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wow, this is amazing

ali000

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Firstly, Hi everyone. Sorry I haven't been around for ages but school summer hols are taking my time:rolleyes:
Hope you are all well ;)

anyway, as some of you may remember I tried raising some larvae (about the same time as eva's), well, when they all died I poured the pots and their contents into a tank I had in the garden for breeding daphnia.

The tank became very unkept and basically a big ball of slime, so this morning I decided to empty it out. I tipped the water out onto the concrete where the tank and walked away, about 10 minutes later I went back to put the tank away and guess what I found!....well, I'm sure you have all guessed straight away, it was a little juvenile axie, and he he/she is

axie .jpg

I would hazard a guess at it being a golden as it looks a lot more yellow than my leucistic.
It has a ravenous appetite and has demolised a bag of daphnia and a large worm (cut up) already.
I don't have a cycled tank to put her in (too small to introduce to the others) so plenty of water changes in my future :rolleyes:

It's about 2". Hope you like it, i'm totally smitten and amazed.
 

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What a lovely surprise! My Rogue was discovered in an outside tank after I had thought all my eggs etc had gone..Tough little guys!! He is a year old and has just come indoors to join his sibling.
 

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I remember you talking about him before. Glad he's made it and upgraded indoors :D I do wonder whether my little miracle would have been better off left outside, but the choice was taken away as I'd thrown all the water and algae away.
 

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Oh Wow Ali!

Boy, will he/she have a story to tell the others when big enough to join them! ;)

Cheers Jacq.
 
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