Post by rickl on Nov 13, 2011 19:02:40 GMT -6
I finally got a proper light over my fish tank today, so I was catching up on fish-watching when I saw a piece of debris moving oddly... looked closer and that's no debris, that's a baby multifasciatus! Woot! A bit more patient watching and we spot at least 3 babies. One wee baby was over the sand, not the shellbed, but when it got startled it dashed towards the shells, not the rocks, so I'm assuming it's also a multifasciatus and not a juli.
The julies have settled in, 2 claiming the left half of the tank, the other 2 living in the back corner of the shellbed. Once I have another tank set up for them I'll try to catch them (with a trap, no way I can net them in the shellbed), but in the meanwhile there's no violence so I think it's ok. Once the multi breeding kicks into high gear though I'm guessing those julies will be evicted again, so I want to get them out before that happens.
Woohoo!
-Rick (the armchair aquarist)
The julies have settled in, 2 claiming the left half of the tank, the other 2 living in the back corner of the shellbed. Once I have another tank set up for them I'll try to catch them (with a trap, no way I can net them in the shellbed), but in the meanwhile there's no violence so I think it's ok. Once the multi breeding kicks into high gear though I'm guessing those julies will be evicted again, so I want to get them out before that happens.
Woohoo!
-Rick (the armchair aquarist)
. Its fun to be surprised, too, though! I had a bit of a tough time at first with an ammonia spike, so I'm very glad that I only lost 1 of each species, and they all seem to be settled in well. I've had baby multies before (they're still exciting though) but I'll really be crowing if/when the julies decide to get busy!