Both the C. trilineatus spawn from 7/14 and the C. aeneus spawn from 8/02 are in adult coloration now and right about the same size. Amazing how quickly the aeneus fry caught up with the 2 week older trilineatus. The trilineatus were slower to hatch AND slower to grow. Its like aeneus is the "super" cory. I think I have right around 150 fry (kinda hard to count.....) and should be ready for them to find new homes in another couple weeks or so.
I've been harvesting mosquito larvae from the "toxic" swamp (aka green water growing receptacle, aka stolen kiddy pool) to feed my breeding pair of Killifish. She has a voracious appetite for anything that squiggles and moves! I also ordered a huge bag of Java Moss for the breeding tank which basically covers the entire floor. My home made fluidized filter is working like a charm, very pleased with how quickly the 10 gallon tank cycled. I will let the Killi's spawn for a few more days then removed the adults and see who hatches :)
The one week old Otocinclus fry has been out and about ever since I threw some Daphnia in his shoe tub with him/her. I keep adding green water for the Daphnia and some Repashy soilent green for the misc. snails. There are also some mature floating plants and a sponge filter. Anywhoooo the little guy is grown and now very active. I did a 50% water change on the tub last week and remove water to add green water each day, so far all looks good. Interested to see how fast the little guy grows. Meanwhile in the parents tank some eggs obviously hatched around the same time he did as there was a whole lot of activity in there from the corys. Real doubtful there was survivors! I will eventually move the otos in with the cherry shrimps where they can all reproduce to their hearts content ;)
Keep your eyes open for the grand opening of Finatics Tropical Fish in Kennewick, WA!!! The countdown starts!
Great post.
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