Photo: My babies!!!

Aimzs Lotties · Jul 21, 2011

1 hatched last night and 2 more this morning, so cute! Now if my BBS would hurry itself up! 19 eggies to go

The first is Earl, and I think he's golden albino, the other 2 are yet to be named and I think they are leucistics or very pale wild types (due to the black eyes)..

Sorry about the bad quality.. so hard to photograph 1cm long things, AND through water lol..

Oh and for the first day or 2, before feeding them, do I still do daily water changes??

Thanks.

yellowpebble · Jul 22, 2011

cool! i like the name earl

i got a dud lot of brine shrimp on ebay from this seller:

eBay My World - compaq$

after days NONE of them hatched and i thught i was doing something wrong.

I got some more from :

FISHWERX UTAH BRINE SHRIMP EGGS - 100G | eBay

they are fantastic and hatch in 24 hours no worries! A bit more expensive but they definatly work.

I only found out they wern't working the day after the babies hatched and i was freaking out because i thought they would starve. It was about 4 days before i fed them with the working brine shrimp... i was so supprised they didn't die. They are quite strong and i think they could last about a week with no food... but of course feed them as soon as you can!

i recomend buying more in case yours are bad too.

good luck!

what if earl turns out to be a girl?

Aimzs Lotties · Jul 22, 2011

Earlie

Aimzs Lotties · Jul 22, 2011

Or Sherlie lol.. could always make Earl the middle name

ordering some eggs now. thanks for that!

yellowpebble · Jul 22, 2011

also keep your brine shrimp eggs in the fridge!!!!

lea · Jul 22, 2011

Ive been getting my BBS eggs from City Farmers and they hatch within 24 hrs. I have 2 hatcheries running 12 hrs apart.
What about Earlette

yellowpebble · Jul 22, 2011

oh yeah sorry if there was more than 20 eggs... my turkey baster went a little heywire

Aimzs Lotties · Jul 22, 2011

Wait so do I keep the unhatched eggs in the fridge? Or the hatched BBS?

Aimzs Lotties · Jul 22, 2011

And Earlette is perfect!

Though I still kinda wanna call her Goldilocks if she's a girl..

Aimzs Lotties · Jul 22, 2011

Lol dw Rach, the more the merrier!

Aimzs Lotties · Jul 22, 2011

6 babies now!!! 16 to go. So far I THINK I have got 1 golden albino, 3 leucistics/pale wildies, and 2 wild types.

SO CUTE!!!

How do I tell if any are melanoids?

hypno monkey · Jul 22, 2011

congrats very pleased for youand your new babies. Very cute.

Jade

Aimzs Lotties · Jul 22, 2011

6 newbies this morning. Total 12 so far.

But I seem to only have 8 eggs left so 2 have disappeared somehow.. :S

First pic is of i think, my first 2 white albinos? And the second is of my 4 new wildies today!

Aimzs Lotties · Jul 22, 2011

Oh and how do I know if my BBS has hatched?

Aimzs Lotties · Jul 22, 2011

I found my 2 hiding/ lost axies. They're both hatched and look albino. CUTE! Thats a total of 14, with 8 wiggling eggies to go! Got 5 albinos, 2 leucistics and 7 wildies

Also Miriam mentioned that she has a few axies eating cooked egg. Is this worth a try seeing as I'm not going to get my new BBS eggs till at least tuesday (due to ordering them friday night)? Or is there something else I should try also??

Aimzs Lotties · Jul 22, 2011

And to re-post my previous question.. Do i need to change water daily before I commence the feeding??

Aimzs Lotties · Jul 24, 2011

FEEDING: Out of my BBS eggs.. perhaps 5% have hatched (after 4 days - DUDS) so at least the bubs are getting a little bit of food.. Tried some axie pellets crushed today, not sure how successful.. It did look like they were eating though because they did those sudden little jump things. I guess we'll find out. Can't wait till my new BBS arrive.

EGGS: all but 4 were hatched this morning so I decided to help them along. 3 I helped out succesfully, but one died sadly :'(

HATCHIES COLOURING: 7 albino, 3 leucistic, 11 wild or so it looks, thus far.

yellowpebble · Jul 24, 2011

awesome! sorry about the death. Most of my albinos turned golden in a few weeks, but some are stronger coloured than others. Them zooming foewads a bit is usally them eating! yay. try agitating the water with the crushed pellets to get the peices to look like they are moving

iggiethegecko · Jul 24, 2011

Congratulations, they're adorable

Water changes only really need to be done when you start feeding them the BBS. With mine I water change daily before feeding then do spot cleans wherever possible. Keep the BBS eggs in the fridge in an airtight container, it might be a good idea to keep the hatched BBS in the fridge too as they don't live for long. If you can find tiny newly hatched daphnia these are a good alternative to BBS. Keep posting pics!

Aimzs Lotties · Jul 25, 2011

yellowpebble said:
awesome! sorry about the death. Most of my albinos turned golden in a few weeks, but some are stronger coloured than others. Them zooming foewads a bit is usally them eating! yay. try agitating the water with the crushed pellets to get the peices to look like they are moving

Now that I have my BBS I'm not using the pellets so I guess I don't need to agitate the water.. You should SO post pics Rach!

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