I don't believe my eyes --- baby Hillies??! - Aquarium Advice

jsoong · 12-22-2005, 11:20 AM

I woke up this morning to find a bunch of wriggling things in my tank. Upon closer examination, they look like little fish - only about 2 mm long. The only inhabitants in the tank ATM are the hillies, so I presume that these are Hillie babies. <I supposed that these could be goldy babies from eggs laid 2 weeks ago .... or maybe they are just little bugs? .... time will tell>

It was a stroke of luck that the goldies are in the [acronym:e3f780e1c1="quarantine or quart depending on context"]QT[/acronym:e3f780e1c1] having their salt treatment, or the litttle guys would have become snacks.

I have 20 - 30 of these little guys. What to do with them???? More tanks???

jsoong · 12-22-2005, 02:22 PM

Sorry folks, false alarm!!

Caught a few & looked under magnifyier - segmented body, wing buds ..... some sort of insect larvae ..... goldies food!

Fruitbat · 12-22-2005, 05:08 PM

Darn! Would have been something if you'd actually had the loaches spawn in your tank! Maybe next time.

-Joe

flamingonhot · 12-22-2005, 07:36 PM

lol, dont worry.

My uncle had something like tha thappen with frogs before.. he thought they layed eggs but they were actually parasites!

**An t-iasg** · 12-22-2005, 09:46 PM

Awww...well, the goldies get a snack, but baby hillies would have been cute! Like Fruitbat said, maybe next time!

jsoong · 12-23-2005, 12:19 PM

It was good for a laugh!

Now that I am putting the goldies back in the tank, I doubt if anything small will survive for more than a couple minutes!

12-22-2005, 11:20 AM	#1
jsoong Aquarium Advice Addict Community Mentor Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Edmonton, Canada Posts: 1,798	I don't believe my eyes --- baby Hillies??! I woke up this morning to find a bunch of wriggling things in my tank. Upon closer examination, they look like little fish - only about 2 mm long. The only inhabitants in the tank ATM are the hillies, so I presume that these are Hillie babies. <I supposed that these could be goldy babies from eggs laid 2 weeks ago .... or maybe they are just little bugs? .... time will tell> It was a stroke of luck that the goldies are in the [acronym:e3f780e1c1="quarantine or quart depending on context"]QT[/acronym:e3f780e1c1] having their salt treatment, or the litttle guys would have become snacks. I have 20 - 30 of these little guys. What to do with them???? More tanks??? __________________ 75 gal FW with 30 gal DIY wet/dry/sump. 9 fancy golds, 1 hillstream loaches, 1 rubber-lip pleco (C. thomasi), 3 SAEs, planted.

12-22-2005, 02:22 PM	#2
jsoong Aquarium Advice Addict Community Mentor Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Edmonton, Canada Posts: 1,798	Sorry folks, false alarm!! Caught a few & looked under magnifyier - segmented body, wing buds ..... some sort of insect larvae ..... goldies food! __________________ 75 gal FW with 30 gal DIY wet/dry/sump. 9 fancy golds, 1 hillstream loaches, 1 rubber-lip pleco (C. thomasi), 3 SAEs, planted.

12-22-2005, 05:08 PM	#3
Fruitbat Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Garland,Texas Posts: 1,818 Images: 30	Darn! Would have been something if you'd actually had the loaches spawn in your tank! Maybe next time. -Joe __________________ Loaches: Botia almorhae, B. kubotai, B. striata, Noemacheilus triangularis, Schistura sp.aff.nicholsi, S. vinciguerre, Sinibotia robusta, Vaillantella maassi Bichirs: Polypterus senegalus, P. senegalus (albino), P. delhezi, P. sp. 'Congo', P. palmas polli, P.weeksii, P. ornatipinnis, P. palmas buettikoferi, P. retropinnis, P. endlicheri congicus, Polypterus bichir lapradei, P. palmas palmas, Erpetoichthys calabaricus Anabantids: Ctenopoma acutirostre, Ct. ocellatum, Ct. oxyrhynchum, Ct. kingsleyae, Microctenopoma ansorgii, Mct. fasciolatum, Trichogaster trichopterus, Belontia signata, B. hasselti, Anabas testudineus, Macropodus opercularis, Betta splendens Catfish: Dekeyseria sp. (L-052)Sturiosoma panamense, Hypancistrus inspector (L-201), Synodontis eupterus, Synodontis nigrita, Synodontis brichardi, Synodontis soloni, Anaspidoglanis macrostoma Barbs/Rasboras: Capoeta tetrazona, Rasbora borapetensis, Labeo cyclorhynchus Tetras: Phenacogrammus interruptus Other: Xenomystus nigri, Papyrocranus afer, Pantodon buchholzi, Oxymormyrus boulengeri, Protopterus annectens andPhractolaemus ansorgei

12-22-2005, 07:36 PM	#4
flamingonhot Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: nekoosa,wisconsin Posts: 592 Images: 2	lol, dont worry. My uncle had something like tha thappen with frogs before.. he thought they layed eggs but they were actually parasites! __________________ I'm tired of getting pointless messages. If your going to start a conversation or ask me something, keep up with it.

12-23-2005, 12:19 PM	#6
jsoong Aquarium Advice Addict Community Mentor Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Edmonton, Canada Posts: 1,798	It was good for a laugh! Now that I am putting the goldies back in the tank, I doubt if anything small will survive for more than a couple minutes! __________________ 75 gal FW with 30 gal DIY wet/dry/sump. 9 fancy golds, 1 hillstream loaches, 1 rubber-lip pleco (C. thomasi), 3 SAEs, planted.

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