Wow

[dennysfishroom]

I hadn't tried to hatch killiefish eggs in the past (other than some Blue Gularis). I got some eggs for some Northobranchius and they were supposed to be ready to hatch on 10/20. He said you could tell when the eyes turned golden. I looked, but couldn't even see any eggs. Not sure if that was because they were so small, or I'm just not seeing well enough yet. Decided to go ahaead today, so this morning I put them in water, and by this afternoon, they are swimming around. Wow. I wasn't expecting that. We'll see if I can grow them up. They may possibly be ready by our auction. Denny

[mewickham]

Awesome! Do you know which species they are?

[dennysfishroom]

I think it's several sp. Denny

[mewickham]

So surprises are in store!

[Jackielee]

I did that a while back but only got about three fry from my efforts. Kind of disappointing but was fun to try. Good luck.

[dennysfishroom]

there were many more in the hatch tank the day I hatched them than yesterday, so I used a baster to transfer them to a bigger tank. Now today I didn't see any fry swimming around, but they could be hiding. If I do it again, I'm going to remove the fry as soon as they hatch. Things like this keep the hobby interesting. Denny

[etheonut]

Where did you get these from Denny?

I hatched some eggs a couple years ago, but I wasn't really prepared when they hatched out.
It was really amazing though.

Kevin

[dennysfishroom]

Thailand, I think. This was just sort of a test (still ongoing) to see if I could do it. Denny

[sumpnfishy]

What you want to do now is get most of the water out of the peat and store it for a few more weeks. You may get more fry out of it the next time around. Some species won't hatch completely out until you wet the peat 3 or 4 times.
Michael

[dennysfishroom]

In the future I may try that (if there is a future). This was a test, and we'll see whether I end up with any fry before deciding if I want to do it again (actually adults - I've had the fry, but can I raise them to adults?) . Denny

[etheonut]

In a bold move the president of the Northwest Arkansas Aquarium Society lept onto the prophetic bandwagon and declared that the end of the world is coming. He is quoted as saying, "In the future ... (if there is a future)".
Has the leader of this small, occult like, organization from the hills of Arkansas seen a future or lack of one, or has he just sucked too much dirty fish water? Time will tell, and we can only hope that everyone has their vacation feeders set and ready to go.

The Press.

[dennysfishroom]

I guess that's why I'd never make a good politician (or at least one of the reasons). Denny

[pinkrblu]

*cough*choke*wheeze*