Sooooo, about a month ago I was starting to tear down a 75g tank to move other fish into it, and upgrade the current inhabitants. I found my Neolamp Meeli guarding over half of the tank and teeny tiny fry all over the place. I went ahead and removed the adult Meeli, Daffodils, Trets, and V. Moorii that were in that tank, into their new 125g.
The fry were too tiny for me to catch and move, so they've been growing out in a bare 75 gallon for the last month. This weekend I noticed something - 6 or so of them are getting the mottled gray and black pattern as the adult Meeli while the remaining hundred fry look nothing the same! They're starting to get a nice irredescent outline to their fins and what appears to be a lyertail forming. I think my Daffodils spawned without my knowledge and the Meeli were guarding their fry. Oh, the surprises and adventures of the aquarium.
The fry were too tiny for me to catch and move, so they've been growing out in a bare 75 gallon for the last month. This weekend I noticed something - 6 or so of them are getting the mottled gray and black pattern as the adult Meeli while the remaining hundred fry look nothing the same! They're starting to get a nice irredescent outline to their fins and what appears to be a lyertail forming. I think my Daffodils spawned without my knowledge and the Meeli were guarding their fry. Oh, the surprises and adventures of the aquarium.