Very early larvae

[2gsom]

When transferring some eggs and cleaning out some sand from their nursery tank I broke two eggs by accident. The babies were obviously alive so I could not bring myself to dispose of them despite their immaturity . I left them and to my surprise they are alive still 3 days later. I have started feeding them but I wonder if they will survive. they were 10 days old when they were accidently hatched. They are less than 1cm long and probably only 1 to 1.5mm wide. Just thought I would share this interesting experience. I will post some photos later of these itsy bitsy larvae.

 

[lea]

Just feed them baby brine shrimp twice a day and keep their water clean and you never know, they might survive

 

[2gsom]

Thanks that is the plan. they are still ok today.

 

[lea]

thats good news. they are stronger than you think.......please keep us informed how they go

 

[2gsom]

The twinz as they are no known are still ok. must be eating and appear a tiny bit bigger now. Their fellow hatch lings are mostly hatched now. :happy:

 

[2gsom]

Here are some photos of them one by themselves and the other with some siblings. I am keeping them in food containers in a polystyrene box with air holes to keep their temperature stable as the weather is heating up here but our house is cool. i will put a thermometer in with them to keep an eye on the temp.:happy:

 

[2gsom]

The early babies are still growing strong eating cut up black worms now and are a bit bigger then their clutch-mates.:happy:

 

[Luxiixul]

Glad to hear that!! I have one baby axie exactly like yours, hatched only 9.5 days after the eggs were laid... it even got a serious fungal infection straight after (due to some rotten eggs in the same container), with fluffly things growing all over it's gills and toes. I gave him a few salt baths and to my surprise, it fully recovered and survived!!! it is also feeding on cut-up blackworms like yours , so happy these tough little things all made it!!

 

[Luxiixul]

Just thought i will share some photos of my baby taken at the time it hatched. it didn't even have eyes developed at that stage.