Now the interesting part is that pretty much these were fed the same foods, especially once they could eat them. Environmental factors (i.e. water quality, lighting etc..) may have actually played more of a role in Batch III's coloration development to this point.
Batch VIII - 48 hours post spawn, 5 days remaining to hatch! Tonight I managed to count 924 eggs...so obviously I either overcounted tonight, or undercounted yesterday.
Little Man defends the nest...
48 hours or so post spawn...
The photoshop count is 924 tonight:
Happy New Year!
MP