Wigglers! The spawn that I have been waiting for...My HB X Blue Silver cross sibs! They'd spawned twice before but I didn't have the water right and the eggs turned white. I've been watching their eggs and yesterday evening when I went down to do WC I couldn't find them. I put on my glasses and I still couldn't see them in their BB tank. I didn't give up hope. This pair guarded their white eggs until I sucked them up. I know that some pairs will guard until the eggs until they start to wiggle and then break your heart and eat them. I wasn't able to make myself believe that this pair would do me that way.
This morning I found them. Mom had moved them to the heater cord where they are still happily wiggling away.
Quote from: LizStreithorst on January 12, 2016, 04:29:31 PM
Wigglers! The spawn that I have been waiting for...My HB X Blue Silver cross sibs! They'd spawned twice before but I didn't have the water right and the eggs turned white. I've been watching their eggs and yesterday evening when I went down to do WC I couldn't find them. I put on my glasses and I still couldn't see them in their BB tank. I didn't give up hope. This pair guarded their white eggs until I sucked them up. I know that some pairs will guard until the eggs until they start to wiggle and then break your heart and eat them. I wasn't able to make myself believe that this pair would do me that way.
This morning I found them. Mom had moved them to the heater cord where they are still happily wiggling away.
Glasses ????........... |^|....bi-focal kind that hang around your neck on a chain, right??.....try'n to picture this.....How about a selfie??
Good luck Liz. |^| |^| |^|
....good luck, Liz... ;D ;D ;D ;D
Thank you gentlemen for the well wishes. Jon, I do not wear glasses around my neck on a string. I should but it's too "old lady" for my taste. I prefer to go searching for them because I can't see them because I don't have my glasses ::)
The dang pair moved them again. They moved them to the sponge filter ??? It's a small pore sponge but it's not where I would but my valuable kids. I unhooked the air tube from the sponge and attached an air stone to it. Mom is rounding up the wigglers that broke free from the sponge now. I trust this pair. I hope that I did the right thing. They might know more than I do about the best place to move their wigglers huh
They've been on a the seem on the back of the tank for a couple of days now so I was able to hook the sponge back up. I expect a mutiny tomorrow.
Quote from: LizStreithorst on January 15, 2016, 07:25:59 PM
They've been on a the seem on the back of the tank for a couple of days now so I was able to hook the sponge back up. I expect a mutiny tomorrow.
|^|.............pics?
Great. |^| |^| |^|
Lights are off now. I'll snap one tomorrow.
Quote from: LizStreithorst on January 15, 2016, 07:47:20 PM
Lights are off now. I'll snap one tomorrow.
;D.....thanks...
I'm pretty sure they're gone this morning. I'll check again later but the parents act like they're gone. I'll let them try once more before I break my rule and pull them. My heart is set on turning my HB's blue.
HA! They're back ;D I don't know where they spent the night but there back on the seam now huh
Quote from: LizStreithorst on January 16, 2016, 07:31:30 AM
HA! They're back ;D I don't know where they spent the night but there back on the seam now huh
+1.......sneaky pair, huh?....LOL
Quote from: Mugwump on January 16, 2016, 07:34:16 AM
Quote from: LizStreithorst on January 16, 2016, 07:31:30 AM
HA! They're back ;D I don't know where they spent the night but there back on the seam now huh
+1.......sneaky pair, huh?....LOL
That's great Liz. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
It doesn't look like they will succeed this time. Last night I had around 60 wigglers, this morning 30, this afternoon 10. I'll let them try another time or two before I pull. This was their first time.
Keep it up and you'll become another angel mill like those other 2 guys on here! ;D I hope you have a better experience next time.... |^|
Nah, I'll never be an Angel mill. If I had a market like those guys I might but since I don't I'm concentrating on stuff that's difficult to make. Half Blacks are hard enough. Blue Half Blacks are even harder.
I have faith in you, Liz...!
It's a good challenge. Everyone needs something to work toward.
You'll make it happen. |^| |^| |^| |^| |^|
I like your new avatar, Willie ;D
Thanks Liz. These guy don't move around as fast as my Scalare so I may actually be able to get better pictures for a change. ;D