Attempting to breed clownfish - log
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I certainly have not had any good luck lately.
I got home tonight and one of my rotifer cultures had turned to milk as well.
I started two new 5 gallon bucket rotifer cultures tonight. We shall see how long they take to become productive. I have a new philosiphy when it comes to phyto.....less is more. I going to try putting only the slightest tint of green into the water and see if these rot cutlures can do better for me. I have one that seems to be doing alright.
The water in the larvae tank was 3 days old. I did an ammonia check last night and it was between .25 and .50. I added some ammonia lock and was going to do a 50% water change this morning. Guess I should have done it last night but I didn't want to shock them with an increase in PH with toxic ammonia in the tank.
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I got home tonight and one of my rotifer cultures had turned to milk as well.
I started two new 5 gallon bucket rotifer cultures tonight. We shall see how long they take to become productive. I have a new philosiphy when it comes to phyto.....less is more. I going to try putting only the slightest tint of green into the water and see if these rot cutlures can do better for me. I have one that seems to be doing alright.
The water in the larvae tank was 3 days old. I did an ammonia check last night and it was between .25 and .50. I added some ammonia lock and was going to do a 50% water change this morning. Guess I should have done it last night but I didn't want to shock them with an increase in PH with toxic ammonia in the tank.
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3 days before the fish hatched or total? I am pulling my tile a day early because they were eating some of the eggs on the hatch day. I am getting a small bacterial bloom by the second day. It doesn't seem to be bothering anything but its disconcerting. I certainly don't change the water after 3 days either.
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OCP1 batch VII had a 100% hatch in the display tank on the 21st as expected. I have not rots and was very busy on Saturday so I left them to hatch in the display tank.
OCP3 batch III disappeared before they were due to hatch.
GSM V was transferred last night and had a very small hatch this morning. Still probably 100 eggs left on the clay pot. I added what little rots I had in my small container and a little green water this morning.
Last week all my rot cutlures turned a milky colour. I drained one of the cultures completly, splitting the remaining rots between 2 new 5 gallon bucket cultures. The very light green tint is taking almost 2 days to clear. My other culture has also seemed to crash. Not sure what is causing my cultures to turn milky. So now I have 3 5 gallon cultures and a small 2L culture.
I have also started a brine shrimp tank. I'm hoping that some adult brine my induce spawning in some of the more resistant pairs. We shall see.
I am way over due for a water change on both my Display tank and breeding system. I'm hoping I can get that done one night this week.
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OCP3 batch III disappeared before they were due to hatch.
GSM V was transferred last night and had a very small hatch this morning. Still probably 100 eggs left on the clay pot. I added what little rots I had in my small container and a little green water this morning.
Last week all my rot cutlures turned a milky colour. I drained one of the cultures completly, splitting the remaining rots between 2 new 5 gallon bucket cultures. The very light green tint is taking almost 2 days to clear. My other culture has also seemed to crash. Not sure what is causing my cultures to turn milky. So now I have 3 5 gallon cultures and a small 2L culture.
I have also started a brine shrimp tank. I'm hoping that some adult brine my induce spawning in some of the more resistant pairs. We shall see.
I am way over due for a water change on both my Display tank and breeding system. I'm hoping I can get that done one night this week.
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OCP1 laid down batch VIII last night. Not a very good nest the eggs are not as orange as normal. I have been so busy with life that I have not had a chance to make up a new batch of food. So the this pair has gone a couple of days without a "FULL meal"
There are no other eggs at this time.
I performed a 15 gallon water change last night. Both my B&W and Picasso pairs started going nuts. Swimming iratically, shuttering and cleaning their pots.
I picked up a six line wrasse and a yellow watchman goby for my display. I moved some clowns out of tank 2 and added them to tank 1. I then moved a bucket of sand from my DSB to tank 2 and took it off line. I will be using this tank for my QT for these two fish. All water change water will be removed from the system and not recirculated.
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There are no other eggs at this time.
I performed a 15 gallon water change last night. Both my B&W and Picasso pairs started going nuts. Swimming iratically, shuttering and cleaning their pots.
I picked up a six line wrasse and a yellow watchman goby for my display. I moved some clowns out of tank 2 and added them to tank 1. I then moved a bucket of sand from my DSB to tank 2 and took it off line. I will be using this tank for my QT for these two fish. All water change water will be removed from the system and not recirculated.
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hummermaniac88
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Wow this was an amazing read!
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OCP3 batch IV is 90% gone. What would happen if I moved OCP4 male in with OCP3 female and OCP3 male in with OCP4. I'm not really to concerned if they stop laying since I'm not getting any eggs anyway.
OCP1 batch VIII is progressing as normal despite not being as orange as normal.
GSM VI was probably laid down yesterday.
My rots look to be in really good shape with 3 5 gallon buckets all growing well.
OCP1 batch VIII is progressing as normal despite not being as orange as normal.
GSM VI was probably laid down yesterday.
My rots look to be in really good shape with 3 5 gallon buckets all growing well.
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