timberwolf-manstab:

Hey I want you to look at some Pikeblennies (the genus Chaenopsis). At first they just look like neat long boys:

But then! Look at those big ol’ branchiostegal rays! (Those are the bony rays under the jaw).

And they scream!

So small! So much rage!

Anyway I think they look like little duck-snake-dragon hybrids and I love them very much.

coryeggs:

Corydoras fry – Day 66 – 1st meal in the big tank!

From early this morning. I had to go to bed before it finished uploading.


The extended family all together! Plus some divebombing Endler Boys acting like nuts, as usual.

The new fry are still bleached out some after the move a couple of hours earlier. But, they seem to be settling in well, and are already not acting particularly shy of the bigger fish.

Sometimes they will dart away from the Old Lady, who still looks like a whale compared to even the younger adults. And no wonder…

Also visible here: some better shots of the three larger surprise babies I have seen so far, who survived in the main tank.

The two smaller babies actually seem to be around the same age as the ones just added from the nursery tank. I’m guessing they’ve had good luck finding a steady supply of food in there, and maybe the new batch will grow more quickly too now that there’s more room and better foraging for them. They haven’t exactly been starving in the nursery, but they still haven’t put on nearly as much growth over the same time.