I like the idea of moving the larvae to a separate tank. I think as time goes by there's going to be too many to try to move. Or it will just take lots of time & patience. I can't wait till I have more. Mine did not start to breed till 6 months later after the initial set up.
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Some one is releasing some more larvae in the tank this morning as i went to go and check the 3 from yesterday were still ok and present i noticed 2 more new larvae, i know these are new as they still have some what i think is exoskeleton from their mother, its sort of like when shrimps moult but this part must be what attached the larvae to her underside, if you watch newly released larvae they will have this 'skin tag' attached which they will thrash around to remove and shake off. I could be wrong and its part of the egg that is still attached but without further and closer inspection it can only be one of the two.
Here is an example:
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Here is an example:
There are 11 larvae in the breeder tank this morning including the 3 i missed from the move the other day so i will give it another day or 2 then move them all over to the larvae tank.
Took a few more photos tonight!
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17 larvae free floating and 3 left to be released tonight.
I moved 22 larvae over tonight into the larvae tank, one of them i moved over got fired out in the water like a cannon because of the water pressure... i let go too quick on the tube LOL. It seems fine but i bet it feels sick after spinning around like crazy .
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A new batch of larvae is being released again today and i have spotted 2 so far, thought id share a few photos and a few shots of a random berried mom that was close to the front of the tank so grabbed the camera.
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I've not seen more then 4 larvae this time around so a very small release indeed!
I moved over 5 larvae from this tank to the larvae tank and fed round, there seems to be some berried females getting ready to release some larvae this week. I spotted around 7 berried females today.