Breeding chromis?

[JamisonSmith]

Hello all,

I just got a batch of green chromis eggs from a fellow reefer here in MA and I'm going to give it a run on trying to raise them. Already hatched and i have a small bucket full of fry. So I am slowly dripping in rotifers and just started a batch of brine shrimp to start in a couple of days. Any additional thoughts?

Thanks,

Jamison

 

[Kathy55g]

Hi Jamison,
Welcome to the fish breeding forum.
I raise clowns and pour my rotifers in. Actually, I rinse them off the plankton filter, because I don't want to introduce any of the water they've been growing in.

I think you will want the brine shrimp to be newly hatched--more nutritious and smaller for all the little mouths you will need to feed. It may be a few days before the babies can take newly hatched brine shrimp.

Good luck and keep us posted!

 

[JamisonSmith]

Thanks Kathy!
I will definitely keep everyone posted. I've dabbled with ocellaris in the past, but these larva are much smaller!
Wish me luck!

 

[Armando]

WHAZZUP Jamison

Are you feeding S type rotifers?

 

[JamisonSmith]

Armando,

How is life treating you? Getting ready for the big move?

I have a mixed culture of S and L strain rotifers, probably more L though. We'll see how it works out. Lots of little fry lunging at rotifers this morning. I have the slow drip of rotifers in the bucket so hopefully, they will be good until I get home after work.

Have you ever tried raising Chromis?

 

[Armando]

Getting ready for the big move?

I have been getting ready for the past 4 months, and I'm still not ready!

I haven't tried raising Chromis.

Have you tried separating the S and L's by subsequent filtering using different sized sieves? I have several sizes I could lend you but unfortunately they are all in storage right now. I think you might have problems with fry choking if they eat the Ls.

 

[JamisonSmith]

I just ordered a couple different sixes of sieves from an aquaculture supply in FL and they should be here today so hopefully I can do exactly that, sieve out the large and only feed the smalller. We'll see.
The person I got the eggs from said that they are laying eggs about every 3 days! So if this batch doesn't work out I potentially have a lot of eggs to work with.

 

[FishGuttz]

Good luck! I can't wait to see photos.