Amazing how fast they grow up! Pics of our 1st spawn.

I will continue to update this thread with pics of our recent additions, but here are a few to start:

Dad


Mom


Eggs after being moved from filter to breeder box (June 3rd, 2013)


Wrigglers (June 5th, 2013)


Fry @ 5 days old (today)

After they hatched we had a few immediate losses (~6 DOA), but the rest seem to be doing fine so far (fingers crossed!). Now that they are bigger and easier to count it looks like we have closer to 44 than 82 (thank goodness!).

There are a few that look like one of their fins may be under developed... one you can see in the pic above (2nd above the wood piece...left fin). I'm not sure if they just haven't popped out yet or if this is a defect in the babies. As I mentioned in my intro post...we were given these by a couple that took a lot of our last batch of molly babies so I am unsure of their heritage (if parents are related or not).

Hopefully they will still be able to get around okay & live long/healthy lives!

nice spawn number

sensational, stunning pics