An update on the fry:
Plakat fry turned 6 weeks last Monday. I mentioned earlier that it was getting easy to siphon the bottom because the fry can move away from the siphon stick end... that was only for a short time.
I'm back at it's-so-difficult-to-clean-the-tank mode. The fry are now double in size and are darting to and fro and playing in the siphon's current. Two 10 gallon tanks are double the back ache and arm strain! 
The biggest fry would be an inch long, displaying juvie stripes and colors. I now have reds, blues, torquise and greens among the finnage and body. The greens will probably become darker blues. I'm crossing my fingers the bigger ones and the brightly colored ones become HM plakats.
Another thing... the gentle baby brine shrimp feeders have turned. They are now voracious, ravenous, bloodworm (shaved-frozen) eating monster dragons.
It's a chaotic frenzy during feeding time. Most of them now hang-out near the surface. The bottom dwellers are the smaller ones who pick up the leftovers.
I'll post pics probably next week. My camera is with my sister right now.
I'll wait for maybe 8 weeks before I start jarring some. It's difficult to know males from females at this point. They all look like males!
Estimate head count for both tanks: Still more or less around 150 fry.
Plakat fry turned 6 weeks last Monday. I mentioned earlier that it was getting easy to siphon the bottom because the fry can move away from the siphon stick end... that was only for a short time.
I'm back at it's-so-difficult-to-clean-the-tank mode. The fry are now double in size and are darting to and fro and playing in the siphon's current. Two 10 gallon tanks are double the back ache and arm strain! The biggest fry would be an inch long, displaying juvie stripes and colors. I now have reds, blues, torquise and greens among the finnage and body. The greens will probably become darker blues. I'm crossing my fingers the bigger ones and the brightly colored ones become HM plakats.
Another thing... the gentle baby brine shrimp feeders have turned. They are now voracious, ravenous, bloodworm (shaved-frozen) eating monster dragons.
It's a chaotic frenzy during feeding time. Most of them now hang-out near the surface. The bottom dwellers are the smaller ones who pick up the leftovers.
I'll post pics probably next week. My camera is with my sister right now.
I'll wait for maybe 8 weeks before I start jarring some. It's difficult to know males from females at this point. They all look like males!
Estimate head count for both tanks: Still more or less around 150 fry.
4 more jars to clean up 
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