Arctic Mama 3,627 Posted September 19, 2019 It’s cool when they’re in that transparent stage and you can actually see the swim bladder! My juvies are about half color changed now. I’ve been feeding them lightly lately and need to step it back up, but ran out of bloodworms and can’t get more until the next paycheck 😳 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FishyMandy 6,278 Posted September 19, 2019 Yea I love the transparent stage! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FishyMandy 6,278 Posted September 25, 2019 Here's some new Photos of Lenny, he is 4 weeks old today 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FishyMandy 6,278 Posted September 25, 2019 And here's some of the younger fry, about 2.5 weeks old. Thinking I might have some 'chus in this lot 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arctic Mama 3,627 Posted September 25, 2019 Aaaawe the little niblets! They’re growing great! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FishyMandy 6,278 Posted September 25, 2019 All the fry Ive grown before have ended up really behind and stayed really small, so im trying really hard to keep up with lots of wcs and tons of feedings on these guys to get better growth 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arctic Mama 3,627 Posted September 29, 2019 Just checking in and saying hi! Nothing new here to report, stupidly busy as always. Oh, and still nauseous. Yay pregnancy!😓 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FishyMandy 6,278 Posted September 29, 2019 Sorry about the nausea taryl! My pondies have been busy again 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arctic Mama 3,627 Posted September 29, 2019 Hornwort - the Egg Catcher ™️ 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FishyMandy 6,278 Posted September 29, 2019 Its a great egg catcher lol, so is the hair algae. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FishyMandy 6,278 Posted October 2, 2019 Here is Lenny today. 5 weeks old. I'm not sure if he should be bigger by now but I'm feeding tons and doing tons of water changes 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arctic Mama 3,627 Posted October 2, 2019 He’s really growing! Way to go Lenny! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FishyMandy 6,278 Posted October 4, 2019 I moved Lenny to a 5g today. I hope continues growing at a good rate! Today was a waterchange day, Seven water changes all up! The Two fry tanks (Lenny and the younger ones), The Main Tank, Bedroom Tank, Tropical Tank and Both Ponds. Small pond is still full of eggs! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
koko 14,341 Posted October 4, 2019 7 hours ago, FishyMandy said: I moved Lenny to a 5g today. I hope continues growing at a good rate! Today was a waterchange day, Seven water changes all up! The Two fry tanks (Lenny and the younger ones), The Main Tank, Bedroom Tank, Tropical Tank and Both Ponds. Small pond is still full of eggs! He's getting big and on the Pond. My fish have backed off doing that since its only about 60F in the daytime 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FishyMandy 6,278 Posted October 5, 2019 The guys in the big pond and my tanks haven't spawned, except for the one lot in the bedroom tank that Lenny came from. But the guys in the small pond...sheesh they haven't stopped! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arctic Mama 3,627 Posted October 6, 2019 Okay I need to vent. I am singing in the church choir for the Christmas cantata with my two oldest girls. Because we didn’t have any, and my voice isn’t as high as it used to be, I offered to sing second soprano. Okay fine. Some of the parts are tricky and my ear isn’t used to picking out harmonies between the chords. Fine. But choir director who shall remain unnamed - do NOT promise to send audio files during the week of each section’s part and then NOT DO IT. I just sat down for two hours trying to pick out this part in a funky key on the piano because you didn’t keep your word. COME ON. Help me out, dude. Sheesh. This is supposed to be fun and instead I’m a ball of stress. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FishyMandy 6,278 Posted October 9, 2019 I think it is safe to say that Bruce had a part in fathering the pond fry 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aussieJJDude 122 Posted October 10, 2019 They cutest little ugly ducklings!Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FishyMandy 6,278 Posted October 10, 2019 Bruce Jr., or Sharky as I found myself calling him, will become a keeper I think lol 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FishyMandy 6,278 Posted October 14, 2019 My 15g fry tank cracked today, all along the bottom. Thankfully it didn't go right through so it didn't leak. Don't know how it happened, it wasn't like that when I left for work this morning, got home to do their WC and saw the huge crack. I had a spare 15g so I set that up for them 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aussieJJDude 122 Posted October 14, 2019 Oh gosh. That's scary. Glad you found out just in time!Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arctic Mama 3,627 Posted October 14, 2019 6 hours ago, FishyMandy said: My 15g fry tank cracked today, all along the bottom. Thankfully it didn't go right through so it didn't leak. Don't know how it happened, it wasn't like that when I left for work this morning, got home to do their WC and saw the huge crack. I had a spare 15g so I set that up for them Yikes! That was a close call! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arctic Mama 3,627 Posted October 14, 2019 On 10/10/2019 at 8:01 AM, FishyMandy said: Bruce Jr., or Sharky as I found myself calling him, will become a keeper I think lol Aaaawe, Sharky! That’s cute 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FishyMandy 6,278 Posted October 14, 2019 Yea,was a relief that I found it in time! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FishyMandy 6,278 Posted October 21, 2019 Update on my fry Lenny will be 8 weeks on Wednesday, He is about an inch long now, or just over. The others are 6 weeks old, and slowly starting to catch up. I have 16 left. I'm feeding them about 3-5 times a day, mostly frozen foods now. Doing waterchanges every day. I want to make sure they are growing at a good pace and at the size they should be for their age so I'm willing to hear any advice, all the fry I've raised previously have stayed really small so I want these guys to get to a good size I'll probably set up a couple of tubs outside soon for the non keepers and move the keepers (four of them) to the 15g tank. Right now 13 of them are in the 15g and 4 of them are in the 5g. Both tanks have cycled sponge filters. Here are some pictures 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
