well... I might have baby tiger teddies...

[Magnum Man]

looking over my tanks, before I shut off the main lights manually, I saw 2 babies in my tiger teddy tank... pictures at this point, would be near impossible, as they are about the size of freshly hatched brine shrimp... I think I have 3 adults in the tank, think I lost one freshly after arrival... I was planning on ordering a few more pair, when they become available again, hardest part about keeping them, is finding them in the tank... they are in an approximate mix of 50/50 RO/well water... they only have 1-2 at a time, and I looked pretty hard to find 2 of them tonight

 

[GaryE]

Be patient and you may not have to buy more.

I'll take ten!

 

[Magnum Man]

I'm hoping as small as they are, they'll find things to graze on, there is some wood, plants, and a sponge filter in the tank... but also a handful of yellow neo shrimp, so I hope they don't get predated on... I wasn't expecting baby's, as I didn't think they were mature enough... I assume the one with the stripes is the male... the other 2 are only a half inch long... maybe what I actually saw were new born yellow shrimp, which would be much more likely at this point...

 

[Magnum Man]

I'm doing water changes today, I may skip it on this tank... 100% sure what I saw, this morning are very small fish fry, not shrimp, and pretty sure I saw 3 of them this morning...

 

[GaryE]

Welcome to the world of small livebearers, where what seem to be babies have babies. Their main danger is predators, depending on whether that one's a community. You should give them small feedings of a powdered food. Very small ones. They'll find it.

 

[Magnum Man]

I'll just about bet, they are feeding on the shrimp blocks, among other things... I do blend this fry food into my ground bug bites once a week... but I also eat hard boiled eggs, regularly, so a nugget of yolk, could get mixed in... but my santa maria endlers have been breeding well, and those babies have been growing well, and there isn't that much size difference...