Multiplyin' !!!

Recently we seperated a few baby fishes that we saw swimming around. This was to ensure they didn't become sashimi to the other bigger fishes. Imagine our surprise when today we saw lots and lots of fries! They were hovering over the metal mesh we were using to grow one of the plants. (See slightly blur pic below)

Upon closer observation, I realize there were about 20+ of them. We're not sure who are the parents but we suspect them to be pencil fishes (from the way they hover about). Now we've got a full set of Staedtler pencils :p.

We'll have to wait for them to grow bigger to confirm if they are pencil fishes. Meanwhile, we can enjoy observing them while they are still small and cute.

For a side update, out of the 2 new Otos we brought in, 1 survived. From the looks of it, it'll be sticking around for quite awhile too, as it appears to be doing well now. The lone Oto can be seen sucking around such as in the picture.

Also bought 2 new SAEs today! They're like, half the size of the 2 original ones in the tank.

This will most likely be the last additions we'll be making to the tank for now as it's getting quite crowded with high fertility rates. I hope to 'renovate' the tank a little to make more swimming space for the fishes. But this will have to wait till after the exams. Happy mugging everyone!