New fry

[Reedman]

I found dozens of new fry.   

The other day I smelled that undeniable smell of recent spawning.  I netted out the plastic asparagus ferns and put them in a 100-gallon stock tank.

Presto - new fry free swimming in the stock tank!  There is plenty of suspended algae for them to feed on.

I'll raise them all summer and keep the nicest ones inside over the winter in a 55-gallon aquarium - give the rest away this fall.

Since I gave away all of my plain orange comets, these fry will either be:

- sarassa comets
- shubunkins
- midnight shubunkins (I hope, I hope, I hope . . .)
- mutt combination of sarassa comet and shubunkin

Last summer I didn't separate out the "tobies" (largest ones) - the tobies ate their smaller siblings and I only had about a dozen tobies left.

[skarol98]

aww so happy for you! after my frustrating pond situation all I wish is that the 3 new guy I bought today, survive

[tranquility]

I hope you better luck than I had when keeping Sarassa and shubbies together...I think the Sarassa were in the big middle of every spawn and all I was getting was sarrasa,comets and some shubbies minus the black....I got rid of all the Sarassa this spring in hopes I can get my shubbies producing again....
Lawanna

[bunny56lbc]

 

[Julles]

Congrats!

I didn't get any babies this spawn, that I know of.

I pulled hornwart out of the pond and put it in a seperate container.  A month or so later, eggs were still clinging to it, but fuzzy and spoiled.

So, I guess all that splashing about was just the females laying the eggs, and the guys were just swimming along for the fun of it, not doing the job for which their bodies were designed.   

[emm]

Babies of any sort are fun.  Hope you find the colouration you're looking for in this lot.

emm

[Pa Nancy]

Yay for you.  Hopefully they will be Midnights.

[Reedman]

They are about 1/3" long already.  Plenty of suspended single-cell algae for them to eat.