Amphiprion bicinctus (Nest 23)

[ThRoewer]

Since I have the time now and hopefully enough food and the bicinctus were kind enough to put their eggs on a rock I could take out I decided to give it a shot on raising a few babies. Only about a quarter hatched since I took the rock out too late and exposed the nest to brighter light, but that should be enough for now.

Here a video of the larvae on the morning of their first day. Feeds are Bracionus and Apocyclops panamensis:

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The parents (male in the front) with the remaining eggs:

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The parents put nest 24 down before nest 23 had fully hatched:

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The larvae on the evening of the 2. day. Feeds are Bracionus and Artemia.

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The larvae in the afternoon of the 3. day. Feeds are Bracionus and Artemia.

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[coralcruze2020]

sooo cool what are you feeding the fry?

 

[ThRoewer]

The larvae in the evening of the 4. day. Feed is Artemia.

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sooo cool what are you feeding the fry?

So far Brachionus, Apocyclops panamensis, and Artemia.

 

[ThRoewer]

The larvae shortly before lights out on the 5. day. Feed is Artemia

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[ThRoewer]

Day 7:

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Day 8:

Lost more than half of them through a stupid mistake: added a sponge filter with too large pores :debi:

Survivors still going strong:
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Nest #24 is due to hatch Saturday night:
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Day 9:

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Today, in addition to the usual few day old brine shrimp nauplii, I fed some Tigriopus but not sure if they took any.

Brachionus is becoming a problem as they no longer go after it but it still continues to multiply since I have to add a bit green water daily for the brine shrimp.

In a few days I plan on adding 2 BTA to see when the larvae actually settle.

 

[ThRoewer]

Day 10:
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[kizanne]

Nice. They still with you? Pics needed

 

[ThRoewer]

Nice. They still with you? Pics needed

Yeah. They are in metamorphosis now and looking good so far. Some look already like tiny bicinctus. Got to upload the videos later.

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[ThRoewer]

Day 11:

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Day 12:

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Day 13:

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Day 14:

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Day 15:

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Day 16:

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[ThRoewer]

Monday the parents put nest #25 down, this time on a ceramic shard that will make taking it out easy:

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[kizanne]

Very good looking.

 

[ThRoewer]

Day 17:

Little bicinctus!

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Day 18:

Most have finished metamorphosis. One single juvenile settled in the anemone:

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Now I just need to find someone else breeding with wild-caught Djibauti bicinctus to swap some juveniles with in order to avoid incest when making pairs with the juveniles.

 

[ThRoewer]

Day 19:

A few more settled in the anemone

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[ThRoewer]

Day 20:

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Day 22:

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Day 23:

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Day 24:

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Day 27:

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Day 33:

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Day 36:

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[LargeAngels]

Looking good.