First Successful Hatch!

[Kathy55g]

Hi all,
CCTV has spawning ocellarus clownfish and has kindly been giving me the eggs, and after 2 failed attempts, this one hatched beautifully!:bounce1:

Just thought I would share:
Egg transport/incubation gizmo:
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/56462egg_incubation.jpg

[Kathy55g]

Here we have separation of church and state, err bubbles and eggs, with flow over the tops of the eggs:
picture to follow

[saltyunderground]

Put me on the list to be a customer.

[capncapo]

Yahoo!

All those little mouths to feed. Bet you won't be giving away too much phyto or rotifers now.

Good job.:D

[Kathy55g]

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/56462bubbles_keeping_distance.jpg

[Kathy55g]

See the cute little eggs?
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/56462view_of_eggs.jpg

[Kathy55g]

I have about 150 of these little fellas, no deaths yet, although I expect they will come.
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/521/56462batch3_hatch.jpg

[Kathy55g]

Originally posted by capncapo
Yahoo!

All those little mouths to feed. Bet you won't be giving away too much phyto or rotifers now.

Good job.:D

Thanks, and yeah, 3 million rotifers consume a lot of phyto!

[Kathy55g]

Originally posted by saltyunderground
Put me on the list to be a customer.

Great! you are somewhere behind capncapo, and i do hope there will be enough to go around!

Thanks for your support,
Kathy

[chadfarmer]

if you perfect this it would be nice to buy clown local

keep up the good work

keep us posted

[Reefer Wannabe]

Wow!! Lookin' good....Put me on the list too!

[Kathy55g]

Originally posted by chadfarmer
if you perfect this it would be nice to buy clown local

keep up the good work

keep us posted

If I perfect this, I'm gonna need a market! This was a small hatch. CCTV's clowns usually lay a bigger nest! I am greatful for the size it is. Very manageable.

[CCTVReef]

Gee, does that make me grandpa?!?!?! I'm only *29!


(*not actual age) :)

[jwalters103]

congratulations on the new youngens

[drgabe]

Originally posted by CCTVReef
Gee, does that make me grandpa?!?!?! I'm only *29!


Is that 29 fish years? :)

[JustFin]

wow, congratulations!

put me on that future customer list too :D

[Kathy55g]

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/56462D2_group_2.jpg
This one was photoshop enhanced:
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/56462D2_3_white.jpg

[d_icemand]

Congrats! Can't wait to see them grow up.:)

[saltyunderground]

I want the one on the right.

[Kathy55g]

Very funny!

Was that Mr or Mrs Saltyunderground?

[chadfarmer]

did you lose any yet?

[shavedhead]

I got dibbs on the cute one with the white stripes !!!

[saltyunderground]

Originally posted by kmleah
Very funny!

Was that Mr or Mrs Saltyunderground? That would be Mrs. Salty. Mr. Salty does not like fish very much.

[StupidsReef]

Well congrats!! And throw me on that list too!! I'll take 2 of them. I want the two in the left upper conner, they looked like they each had one gimp fin. ;)

[rs2208]

Are the parents the Percs that used to belong to Big Red?

[Kathy55g]

You'll have to ask CCTVReef, but these are A. ocellarus

[CCTVReef]

They did not come from Big Red. I obtained these as "tank raised" juveniles from CPE in Nov. 1999. They were about 3/4" long when I got them. They started egg laying a couple years ago.

[Kathy55g]

Oh, so Jan takes them at 3/4 inch, so maybe it would be OK to sell them at that length.

[Reefer Wannabe]

Hey--waiting for more baby pics!

[Kathy55g]

Thanks for your interest. I am waiting for more time. It is hard to raise children and clownfish simultaneously!
i'm taking pictures, just have to have time to cull thru them and resize for this forum. Perhaps this weekend....

[Kathy55g]

At least 3 of the babies have tiny white headbands, a sure sign of metamorphosis. They will be hardier after metamorphosis than before, but during, they are at risk. I do hope they all make it!

I can't take pictures now. I am afraid of disturbing them. They are like teenagers now. You can't mess with them or they will explode!

See you tomorrow!
Kathy

[Letmegrow]

What do you mean !??
I am pretty hostile for being 20 something, jees.



Congradulations !

[Kathy55g]

For more pictures of the larvae as they grow, please see this link
http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=5691839#post5691839


It is in the fish breeders forum.
Thanks for you continued interest and support. SEASL is the best!
Kathy