tiny pinch of the First Bites was too much for 6 babies that size, so I may try mixing some with water and storing it in the fridge to give them a smaller drop at a time. I added a few little snails for a cleanup crew, and siphoned out the tank bottom some not long before this feeding.
That was stressful, but the airline tubing with stocking material over it to filter did let the crud through without sucking up the tiny fish đ§ Hopefully less nerve wracking next time.
Also spotted and siphoned out: miniature poop! More reassurance that they are eating, for the nervous parent here. One of the few times I have ever been happy to see poop, thatâs for sure.
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