PLEASE tell me these are fry not some kind of insect larvae 🙏🙏🙏🙏
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Definitely fry! What kind of fish?
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Excuse the caps BUT IM SO SO SO EXCITED
Beckfordi pencilfish! I saw them spawning a week ago, so I put three females and a male in this tiny five gallon in the hopes of raising some pencilfish!!! I can see four or five on the glass
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You nearly broke my heartinsect larvae
insect larvae
insect larvae
nah, so disappointing they are fish fry
Wow, congratulations! I just want to watch this thread and be happy for you! 
Please update often with photos!
Please update often with photos!
Really? I had a little dude that looked just like this in my tank for a while, and he eventually turned into this crazy leggy thing with a two-pronged tail. I always expect that one of the fish must have killed him by now, but then every few months I'll spot him still crawling around.
Maybe I just don't know how to tell the difference
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Thank you! I'm beyond thrilledWow, congratulations! I just want to watch this thread and be happy for you!
Please update often with photos!
I'm definitely going to keep everyone well updated, most likely with questions
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I hope that's not going to be the same for me! I can see about four on the glass, hopefully there are more among the floating plants. At least it's in the little 5 gallon and not my 30 so if they are baby creepy crawlies they'll be contained.Really? I had a little dude that looked just like this in my tank for a while, and he eventually turned into this crazy leggy thing with a two-pronged tail. I always expect that one of the fish must have killed him by now, but then every few months I'll spot him still crawling around.
Maybe I just don't know how to tell the difference
I think, and hope they're fish fry
Pencilfish fry ? That is majorly cool ! You‘re definitely doing everything right .
When my sawbwa fry (around 20+) hatched I used KFS's infusoria culture method + crushed flake food that kept them fed for a couple of months. Having plants+moss also helped, with them constantly feeding on anything that was small enough to eat.
That's how those things from Alien look in their aquatic form.
beckfords! Well done. Raising and watching them develop is so cool.
beckfords! Well done. Raising and watching them develop is so cool.
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