Attempting to breed clownfish - log
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Today is day 10 for my most recent hatch.
About 40-50 alive and doing very well. This morning was the first time that most ate the Oto A. I am feeding BBS as well. Almost all have 1st stripe and several have a complete 2nd stripe.
I did not specifically look at my eggs last night but according to my calculations I should be moving them tonight.
My rots are doing very well. I have again split them between a small jug and a 10 gallon tank with a sponge filter.
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About 40-50 alive and doing very well. This morning was the first time that most ate the Oto A. I am feeding BBS as well. Almost all have 1st stripe and several have a complete 2nd stripe.
I did not specifically look at my eggs last night but according to my calculations I should be moving them tonight.
My rots are doing very well. I have again split them between a small jug and a 10 gallon tank with a sponge filter.
Later
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I sold 20 fish on the weekend. They were pretty large this go around some bigger than the fish he was getting from wholesale. Their colour was not a orange as I had hoped but he said they will colour up again. This brings the total number of fish sold too 62.
Batch 1 is doing well most have a complete 2nd stripe, some are starting the third.
Batch 2 is doing very good as well probably 200 or so at day 4. Unfortunatley I had to rush out of the house this morning and did not get a chance to add more rotifers. I think they will be ok till I get home tonight.
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Batch 1 is doing well most have a complete 2nd stripe, some are starting the third.
Batch 2 is doing very good as well probably 200 or so at day 4. Unfortunatley I had to rush out of the house this morning and did not get a chance to add more rotifers. I think they will be ok till I get home tonight.
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My wife just called me and told me there was a large nest of eggs on the tile. I was out all night last night and didn't see them do it but they always do it at night (6-7pm) so I'm sure it was last night.
B1 laid on 11/15 hatched 11/23
B2 laid on 11/26 hatched 12/4-5
B3 laid on 12/7 probably 12/15-16
So the last two batchs have been 11 days apart. They were normally always 14 days apart not sure why they decided to speed things up.
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B1 laid on 11/15 hatched 11/23
B2 laid on 11/26 hatched 12/4-5
B3 laid on 12/7 probably 12/15-16
So the last two batchs have been 11 days apart. They were normally always 14 days apart not sure why they decided to speed things up.
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I have a batch that I thought would hatch last night, pulled it out and into 10g with an air stone bubbling the eggs. I saw no sign of any hatching this morning and figured it would be tonight.
I was just looking at my tanks and saw 4 or 5 larvae in the hatch tank.
Should I add some rotifers and phyto or wait til tomorrow? I'm not sure if adding them before the mass hatch wil cause any issues with the unhatched eggs.
FB, have you found any lfs that will buy clowns from you or just store credit?
I was just looking at my tanks and saw 4 or 5 larvae in the hatch tank.
Should I add some rotifers and phyto or wait til tomorrow? I'm not sure if adding them before the mass hatch wil cause any issues with the unhatched eggs.
FB, have you found any lfs that will buy clowns from you or just store credit?
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I add the rots and phyto as soon as I put the eggs in the tank. The rots get a good 12 hours to settle in and with the higher temps speed up their reporduction.
This store said he will give me money but I am ok with store credit for now. My reef tank is empty....I'm going to have to fill it
. Current deal is $10.00 store credit or $8.00 cash.FB
I was hoping i read that wrong in my head. 10 store credit or 8 in cash not to bad at all, so what are you going to put into the empty reef?
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It's not really empty just SPS empty
Here is a picture taken back in July after I just set it up. It now has two MH light not 1.
I transfered the rock/sand/fish from my old 30 gallon, so it was a big jump to the 120. It is still maturing and seem to be winning a cyano battle at the moment. I have really not done much with it as I have been spending most of my time on my breeding setup. I actually stole my skimmer Euro-Reef RS180 from the 120 and have it on my breeding setup. It has been on the breeding system for 3 days and cleaned the water up pretty good.
I have a thread for it but I have not updated it in a long time
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1383475&perpage=25&pagenumber=1
Here is a picture taken back in July after I just set it up. It now has two MH light not 1.
I transfered the rock/sand/fish from my old 30 gallon, so it was a big jump to the 120. It is still maturing and seem to be winning a cyano battle at the moment. I have really not done much with it as I have been spending most of my time on my breeding setup. I actually stole my skimmer Euro-Reef RS180 from the 120 and have it on my breeding setup. It has been on the breeding system for 3 days and cleaned the water up pretty good.
I have a thread for it but I have not updated it in a long time
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1383475&perpage=25&pagenumber=1
Ziggy953
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Whew....It took me 2 days to read through the thread.
Great information and logging of your progress.
I'm working on getting things set up for my current O. Clowns that are spawning. Eggs hatched Wednesday and the female looks like she is ready to pop today. They have been cleaning like crazy. I put a tile in next to the frogspawn they are hosting in hopes they will take to it. I'm not in a big rush to get started as I am waiting on "the" book and several other supplies.
Great information and logging of your progress.
I'm working on getting things set up for my current O. Clowns that are spawning. Eggs hatched Wednesday and the female looks like she is ready to pop today. They have been cleaning like crazy. I put a tile in next to the frogspawn they are hosting in hopes they will take to it. I'm not in a big rush to get started as I am waiting on "the" book and several other supplies.
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