Three weeks have come and passed

Today it’s three weeks since I first saw the fry from my Dempsey tank. I took them from their parents after a few days, and it seems to have saved quite a few. I expected there to be quite a few that wouldn’t make it, and so it was.

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Third day

Well, it’s now three days since I found the youngsters, and today I made a “bold” move..  I decided not to risk having mom and dad cannibalise the herd. From what I’ve read, they should be fine for about a week, but to me it looked like there were a bit fewer today from yesterday.
Swarm
(Click on the image to see full size on my Flickr page.)

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Rock on!

Snow hasn’t stopped for over a week, and it’s probably about 1 meter or so here now :( . Not the best time of year to say the least. Have lost a bit of oomph to go ahead and make/test more of the pyro effects because of the snow. BUT…

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