holy fry batman! free-swimmers!

[Andrew Faust <afaust@ghcp.com>]

zoiks, zounds, and yipes!
	This is going to sound a lot like JohnW's post yesterday:
	I got up this morning, and I was checking out the denizens before
feeding. I noticed the male was hanging out by the driftwood, much higher in
elevation than he is wont to do. Then I noticed one of the females, who has
hardly showed her face since being brought home ~2 weeks ago - she was
hovering near the ground in front of a rock overhang. I saw her make a quick
dash at the male and then return to her spot. Then I noticed the tetras were
all in the far third of the tank. How odd, I thought - they have individual
territories distributed across the whole volume of the tank.
	I looked back at the female. She sure is yellow. Now's my chance to
get a good look at her. Nice dark lateral line (sortof a dashed line,
really) and super- and sub-orbital stripe; dorsal blotches; caudal spot;
front few rays of dorsal fin black; and wow, front half of her ventral fins
are really black. Never noticed that before. Look at her fan the ground.
Hey, what's that stuff moving around...oh...my...god! I've got babies! I had
_wondered_ if that's what she was doing back in that hole behind the plant.
	<in a near frenzy> I'd been meaning to get a sponge put on the
intake of my filter, now I'm really stuck...ok, wife, give me some nylons. I
quickly put the toe of an old stocking on the intake. Checked the filter box
- nope, nobody there.
	Initial estimate: somewhere around 30.
	I must tell you I really didn't want to come to work today.
Hopefully Mom will keep the wolves at bay; I have pretty good confidence she
will, simply judging by the fact that she and the fry were there this
morning. I fed the tank their regular food, so maybe the rest of the crew
won't get hungry for fry-on-a-stick.
	Meanwhile Dad's got another lady, hopefully she'll keep him occupied
for a while.
	whew, well maybe I can get some work done today...NOT. I've got to
research fry on the Krib now; how fast do they grow, when can I take them to
the shop, (and how), etc.........

<cigars to everyone> thanks for listening <grin>
Andrew


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