[garterchick]

well, i messed up!

some time ago i allowed my red-sided male access to my flame female, not expecting anything to come of it because of the time of year. it was a "marriage of convenience", neither of them had a mate (red-sided female died) and i re-arranged tanks to make some space. so, to make a long story short: i went out of town last weekend and when i returned i found 16 "flame-sided" babies. they are the cutest little buggers, some of them look like regular red-sided's and some are much redder. i know it's not the right thing to do and i really didn't think it would come to this, but here they are. i don't know yet what i'll do with them but i'm quite sure they won't become "freezer pets". i'll post a picture as soon as i can.