It’s been a little more than a week since I placed these eggs in the tumbler. I have not lost any of the babies at this point. Typically, 10-20% of the eggs will simply not make it. You can see that the frontosa fry are starting to form their stripes. The bodies of the fish [...]
I emptied my 125 gallon frontosa tank of all rocks and decor so I could catch the Kigoma seven stripe female that was holding these eggs in her mouth. Mouthbrooders incubate their eggs in the mouth and swish them around until the fry are fully developed. The egg tumbler mimics this swishing motion and keeps [...]
Any day fishing is better than any day at work.
My first trout caught using nightcrawlers and jet puffed mini-marshmallows.
Antimony burger lunchenjoyed at the nearby Antimony Mercantile after a hard morning of troutfishing.
Later that evening we grilled our trout on the BBQ and enjoyed a delicious trout supper.