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That's really cool. I'm gonna have to try this.
Fry day 11: [attachment=2]Fry day 11.JPG[/attachment] [attachment=1]Fry day 11b.JPG[/attachment] [attachment=0]Fry day 11c.JPG[/attachment] said:I love watching them go through the meta phase as they are so cute when the stripes start showing up.
Looks like your sucess rate is very high.........do you know about what the count was for them this go around? said:The hatch rate for this clutch was terrible but that was human error so I didn't bother counting unhatched eggs. As far as survival rate of those that did hatch that is also tough to say. If I had to guess I would say around 150 hatched. 29 have died so that would give a rough guestimate of 80 percent survival rate. I am hoping I will be able to count them when I transfer to a new tank, not sure if this will be feasible or not. If I am able to count them I would be able to give and accurate survival rate.
On to today
Fry day 14:
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This seems to be the new corner to hang out in. Over half the fry hang out in a giant ball in this corner all day.
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Size reference this is the end of my index finger. Still pretty small but they're growing.
me too! LOL
me too! LOL"]
Thanks everyone glad you are enjoying them.
Fry day 15:
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Can see a few of their second stripes very well. The second stripe fills in much slower but is really cool to watch as it spreads more and more until finally finishing the design. Not sure if this goes for all picassos but it seems like for this clutch and the last that the more white they have the faster it develops. For example in the last clutch the last clowns to fully develop their stripes where the plain normal clowns with the picassos developing much faster. Again I'm not sure this is the case for all picassos but it seems to be holding true in my case.
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3 weeks old! Looking great. How much food do you say you feed in a day and how often? Now that you have the HOB filter said:Thank you very much. Right now I am feeding a pinch of crushed dry food 3 times a day and I also usually feed some brine at least once a day but I am constantly cutting down the amount of brine I feed to try to get them relying mostly on the dry food which I think they are by now. As far as the HOB filter goes I mainly added it to help prevent amonia. With such a small tank, tons of fish, and the massive amount of food added I am asking for a disaster. The filter is already matured in another tank so it helps a lot along with regular water changes. To answer your question, so far it does seem to help with detritus but by no means does it keep the tank free of it. I still must siphon the bottom reguarly but it does help.