advice on breeding

[imbuggin]

I just started to raise the fry from my gold stripped maroon clowns. My first attempt I made plenty of mistakes, but was able to pull a few through metamorphosis. Yesterday those few at 23 days died I have no idea why. Water conditions and all were perfect.

I am a few days into another batch and they seem to be doing better than the first go around. Very few deaths so far. I would like to avoid the same thing happening and and open to suggestions as to why they would die after the "critical" time.

I also have another bather due to hatch in a few days that I will be attempting to raise and would like to figure this out sooner than later.

thanks,

 

[MarinaP]

Re: advice on breeding

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7435263#post7435263 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by imbuggin
Yesterday those few at 23 days died I have no idea why. Water conditions and all were perfect.

I would suspect lack of O2. Also, what have you been/are feeding the fry?

 

[imbuggin]

nope

nope

nope thats not it (oxygen) I watch that close and added alot of air. I fed them rotifers, then baby brine, had just started pulverized flake and frozen. When they died they were no longer fry they had changed.

 

[dantodd]

how long did you take to wean them onto dead food?

 

[imbuggin]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7435910#post7435910 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dantodd
how long did you take to wean them onto dead food?

was in the process baby brine were still being offered as well