I've switched to a schedule of weekly feeding with the monkeys now - the water is always crystal clear, even a few hours after feeding (once the particles have settled) so I'm just going to continue aerating daily and watch their digestive tracts to see when I should be feeding!
I fed them yesterday and I see a few with 'tails' of poo, so I know they are eating. :)
Two round patches of algae have developed on the tank wall and I occasionally see a monkey 'hover' on top of it, so I think they are eating the algae too.
It doesn't look much like algae though - it's in a round patch, quite thin (I can see right through it, there's not that much), and looks like mold (but if it isn't algae and it's getting eaten - then what is it??)
I have about 25 to 30 sea-monkeys now. There are about five big ones, and the others are either slightly smaller or much smaller. I think the really really small ones hatched when I put the plasma in; they're about the right size. The really big ones have lost the two little 'flippers' next to their heads - the medium-sized and little ones still have them. I like watching the big ones swim - they are really quite graceful for something so small!
Posted by Denise at April 28, 2003 11:35 PM | TrackBack