This is a trout egg under the digital microscope, taken on Oct. 15, 2008.
The white dots are from the light on the microscope. (Thanks, Kyle Merker for this wonderful tool!)



Trout Eggs are smaller than a pea. An egg could probably fit through the hole in a Cheerio!




Eggs Oct 17, 2008 ... one Alevin has hatched. Can you find it?













This was taken on Thursday, Oct. 23 with a digital microscope.
You can see the heart, veins and spine!




In these photos, you can see through the skin and see the developing brains and spines.

These were last years photos:

These were the eggs the day after I bought them home! Oct. 2007


Some of the alevins have emerged from their shells.
Look how big their eyes are compared to their bodies!


Here you can see the yolk sacs on their bellies.
This is the way they get nourishment at this point.

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