Curiosity101
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I was just checking the tank earlier and saw this little shimmery wormy thing. Fished it out to find out it's an almost free swimming n. transvestitus baby.
Problem is the OH and my sister said to me yesterday 'Oh can we just unplug one of the fish things for awhile'. I said fine, but not for long, and only unplug the small heater. Well guess what, they forget to plug it back in and they unplugged the large heater (my 300W for the 150l gave up just before xmas so it's had a 100W and 25W on it since).
The water is now 12C ... thankfully I check it daily. Oh well... least if they've spawned once they'll do it again.
For anyone who is interested...
Tank: 150l
Inhabitants: 3 N. transvestitus (1 male, 2 female), 4 Bolivian Rams (2 male, 2 female), 2 Dwarf flag cichlids (1 male, 1 female).
pH: 7.6
Temp (normally): 25C
Diet: Mixture of cichlid pellets, flake, frozen bloodworm and frozen daphnia.
Very lightly planted, but lots of places for making caves.
By my reckoning, judging by the mobility of the fry, I reckon they've been hatched for only a few hours. Which makes me think they were probably laid on christmas/boxing day. Whilst I was away in Sheffield visiting family for christmas! Lol.
Problem is the OH and my sister said to me yesterday 'Oh can we just unplug one of the fish things for awhile'. I said fine, but not for long, and only unplug the small heater. Well guess what, they forget to plug it back in and they unplugged the large heater (my 300W for the 150l gave up just before xmas so it's had a 100W and 25W on it since).
The water is now 12C ... thankfully I check it daily. Oh well... least if they've spawned once they'll do it again.
For anyone who is interested...
Tank: 150l
Inhabitants: 3 N. transvestitus (1 male, 2 female), 4 Bolivian Rams (2 male, 2 female), 2 Dwarf flag cichlids (1 male, 1 female).
pH: 7.6
Temp (normally): 25C
Diet: Mixture of cichlid pellets, flake, frozen bloodworm and frozen daphnia.
Very lightly planted, but lots of places for making caves.
By my reckoning, judging by the mobility of the fry, I reckon they've been hatched for only a few hours. Which makes me think they were probably laid on christmas/boxing day. Whilst I was away in Sheffield visiting family for christmas! Lol.