Well, today started out kind've rough. I lost another
neon tetra. I officially give up on those guys - from now, if they die, that's it, I'm not replacing them.
Last weekend, I added 13 shrimp to the 10gal, as it had finally cycled. There was a single survivor from a group of five I'd put in before the tank was cycled, so that made 14. Over the first few days of the week, 5 of them kicked the bucket, but the rest of them have been okay.
I decided today to plant the tank, so they'd have a constant food source, and since plants help keep
nitrate low. So I yanked up all the fake plants, and placed the real ones. In the process, I stirred up a baby platy that's been swimming around in there for about a week now. The crazy part is that both the big platys I have are girls, so they must have been pregnant way back when I got them.
Alright, so I get the tank set up, and Jr.'s checking things out, so I decide to snap a few photos of him...


While I'm clicking away, I notice something VERY tiny dart past... After squiting around for a few minutes, I find it...


Baby shrimp!


But that's not all! While taking shots of the shrimp, I come to find out that there are
two baby platys swimming around! And, while following them around, I find a
ton of more baby shrimp! Awesome!