Well, if some of you guys have read, I had recorded a berried Panda on April 14, 2012. It was impregnated by a male CRS in my CRS tank and I had intended to separate the mother into a breeder box (the net type) as she got closer to giving birth. I estimated a minimum of 4 weeks. Well, that was a poor estimation. I checked her today in order to separate her and found that she was no longer carrying eggs. She gave birth early! I suspect that the rolling heat waves we've been getting in Northern California sped up the incubation process as my tank temperatures were hitting 76-78, as opposed to the usual 72-73 degrees Fahrenheit.
In conclusion, I now have mischlings amongst my CRS. I intended to keep this a pure strain CRS tank but I guess that's not really possible now, unless I somehow get rid of all the newborns. But I don't really want to do that, so I guess this gives me a reason to start a new tank with new pure line CRS.
Either way, I feel like a failure for not catching this sooner. My life has been quite busy and I totally overlooked the heat wave's effects to the incubation of the eggs.
Ah well, lesson learned!
Sorry folks, no pictures today.
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