Okay... So I recently brought some hairgrass-like plants back from a lake. I was fishing through them for scuds (food for my saltwater fish) and I spotted three tiny dots swimming in tandem. I wanted a closer look, so I caught them in a white spoon. Guess what? Fish.
I found several more... They're so tiny that I was afraid they'd get stuck trying to swim through the mesh in the fish hatchery I have. I decided that my best bet is to just put them in a container with their plant cluster and keep them in there until they grow a bit.
What do you suppose they are? They're beyond tiny... I'm guessing they're either minnows or darters. I plan to put them in my 65g if I can manage to grow them up.
I can't put them back... I added aquarium water to the container the plants were in before I noticed the fry.
That picture down there is one of the fry, with a hair for size comparison. That thing's twice the width of a hair!
I found several more... They're so tiny that I was afraid they'd get stuck trying to swim through the mesh in the fish hatchery I have. I decided that my best bet is to just put them in a container with their plant cluster and keep them in there until they grow a bit.
What do you suppose they are? They're beyond tiny... I'm guessing they're either minnows or darters. I plan to put them in my 65g if I can manage to grow them up.
I can't put them back... I added aquarium water to the container the plants were in before I noticed the fry.
That picture down there is one of the fry, with a hair for size comparison. That thing's twice the width of a hair!
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