Saturday, November 28, 2015

Age 26 days

Parents checking the fries.

Dad...

Mom...

Happy couple. :)

A couple more.

Age 25 days (part 2)

Only reds.

Doing fine.
Dinner time. :)

Age 25 days

Blues.

New home for reds.

Temps.

The great migration.

They like it.

Family picture. :)

The numbers: blues = 133; reds 129.

Age 24 days

Blues...

Reds... Houston, we have a problem. Looks like ich.

Thursday, November 26, 2015

Age 22 days

Blues. I'm wondering how will they turn out. They look like tutti frutti to me. :)

Reds.

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Monday, November 23, 2015

Age 19 days

Blues...

Reds are accomplished eaters and are growing faster.


Sunday, November 22, 2015

Age 18 days

Blues...

Red sharks.

Nice dorsal.

Out of focus, but still a doubletail. ;)

Friday, November 20, 2015

Age 17 days (part 2)

Big boys play with big toys. Watch my seventeen days red babies taking on their first frozen food meal, to be more specific, adult artemia salina. ;)


Age 17 days

Blues...

One blue not being quite blue. :)

Reds...

Thursday, November 19, 2015

Age 16 days

Age: 2 weeks and 2 days.

"Blues" being... well...blues. :)
And a smaller version...


"Reds" playing the catch up game. Not being an iridescent layer/color, red will be late to the party, at least on the body, but those fins should color up faster. Unfortunately, blue washes will be a part of the game, but the parents were far from perfect in this respect, with the mother being the only red fish from her spawn.

Age 15 days (part 3)

Meanwhile, the red empire, age 15 days, is moving forward, guns blazing and taking no prisoners. :) Some of them are already gulping air from surface. I also witnessed a sustained fight between two siblings. I think talking colors is right around the corner. ;)

Age 15 days (part 2)

No, of course no jarring, I'm just messing with ya. :)

The lone fry was a scout, sent ahead to test the new home for the "blue" brotherhood. The "blues" were losing the race with their "red" cousins, who are noticeably bigger and are eating about two or three times more brine shrimp than the blues, without having the numbers on their side (or so I think). So I decided to move the blue team in a home as big as the red's.

The cramped blues.

Nowhere to hide.

Operation teleport.

Beam me up, Scotty!

Energizing!

Almost there...

Ready? Yes, sir!

The great exodus. :)

The invasion is over, all 134 soldiers survived. Place your bets gentlemen, the race is on! :)))

PS: I put a mark on the fist sign of iridescence of a fry...