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I sure hope they continue to do well for you. I love seeing those little round orange bellies bull of bbs. Watching them from above it's neat to see them hunting a little morsel and then suddenly suck it up and go on to the next one. Their little tail ends are just a blurr as they move around.

How much water have you got them in JBOT? I found their playing dead was basically a defense mechanism and didn't toss out any of the old water right away so I could see if there were any that looked dead that really weren't but I didn't think they'd go 12 hours like that! That's really good to know. They'll also try to find any dark areas along the sides of the tank bottom or corners to hide.

Looking forward to baby pics when you can.

todley

Use a splitter for your air stone and keep 2 or even 3 containers going for bbs, set up about 18 hours apart. That guarantees a continual supply (especially if one fails for some reason). I set mine up in the warmest area of the room I could with a lamp on to keep the temp up. You can put a cover between the container and light to keep the light out but it still warms the containers. You already know this but for others who are following, they should be rinsed with fresh water before feeding as they're pretty salty.

Have you thought about trying to decapsulize the bbs? Virg tells us how to do that here.

todley