Today our fish (formerly known as "Simba") had babies! I noticed earlier this week that lots of the rocks were moved around, but I thought they just liked hiding in there. T was walking by the tank just a half hour after I fed them and saw all the babies. There must be 30-40 fry! Pretty exciting. So, our big fish had to switch names. Now the big one is "Nala" and the smaller one is "Simba". The momma keeps all the fry close to the rocks. She goes back and forth over them, pushing them down with her fins or putting them in her mouth and spitting them out by the rocks. So cool to watch. Pretty exciting day! We'll see how many survive! (Click on the picture to see them bigger.) More info here.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
We had babies!
Today our fish (formerly known as "Simba") had babies! I noticed earlier this week that lots of the rocks were moved around, but I thought they just liked hiding in there. T was walking by the tank just a half hour after I fed them and saw all the babies. There must be 30-40 fry! Pretty exciting. So, our big fish had to switch names. Now the big one is "Nala" and the smaller one is "Simba". The momma keeps all the fry close to the rocks. She goes back and forth over them, pushing them down with her fins or putting them in her mouth and spitting them out by the rocks. So cool to watch. Pretty exciting day! We'll see how many survive! (Click on the picture to see them bigger.) More info here.
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