Culled most of the tiny fry that weren't growing, including Tiny and Stormageddon. They just weren't doing well. Also culled some larger fry with spinal deformities. I took them down to my lfs to feed to the oscars, and promptly got bit by a 7 incher. My finger is not a worm!!
Fry are now 7 weeks and 1 day. Starting to see some ray branching, and several other babies are getting their ventrals in! I've reintroduced all but one of the babies I had jarred back into the growout tank: I won't have time to clean 12 jars every day or two for the next couple of weeks, and the others have caught up in size. The one fry that I still have jarred (my largest, a cute orange male) is being treated for swim bladder. I'm starting to be able to tell who's male. Lots of boys in this spawn!
So, 8 weeks old and my babies are still the size of 6 week olds. Also, it looks like I'm going to end up with a bunch of ventral-less fish. Only about 3-4 of the babies have theirs. Just goes to show how important water changes/siphoning is. Ah, well, they'll still be breedable, just not showable. Maybe I'll get lucky, and one of the fry with ventrals will turn out to be show quality. I don't love them any less, I'm just a bit dissapointed, mainly since I know its my own fault.
So, 8 weeks old and my babies are still the size of 6 week olds. Also, it looks like I'm going to end up with a bunch of ventral-less fish. Only about 3-4 of the babies have theirs. Just goes to show how important water changes/siphoning is. Ah, well, they'll still be breedable, just not showable. Maybe I'll get lucky, and one of the fry with ventrals will turn out to be show quality. I don't love them any less, I'm just a bit dissapointed, mainly since I know its my own fault.
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