Fish hatching from eggs (under the microscope)

Here are minnows, the gulf killi fish, hatching under the microscope. In the wild they lay their eggs on marsh grasses at a full moon high tide and then 30 days later when the next full moon high tide comes they get wet and hatch.
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[shneydermane]

Oh my god you can see their little hearts beating! So cute

[Dcc]

Never expected to see egg videos from Chrisfix's early vids lol.

[imkashifk]

Hearts beating....Most valuable thing to see.

[tooful]

How do you check their fluids? How do you change their filters? 😉

[chrisfix]

Thanks! It was sooo neat to see them hatch and what an egg the size of a crumb looks like!

[chrisfix]

Yea, it's neat to see them hatch! I really like the little hearts beating in egg form :)

[chrisfix]

That is so awesome!!! Great work! Love it!!!!

[chrisfix]

In nature, the minnow will lay the eggs on marsh grass on a spring high tide (the highest tide of the month). The eggs will stay moist but not be submerged until the next spring high tide (~30 days later). So if the embryos are around 30 days old, if you add water it takes all but a min or two for them to start hatching. This first one hatched in 1min 30sec after being submerged.

[bigboylasagna]

I scroll done and the channel was ChrisFix. Amazing

[chrisfix]

The eggs are tiny. They are the size of a crumb. We put them in with a paintbrush tip. Nice and gently. But they are surprisingly strong animals! A similar species up in the northeast can be frozen and defrosted and still live! They can live in fresh water, and in water twice as salty as the ocean!

[rhian]

Their hearts are like pink little beads!! They're so cute!!!! 📿

[lilacosmanthus]

What if humans could birth themselves from an egg sac... Imagine the time and resources we could save...

[chrisfix]

Thank You! I think so as well which is why I wanted to share it on youtube!

[chrisfix]

we are growing them in a tank but to get the pictures they were in a petri dish... After 30 days you add some water and they hatch. In the wild, the killifish will lay eggs on marsh grass on a spring tide (extra high tide). Then the eggs are out of the water for about 30 days until the next spring tide when they are submerged and hatch.

[psychomm]

That's amazing. You can see their little beating hearts. :)))

[Rufus]

This is nuts, I wanted to see what a baby fish looks like hatching and it’s “Hey guys ChrisFix here”

[joshuasoles]

I stumbled across this video didn’t expect +Chrisfix to have upload it

[chrisfix]

Yea that is one of my favorite things! I have another video "Toadfish Eggs Hatching" and you can actually see the red blood cells moving! Crazy! I love nature!

[anon]

Aww its so cute the way you can see their little eyes. Then one of their hearts beating and the other one looking at it haha SO CUTE! And their little mouth moving.

[asharmustafaPK]

Ohhhh Chris I never saw your this side 😁 thanks for showing this