The Oto Journal

Just have to be carefull of adding anything to the tank that my cause fluctuations. That's why I'm using the plastic toothpick this time.

Turned the air stone off for a while this afternoon. Final check of the evening had (24) eggs. All but (5) are in the crypt jungle. May not be able to move over many but will move some never the less. We'll see tomorrow how many may be good. Air stone back on for the evening hours.
 
hey me again :) have you found out if you can see the air bladder in adults yet? thanks
 
I'm sry...completely forgot about this question. Best I can tell...I don't see their air bladders after maturing. Their bellies turn a nice white/silverish color after a few weeks. The picture I posted of the three week old seems to be the limit. His belly has colored in.
 
Update 25-Feb-2010

Check of the eggs revealled good news. Outside of finding more eggs, I only found (1) egg that was not viable and fuzzing over. I didn't bother trying to get a good egg count today. It is over (30) though.

I did manage to move over (4) eggs to the test tank. Mama laid pretty much all of them in the crypt jungle so can't do much with them. I turned the air stone back on and will leave it on from this point forward.

Removed the old zucs and prepping new. Ground up veggie flakes and added to tank. Took some pics of things and checking them now.
 
So here's a couple shots to get you by for now.

This is one of the eggs in the crypt jungle. The only one that turned out.
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These two are now in the test tank. You can see they are getting ready to hatch.
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Update 26-Feb-2010

As expected, hatching is on going.

Test tank: No good news. Two eggs went sour. The other two appeared to hatch but I can not find any sign of fry. Not saying they didn't make it, just didn't find any.

Main tank: Counted (11) wigglers. Most everybody is located in the back of the tank where lighting is poor so couldn't snap any pics. But then again...maybe play with the camera again see. Ground up some more veggie flakes and placed in the tank. Trying this time to ensure there are plenty fine particles around.
 
Update 28-Feb-2010

Very quick check of the tank this morn. A lot of work ahead with horse pasture, olympic hockey and nascar.

Quick count found (4) little fry guys. Mama has laid another big batch of eggs. She's still using the crypt jungle for the majority but did spot a few on stems so I will transfer those over to the other tank.

Again, this was a very quick check so no accurate numbers available at this time.
 
Final check of the eve. Counted (57) eggs. (6) were not viable. Found (11) on one stem of L. Repens and moved it over to the test tank.

Surgically removed the bad eggs using a big needle. We'll see tomorrow afternoon if the number of good eggs stays up there.

Mama has regained her girlish figure. ;o)
 
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