Cleaned! It was mostly the filter that needed a bit of a scrub. Hopefully the citizens are happy!

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Had a bit of misfortune with my fry groups. Might have gotten too cold for them (I suspect it dropped to around 1° - no heater with the frys). Only have 6 left in their tanks. Thankfully there are a couple of fry already with the adult pairs. Might just let them grow up with their parents.

Anyway, these are my main breeders of each strain (still missing gold longfin, contemplating breeding my own; we'll see if glaser has more in spring).

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I've been running some breeding experiments for my #WCMM through the month. Using 5x45L #aquarium at 18°C and airstones. fed dr. bassleer daily.

results:

24x 1:1 mature with net box : 0 fry
12x 1:1 mature with net box : 20 fry
3x 1:2 mature in pair setup : 66 fry
12x 1:1 young adults with net box : 32 fry
2x 1:1 young adults in pair setup : 44 fry

noted: some females in the mature group net box were egg-bound and young adults tend to eat their own fry. which may have impacted results.

macro lens shot of the fry.
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freshly hatched white cloud mountain minnows chillin' on the aquarium glass together with some microscopic worms (that i had no idea was present until this closeup footage) 😎
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this should save me some on the electricity bills 😅

been running heaters that can't be set below 22°C for a few days - ever since the water temperature dropped down to 3°C in the WCMM tanks and they went down to the bottom, looking very unhappy. 22°C is costly and expensive (especially here in europe) so hopefully this setup will be a good compromise 😁
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Putting together a red pair of WCMM (only have one red female) let's see what happens!
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It's always so exciting to find fry!
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