HoopsGuru
In Memoriam
Similar to above, I never observed any noticeable feeding on artificial rotifers eihter (A.P.R. by OSI), this was also evident by the fact they were all usually dead by the end of day 2 with or without water changes. I've seen good results (anecdotal) using it as coral/invert feed though.
As a side note, the same thing happened last night. I did a small water change and replaced with water from the broodstock tank. 30 minutes later I added some phyto (warmed to room temperature this time) to hopefully help contine co-culturing rotifers and to get the larvae off the side and turned the lights off. Concerned, I turned the lights on and waited 30 minutes and only a handful of larvae were swimming, and most were doing akward spirals. The rest of the larvae were laying on the bottom, not on their sides but not moving either. I immediately did another water change, almost 100%, and replaced with water from the broodstock tank. I lost 10-12 fry but the remainder were back to normal and swimming in about 20-30 minutes. Maybe I am misreading the behavior?...although the fry death seems odd to be a coincidence. I did nothing different the night of day 2 and everthing was fine. Oddly enough, several of the siphoned larvae that looked like they were "on their way out" during the water change are swimming in the bucket of siphoned water this morning. Several did the same the night of day 1 and I returned them to the larval tank. Had I not had the dissappoinment of watching many clutches starve and die I would likely be more tempted to let a night run its course, but mentally I needed to at least get a few towards metamorphosis to be having fun again.
I typically use a bit of Amquel.
