Just one that size, must be from a spawn around end of November. Some nights you see nothing in that tank. Tonight I saw one fry surface from the back of the tank that was from the last hatch. Then disappeared in the back again.
Pygmaeus Fry
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Geez, by the time spring rolls back around you should actually have some fry large enough to see w/out a magnifying glass and eyestrain.
For sure! This guy is actually is no longer able to dive between every piece of gravel. I think when he can't get between any of the gravel anymore, we'll call him a fish instead of a fry!
I think when he can't get between any of the gravel anymore, we'll call him a fish instead of a fry!
Dense planting FTW! I wish you luck with all of them, captive-bred pygmies are the essence of accomplishment! :silly:
Do you think, since you only found one of the older fry dead, that he might have been the one you hadn't seen?
I don't know, but I want to say no since when I spied this guy, he seemed bigger than the two I had been watching.
It was cute when I was staring at the gravel and plant leaves looking for him last night, lo and behold he was perched on a piece of driftwood like one of the adults would be. It just looked so cute, unfortunately that piece of driftwood is kinda out of range for the camera so the shots didn't come out.
Amost forget to mention, what's even nicer about some success here? Only 7 of the cories are themselves captive bred. The rest are all wilds!
1/21 Update
An update a week later........the big fry can't get between the gravel any longer. So he's officially a little fish now, guess we should name him (or her)! He's doing well, growing and lost some spots. He is not big enough to join the group yet so he still hangs out by himself. I'll try to get a new picture up when I get time.
Not doing so well again on the fry that are 3-4 weeks old. Still so tiny and very rarely come out of the gravel. I did a partial water change a few days ago, I siphon water out slowly and add it back in slowly and temperature match. Everything seemed to look ok. But I don't think I took the time to watch the tank afterwards. I saw the big fry and assumed everything was fine. Did another partial water change last night, but this time sat down afterwards to watch the tank. Maybe 10 minutes (wasn't watching the clock) later I see the first baby fry floating. I take it out. Maybe 5 minutes after that I see another. I take that out. Any maybe 5 minutes after that I see yet another:cry:!
Now I'm frantic to find the big fry and it took probably another 5 minutes before he came out of his hiding spot to swim. He's fine. Went back later and he was eating. So, now I know that my partial water changes are doing the fry in at this point in time????? I don't get it. They made it through the other water changes but not this one? Put your thinking caps on here and see if you can help me to understand this. And yes, I always use the appropriate amount of dechlor.
An update a week later........the big fry can't get between the gravel any longer. So he's officially a little fish now, guess we should name him (or her)! He's doing well, growing and lost some spots. He is not big enough to join the group yet so he still hangs out by himself. I'll try to get a new picture up when I get time.
Not doing so well again on the fry that are 3-4 weeks old. Still so tiny and very rarely come out of the gravel. I did a partial water change a few days ago, I siphon water out slowly and add it back in slowly and temperature match. Everything seemed to look ok. But I don't think I took the time to watch the tank afterwards. I saw the big fry and assumed everything was fine. Did another partial water change last night, but this time sat down afterwards to watch the tank. Maybe 10 minutes (wasn't watching the clock) later I see the first baby fry floating. I take it out. Maybe 5 minutes after that I see another. I take that out. Any maybe 5 minutes after that I see yet another:cry:!
Now I'm frantic to find the big fry and it took probably another 5 minutes before he came out of his hiding spot to swim. He's fine. Went back later and he was eating. So, now I know that my partial water changes are doing the fry in at this point in time????? I don't get it. They made it through the other water changes but not this one? Put your thinking caps on here and see if you can help me to understand this. And yes, I always use the appropriate amount of dechlor.
Sounds to me like your water supply is occaisonally being loaded with something the smaller fry are sensitive to. Water treatment facilities sometimes use various different chemicals but never notify anyone that they do so. I would suggest either using bottled water (after testing it to make sure it's suitable) or install a carbon filter on your faucet to screen out contaminants before dechlorinating.
Hey pink, what did their eggs look like?
I've got 6 pygmy corys in my tank at work and I suspect they're laying eggs. However, I haven't found any fry but that may be b/c of the other fish in my tank. I have enough plants/moss in there that a few should be able to survive.
I've been finding eggs in the silicone on the corners of the tank, random parts of the glass, plants and my driftwood. They look like sesame seeds.
I've got 6 pygmy corys in my tank at work and I suspect they're laying eggs. However, I haven't found any fry but that may be b/c of the other fish in my tank. I have enough plants/moss in there that a few should be able to survive.
I've been finding eggs in the silicone on the corners of the tank, random parts of the glass, plants and my driftwood. They look like sesame seeds.
