Tom

Or just really lucky.
Tom

Tom

Just an update, the 5 fry I have are growing like crazy and are about 1/4" and are all free-swimming fry at the moment, but they sit on the bottom when they don't have enough energy or it gets dark in the room.
Tom

bhcaaron

Go you! Is the sitting normal?

Tom

I don't understand the humor.
Tom

bhcaaron

It wasn't humor. It was an actual question. Is the "sit[ting] on the bottom" a normal behavior with killi fry or do they need to be fed more, since you mentioned a lack of energy.

Tom

I think it is just because the fry get tired from swimming and sit on the bottom so they can rest. I guess I needed to re-word that.
Tom

Sabi

What will live for only a year? The fish in the egg or the fish itself?
Best of luck with raising them btw!

bhcaaron

No need. Twas only a question.

Tom

It would be just the fish only.
Tom

Sabi

Are you replying to me?
You mean the fish will only live for a year?

Tom

Ya. Or at least when the water is added to the peat than a year later, the fish will die. In the wild they die because the water in their river dries up and than a few months later, the rainy season comes back and the eggs start to hatch and the process starts again. I don't know why they don't live for more than a year in the home aquarium since there will always be water in the tank.
Tom

Sabi

Really?! All in all its rather odd to keep a fish that you know will die within a year but its interesting. Has ppl kept them for a year+ and seen that they don't survive?

Tom

I do not know.
Tom

Tom

I am down to one, count 'em, one, fry left. I asked the seller what I was doing wrong and they still need to reply back to it.
Tom

Sabi

Ouch! Hard luck, man! I was interested in seeing how they grow up and live!

Tom

Hey, there was only 15 out of the 50 eggs that hatched, so there are still quite a few more.
Tom

Sabi

Oh heck, sorreee! I forgot about the ones that are still supposed to hatch!!

Tom

I'm in the two week period where the peat has to dry.
Tom