April 18, 2008

my smallest babies

For those of you who are interested, these are the tiny-est babies to have to care for! I had a fun suprise Tues morning when I came down to the basement. Our female molly had released some babies! I have no idea how many she had, but when I discovered them, there were only three. I imagine someone had a nice treat that morning! The mollies will sometimes eat their young, but there are 2 balas (sharks) in their tank too, so...

They are baby mollies; their momma is a black
molly named Boomerang, and daddy is a mostly black dalmation molly named King George. No name yet for the babies; any ideas? The babies are dark, with one of them darker, perhaps black. Makes me wonder if the other two will be dalmation colored! They're way too little to tell at this point! They are in a nursery/trap that is attached to the side of the other mollies' tank.
Here you can see how tiny they are; the pink stuff is fish food, that flake is about the size of half my littlest fingernail! Anyhow, we are having tons of fun with our many fish and soon this tank full will have a brand new home! We finally bought a big tank with the works; including the stand! I think we'll have to eventually get another big tank for the cichlids, they won't stay small forever!

If there are any hobbyists out there reading this, I would love to hear from you!

Well, time to get off this thing! Have a good day!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey, I hear you have an anniversary!!
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

JHoversland said...

Hey! Stop in to see the Hoversland 6 at hoversland6.blogspot
Your kids are getting so big and mine are getting way too big and sassy! ~Jamie