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Ocellaris fry 10 days old now
My clowns starting spawning and I decided to try and raise the larvae.
a little background: I mated the clowns from juveniles. I started with 4 in my 60 gallon reef (been running continually for 16 years), along with a green carpet anemone. I ended up with a mated pair and they started spawning last month. I managed to capture a few larvae from their second hatch, and now have 12 at 10 days old. The largest is about 6mm, the smallest about 4mm. They're doing great. This is my first try at this, and I'd love to hear from anybody with experience. |
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How is the feeding going?
What order did you feed them? Rotifiers...then baby bryne then, ... Mine just layed eggs for the second time and I am looking to raise some
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Yes, started with rotifers, then brine. They're on brine only now.
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Congrats! I hope I can be as successful as you.
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Get some Otohime A dry larval feed. A light sprinkling a couple of times per day along with the brine nauplii will really boost their nutrition and growth
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How hard are the Rotfers to grow?
That looks like the hard part to me...
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Could you describe your rearing tank setup, etc. My clowns just layed eggs aswell, and I'm deciding whether to rear them.
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Thanks,
THat is just what I have been doing. Can you reccomend a good place to buy rotifers to start out?
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Jay, can you please post pics of your setup. I am also trying to get into this and get everything down.
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Otothime. I'll check it out. Thanks
I got my rotifers from Reed Mariculture. They are pretty simple to care for. I use a 5 gallon bucket and an airstone. You have to harvest 1/3 of it daily. I feed them a microalgae that Reed sells also. It's a lot easier than trying to keep greenwater cultures going, but a little expensive. It lives for a couple months in the fridge. Quote:
Ph=8, water temp=80, 81. I have two airlines in opposite corners of the tank. When I get them off live food I plan on adding a sponge filter. It's a lot of time effort, not to mention your aquarium budget will increase a LOT. It's also very rewarding. here's a link to a video of the latest spawn, due to hatch thursday night, plus a video of my current batch at 9 days. http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=Jay12629 |
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Thanks JayF. Whats your feeding schedule?
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The rearing tank has two airline tubes in oposite corners. I have a 75 watt bulb in the lamp. The green bottle is a fresh water drip. I'm also adding iodine via the drip now as well. that's it. Pretty simple at this point. |
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