This is what I saw this morning....
Posted: 29 Jul 2007, 06:15
Well, this morning I saw something make you smile and warm your heart. 
As usual, I was syphoning out some water so I can use the water to change the fry tanks. And I notice a dark egg on the root part of Java Fern. And I thought I missed the egg from few batch earlier. Anyway I try to pick it with my fingers. And just about my fingers reach to pick it, I notice something move. And I looked closely and I notice the egg have a tail.
And I know I can't pick it with my finger so I grabbed the pippet and suck it out. And put it to the cup and little later, this little guy hatched out from the egg and s/he skipped the egg tumbler and went straight to the wiggler fry container.
It just a timing that I catch it before totally hatch out. S/he might survive in the adult tank but I think s/he have better chance in the fry tank.
I mean I saw many eggs hatch and many eggs with tails before hatch but I never saw the egg in the process of hatching while it still attach to the object. In a way, this is how it must be in the Nature. It kind of make sense that they usually prefer to place the eggs in the place with nice water movement so the egg have less likely to collect any dust and less likely to fungus.,etc.
Also I found 2 more old eggs in the spawning mop and 3 new eggs in the Java Moss. 3 new eggs seems low number but I could not find anymore. Then again, some sneaky eggs have been known to hide. And hide they do.
As usual, I was syphoning out some water so I can use the water to change the fry tanks. And I notice a dark egg on the root part of Java Fern. And I thought I missed the egg from few batch earlier. Anyway I try to pick it with my fingers. And just about my fingers reach to pick it, I notice something move. And I looked closely and I notice the egg have a tail.
And I know I can't pick it with my finger so I grabbed the pippet and suck it out. And put it to the cup and little later, this little guy hatched out from the egg and s/he skipped the egg tumbler and went straight to the wiggler fry container.
It just a timing that I catch it before totally hatch out. S/he might survive in the adult tank but I think s/he have better chance in the fry tank.
I mean I saw many eggs hatch and many eggs with tails before hatch but I never saw the egg in the process of hatching while it still attach to the object. In a way, this is how it must be in the Nature. It kind of make sense that they usually prefer to place the eggs in the place with nice water movement so the egg have less likely to collect any dust and less likely to fungus.,etc.
Also I found 2 more old eggs in the spawning mop and 3 new eggs in the Java Moss. 3 new eggs seems low number but I could not find anymore. Then again, some sneaky eggs have been known to hide. And hide they do.
And few days later I saw 3 of them at same time. They are just finish transform to the adult coloration and I think they are about 5~8 weeks old. And this morning I saw 1 with smaller with more spotty fry colored one. 