Mugwump's Fish World
THE POND-THE FRESHWATER PLACE => Various tropicals & live bearers => Topic started by: PaulineMi on November 13, 2013, 05:19:05 PM
Earlier this year there were two survivors from a diamond tetra spawn. Odds were definitely against them as there are White Cloud Mountain minnows, cories, angelfish and the adult diamond tetras in their tank. Here's a picture of one of the two lucky youngsters that made it and one of the adults....
(http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc306/paulinemi/MiscFishPixOct13130381_zps38b9969e.jpg) (http://s218.photobucket.com/user/paulinemi/media/MiscFishPixOct13130381_zps38b9969e.jpg.html)
(http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc306/paulinemi/MiscFishPixOct13130411_zps54921ab8.jpg) (http://s218.photobucket.com/user/paulinemi/media/MiscFishPixOct13130411_zps54921ab8.jpg.html)
Pretty fish.....and lucky too,,,yep
On the face of it, it seems cruel, but that's just the way it has to be. I read an article many years ago about egg scattering fish and their propensity to eat their own eggs and fry. The gist of the article was, if each fish produced just 1 fish that survived to adulthood over the course of their lives, they had perpetuated the species. Just imagine what it would be like if a moderately high percentage of the offspring survived.....
post scriptum: Very nice photos Pauline!
Dennis
Quote from: BallAquatics on November 14, 2013, 07:50:08 AM
On the face of it, it seems cruel, but that's just the way it has to be. I read an article many years ago about egg scattering fish and their propensity to eat their own eggs and fry. The gist of the article was, if each fish produced just 1 fish that survived to adulthood over the course of their lives, they had perpetuated the species. Just imagine what it would be like if a moderately high percentage of the offspring survived.....
post scriptum: Very nice photos Pauline!
Dennis
That makes sense....
Darwinian fishkeeping is what I call this and I practice it daily.
Pauline, those are wonderful photos! Did you use side lighting, overhead, front, bottom? I'm thinking top and side.
And did you use a pane of glass to keep the specimen in the front of the tank?
Thank you.
The lighting is the LED fixture on top of the tank. And the pictures were actually the result of these guys getting in the way while I was tying to get some pictures of the angelfish.
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Great photo... Some times the oppps are the best ones.... 8)
They are great pictures.