Dozen eggs! On the way!!

[rryyddeerr]

hes pretending to be seaweed. eating regularly. really loves the smallest small shore shrimp. he is still very small though. ive dubbed him Shrimp. Chunk is a little over an inch now. strangely, he stays in an area of his tank that is little larger than the breeder net he was in. he never scoots around. he just stays in and around one piece of rock. your guys are doing well, i assume.

 

[rryyddeerr]

this is chunk eating a full sized shore shrimp.

 

[DWhatley]

Cassy and Tatanka could do that at a month and a half

 

[rryyddeerr]

my small cuttle is dead. he stopped eating shore shrimp about four days ago. ive been trying to coax him into eating anything and he just would not. his appetite was voracious for about three weeks and then he just suddenly stopped. back to one. this is so frustrating.

 

[CaptFish]

Sorry to hear it.
RIP small cuttle

 

[Markushka]

awe i'm so sorry to hear that. I've an extra you could have. drop me a line.

 

[Tundra Cuttle]

I understand your sadness. My condolences friend. R.I.P. Little cuttles may you reach Valhalla.

 

[rryyddeerr]

just checked my salinity with a spectrometer for the first time. 1.03!! my hydrometer was reading 1.024!!

could this have lead to some of the problems i was having with eggs not hatching properly??

 

[CaptFish]

I have found a lot of hydrometers that are inaccurate. I keep at ;least two on hand and I check them against each other always.

 

[Markushka]

i don't think the reading of 1.030 with the refractometer would significantly impart the eggs you had. Though on the other hand, it may have caused the premature hatching.

 

[rryyddeerr]

that was my thought. they gotta stay in the egg till they've developed fully.

 

[rryyddeerr]

this is a quick shot of chunky tracking down a meal.

 

[Markushka]

Sweet! is he out more now?

 

[rryyddeerr]

it appears that chunky is a female. there are some weird looking black eggy looking things in the tank. they appear misshapen, but definitely eggs. hopefully, little man is a "man" and grows quick. he's got some work to do.

 

[rryyddeerr]

chunky was laying more eggs this morning. got to see where she is stashing them. they looked more egg like. yesterdays looked like peanuts.