Baby Tilapia

The baby tilapias are doing very well. I am surprised at the varying rate of growth. Some are still quite small while others are an inch or more in length.

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The water is a little murky but it isn’t as bad as it looks. The light above the tank is causing allot of glare.

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I have added sweet potato plants to the tank. I have all the slips I need for the garden so I thought I would set plants in the fish tank. The babies shouldn’t hurt the roots like the adults would. The plants should help filter the water a little and I can cut the leaves and put them in the breeder tank for the adults. They love sweet potato leaves.

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Queenless Hive

Well, one of the packages of bees that I bought lost its queen. Unfortunately by the time I discovered this, the hive already had a laying worker. Doesn’t sound like a problem but a laying worker only produces drones and the hive will eventually die without intervention.  So I am trying to get the bees to make a new queen by adding a bar of brood comb from the strong hive once a week. Hope they figure it out and get back on track soon. I’d hate to lose the hive.