Imitator eggs developing !

[John]

Day 9, now you can see the gills, which disappear around hatching time.



Day 10, gills pretty clear now:



The eyes are starting to become visible on Day 11:



Day 12, the eyes much more defined and the gills are very clear:



Day 13, and only a couple of days from hatching I think:



Day 14 and the gills have receded:



Day 15, hatching day. As you can see, father has already started to pick them up and drop them off in their own individual bromeliad pools:

[John]

Here's one of them in a pool. That orange thing is a fish food pellet I dropped in there.

[Julia]

Wow, these pictures are incredible!

[1beataway]

Truly amazing. I wish I was in your shoes.

[John]

Thanks Julia!

[Kurt]

Really cool. How many are there?

[John]

Don't know. I'm raising 5 myself.

[Kurt]

Five, huh? I have no idea how many red-eye tads I have at the moment. Its got to be more than 50.