Miss Broody still releasing babies after 10 days
I have absolutely no idea how many fry are in nets and how many are still loose in the tank! I
thought I was
recollecting three to five each night for the last 5 or 6 night (I did finally think of something to block the hole in the net) but Monday night I was observing the tank at 3:00 AM and discovered that Miss Broody was still tossing them out of her den
.
She took a shrimp early Monday night so I initially thought it was shrimp remains or poop that she jetted out until it started swimming. Same thinking with the second and third
.
I have seen some of them go into the live rock so I am at a total loss on how many there are. If I figure 5 a night for 10 nights I think I would be close (since we counted 30 - give or take - that were caught). She is still keeping a shell door tightly closed on the den and I did not observe last night so I don't know if we are done yet or not.
Not knowing how many hatchlings there were also makes it impossible to know how many losses there may have been. So far all the ones I have seen appear healthy, are eating and I have seen no dead ones in the nets but I don't see many live ones either (perhaps 10 per net late at night) as they hide in every imaginable cranny in addition to hiding on and in the shells.
There is one that has been isolated from the others and given a name. It had been seen swimming early in the evening when there are still white LED's over the tank. Neal insisted on naming it Blade after some show (movie?) about a day walking vampire
. I have one other in that net because I moved the red plastic tube (that Monty found) into the same net and a baby octo had already taken residence. I am feeding the diurnal hopeful net between 6 and 7 in the evening but also feed at 11:00ish and 2:00ish when I feed the others. Tonight I did not see Blade swimming when I fed but did see him later, with lights still on, on the side of the net. I tried stroking the tank where he was perched and he did move an arm in response so I am convinced he is not blind.