asting Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Cool. Do you have cultures started? Quote Link to comment
seabass Posted October 17, 2016 Author Share Posted October 17, 2016 Yeah, I kept the rotifer culture going. But it's going through phyto pretty quickly. Now I have to start a phyto culture. 2 Quote Link to comment
Proudgeek Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Aahhh (sigh) those were the days... When i was married, trying to conceive was always the best part. The raising of the offspring... not so much. All joking aside, these are great news! I hope that you still have all required supplies at hand to give it another shot. Good luck! 3 Quote Link to comment
seabass Posted October 17, 2016 Author Share Posted October 17, 2016 Batch 2, Day 2: Not very many viable eggs this time. 1 Quote Link to comment
Christopher Marks Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Loving these updates! Not as many, but you'll have a better chance at raising that many. Hopefully they hatch a little more reliably this time. Practice makes perfect 2 Quote Link to comment
dpoltsdsu Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 They kind of resemble a happy face.. it's a sign! 3 Quote Link to comment
seabass Posted October 18, 2016 Author Share Posted October 18, 2016 They kind of resemble a happy face.. it's a sign! Loving these updates! Not as many, but you'll have a better chance at raising that many. Hopefully they hatch a little more reliably this time. Practice makes perfect Thanks! Yeah, I'm not even sure what I'd do with a fifty baby clownfish. This should be a more manageable number. Still, even with a dry run, I'm not sure I'm ready (or will be successful). My rotifers need to multiply more and I'm running low on phyto already. I'm going to try and setup a phyto culture tomorrow. I need more skillz! 1 Quote Link to comment
seabass Posted October 18, 2016 Author Share Posted October 18, 2016 Day 3: Just over 20 eggs left. 2 Quote Link to comment
Proudgeek Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Day 3: Just over 20 eggs left. Dad's face says it all 2 Quote Link to comment
ajmckay Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Nice updates, hopefully these eggs make it to hatch! In other news witnessed my first cerith snail spawn in my tank last night! 8 Quote Link to comment
seabass Posted October 19, 2016 Author Share Posted October 19, 2016 Day 4 (batch 2): I see eyeballs. Nice updates, hopefully these eggs make it to hatch! In other news witnessed my first cerith snail spawn in my tank last night! Thanks ajmckay. Nice shot of the cerith eggs. 3 Quote Link to comment
Mariaface Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Live blackworms for everyone! 8D 1 Quote Link to comment
seabass Posted October 20, 2016 Author Share Posted October 20, 2016 Day 5 (clutch 2): 6 Quote Link to comment
Proudgeek Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Looking good! 1 Quote Link to comment
seabass Posted October 21, 2016 Author Share Posted October 21, 2016 Day 6 (clutch 2): Note: The fuzzy white marks on the male is just growth on the side panel of the tank. I have not cleaned the acrylic since they have started breeding. The tank is in need of some general maintenance. 3 Quote Link to comment
debbeach13 Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Thanks for letting us know. There would have been a lot of comments and questions. How are the cultures doing? Quote Link to comment
vlangel Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Seabass, have you ever read Joyce Wilkerson's book Clownfish? She gave such detailed instructions that I successfully raised some clownfish my first try. In fact I still have one of them. Don't lose heart if you don't raise any in the first several batches. My clowns spawned twice a month for years and years so you will have lots of opportunities. If I remember right it was about 15-19 days from being layed to hatching. Once I saw eyes I would turn my return pump off and just run powerheads at night. Mine always hatched about 20 minutes after the lights went out. For me the trick was scooping up the fry before the cardinals ate them. 2 Quote Link to comment
seabass Posted October 22, 2016 Author Share Posted October 22, 2016 Thanks vlangel! No, I haven't read that book yet, but I just downloaded it now, so I'll give it a look. How are the cultures doing? I just started my phyto cultures (using this as a guide). I used a 16oz bottle of Phyco Pure Greenwater (live Nannochloropsis oculata) and 1ml (per 2L bottle) of Miracle Grow all purpose liquid plant food. I'm sure that I'm not feeding the rotifers enough, so I don't think they are doing that great. I'll have to evaluate it this weekend before hatch night. If the culture isn't doing well enough, I'll let this clutch go too. 2 Quote Link to comment
vlangel Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 Thanks vlangel! No, I haven't read that book yet, but I just downloaded it now, so I'll give it a look. I just started my phyto cultures. I'm sure that I'm not feeding the rotifers enough, so I don't think they are doing that great. I'll have to evaluate it this weekend before hatch night. If the culture isn't doing well enough, I'll let this clutch go too. Keeping a rotifer culture going was the hardest part for me. One day of waiting a little too long to feed them and it would crash. The other hard part for me was guessing how many rotifer to feed the larvae. If they ate too much their bellies could explode, if they didn't eat enough they would starve and I never could see the rotifer well enough to even guess at the densities that I was giving them. It got a whole lot easier once they could eat newly hatched baby brine shrimp. 1 Quote Link to comment
seabass Posted October 22, 2016 Author Share Posted October 22, 2016 Day 7 (clutch 2): 3 Quote Link to comment
KMitch Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 This has been fun to follow, but I can't help wonder how mamma fish is feeling..... probably like I feel when my husband is on a work trip and I get the whole bed to myself. Except, she has the whole tank to herself as he clings to that rock. She's going to keep spitting out eggs just to keep him out of her way! 3 Quote Link to comment
Clown79 Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Lol. I love this thread. 3 Quote Link to comment
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