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Maybe they are fry, maybe they are nano fish, maybe they are critters that just don’t grow so much. Who are the little ones in your tanks?

Mine are Nibbles, a little unidentified species of snail that stays at peppercorn size and Goliath, the runt of my mystery snail clutch. Everyone else grows and grows, and he stays about pea size. And now some lil blue dream shrimp. 

 

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This little boy Ike got caught in a planter as a newborn. It stunted his growth. Tail included he is 3/4 of an inch. He is from an orange line I tried before my blues. I did not allow breeding in the orange because they had bent spines in many offspring. He had a pipsqueak brother Mike who passed a few months ago. Ike is almost 2 years old. I love him ❤️ He is starting to show a bent spine in the last 4 months  ☹️504F9ECE-E077-4B06-8494-429B0E1DBEAB.jpeg.cbffaabb6f735ec5982923048588b669.jpeg

This little one is Bug. He is from the last batch of magentas. He just does not grow much. He stayed smaller than a pea for a long time. 0D41A9C8-31ED-42E2-BFF5-330D7740C216.jpeg.62101d2fbb957556fd97bbef8c83a563.jpeg

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Nice Gold Mystery Snail.  Mine is growing old and its shell is not what it once was unfortunately.  I have Fire Red Shrimps in the tank and can attest to them hitching rides.  🙂

Part of the issue with the shell I suspect was that it got covered with quite a bit of algae at a certain point (was experimenting with lights and fert levels at the time).  The algae is gone now, but some of the shell seems to have been stained.

Unfortunately, I don't have a very good camera and most of my pics don't tend to turn out well.

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On 10/25/2022 at 4:28 PM, The Arthritic Aquarist said:

Nice Gold Mystery Snail.  Mine is growing old and its shell is not what it once was unfortunately.

You can supplement with calcium to help its shell. Crab cuisine or banquet blocks are food sources with calcium. Or you could put a chunk of cuttlebone or wondershell in the tank.

On 10/25/2022 at 5:23 PM, Anjum said:

It's my very first babyfish

Congrats!!  A very active little one too!

On 10/25/2022 at 6:13 PM, The Arthritic Aquarist said:

My Cories lay lots of eggs but they tend to get eaten by the Mystery Snail (I don't remove them).  The shrimp now in the tank were also taking an interest in the latest batch of eggs.  Maybe a little one will manage to make it one day.  I'm hoping that my new Neocaridina will breed (have had them for about 5 weeks now).

You can always move the eggs to a breeder box with a turkey baster. Use one with a lid so the snails don’t get in. 

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Here is exhibit #1 — barely free swimming Rainbow Shiner fry…

For exhibit #2 — a Neocaridina or two…

For exhibit #3 — BOO! the Stiphodon sp…


Exhibit #4 — double feature, Albino BNP fry airline tube surfing, and Sapphire Dragon Guppy fry…

Exhibit #5 — Tiny human in the fishroom 😂

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Congrats @Fish Folk on rainbow shiner fry! Boo has the cutest froggy face. And you have the best tank maintenance supervisor. Does he help out with anything ?

On 10/25/2022 at 7:35 PM, PineSong said:

I seem to specialize in fry that will.not.grow. Here is the lone orange platy baby in my kitchen tank. He is every bit of 2 months old and sure doesn't look it.

So he stays adorable. What’s wrong with that?

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On 10/25/2022 at 7:39 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

Congrats @Fish Folk on rainbow shiner fry! Boo has the cutest froggy face. And you have the best tank maintenance supervisor. Does he help out with anything ?

So he stays adorable. What’s wrong with that?

Only a problem when I am tapping my foot waiting for my remaining 100 guppy fry to be sexually dimorphic so I can sell them, and they refuse to get with the program. As long as the little orange cutie skips growing a gonopodium, they are welcome in this tank 🙂

 

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On 10/25/2022 at 3:13 PM, The Arthritic Aquarist said:

My Cories lay lots of eggs but they tend to get eaten by the Mystery Snail (I don't remove them).  The shrimp now in the tank were also taking an interest in the latest batch of eggs.  Maybe a little one will manage to make it one day.  I'm hoping that my new Neocaridina will breed (have had them for about 5 weeks now).

My cory's eggs get eaten pretty quickly too, but I managed to find 2 one day, so I took them out & put them in a tank with no fish. Really didn't expect anything, but whaddya know! 

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On 10/24/2022 at 6:56 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

Maybe they are fry, maybe they are nano fish, maybe they are critters that just don’t grow so much. Who are the little ones in your tanks?

Mine are Nibbles, a little unidentified species of snail that stays at peppercorn size and Goliath, the runt of my mystery snail clutch. Everyone else grows and grows, and he stays about pea size. And now some lil blue dream shrimp. 

 

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My endless females dropped some fry recently, and my mystery snail babes are about to hatch! Also have some danios. Will post pics later.

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On 10/26/2022 at 11:51 AM, TheSwissAquarist said:

My endless females dropped some fry recently, and my mystery snail babes are about to hatch! Also have some danios. Will post pics later.

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On 10/26/2022 at 1:35 AM, PineSong said:

He is every bit of 2 months old and sure doesn't look it.

Glad to see I'm not the only person who isn't mature enough 😂

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